Gypsy Rose Blanchard doc bombshells: voodoo hex, pill addiction and more
nypost.comwas convicted of second-degree murder in the 2015 killing of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, which she planned with then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn — was released from a Missouri prison on Dec.
28, after serving seven years of a 10-year sentence. As a child, Dee Dee forced Gypsy to pretend she was suffering from conditions like leukemia and muscular dystrophy, which falsely forced her to be confined to a wheelchair for over two decades.Prosecutors in the case believed Dee Dee had Munchausen syndrome by proxy — a psychological disorder where parents fabricate their child’s illness.
Gypsy met Godejohn online, and in 2015, he fatally stabbed Dee Dee while Gypsy hid in the bathroom (Godejohn was charged with first-degree murder and is serving a life sentence in prison).
Their story was dramatized in the Hulu show, “The Act,” starring Joey King as Gypsy, Patricia Arquette as Dee Dee, and Calum Worthy as Godejohn, and HBO covered it in the 2017 documentary, “Mommy Dead and Dearest.” Gypsy also has a new book out, “Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom” and she is newly married to Ryan Anderson, 37.
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