GYPSY Rose Blanchard was released from prison after serving eight years of a 10-year sentence for her role in the murder of her mom, Clauddine ‘Dee Dee’ Blanchard.
Gypsy Rose and her then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn faced prison time for her mother Dee Dee’s homicide.
Early life
Born on May 3, 1967, Clauddine ‘Dee Dee’ Pitre-Blanchard was a mother of one from Chackbay, Louisiana.
Dee Dee was one of five children from Claude Pitre and Emma Gisclair.
During her marriage to Rod Blanchard, she welcomed a daughter named Gypsy Rose on July 27, 1991.
Although she was never formally diagnosed, police and medical professionals believe Dee Dee suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a factitious disorder characterized by the fabrication of signs or symptoms of a disease, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Due to this speculated disorder, Dee Dee allegedly fabricated several health conditions she thought Gypsy suffered from.
Dee Dee deceived Gypsy and those around her into believing her daughter suffered from chronic medical conditions and put it down to her daughter being born prematurely.
According to the late matriarch, her daughter suffered from leukemia, asthma and muscular dystrophy.
As a result, Dee Dee produced false paperwork to lie about Gypsy Rose’s age and medical history.
She also shaved her daughter’s head, altered her appearance, regulated unnecessary prescription doses and consented to needless surgeries.
Dee Dee forged copies of Gypsy-Rose‘s birth certificate, changing her birthdate to 1995 to bolster claims that she was still a teenager.
Gypsy-Rose said in a later interview that for 14 years, she was unsure of her real age.
“It was about a good span of time between, I want to say, 2001 to 2015, that I really wasn’t sure of my age,” said Gypsy – Credit ABC News
Allegedly Dee Dee frequently ripped off charitable organizations to fly her and her daughter across the country to concerts, celebrity meet-and-greets, galas and even to Disney World with all expenses paid.
According to Dee Dee’s parents and other family members, she fell out with them after they accused her of trying to poison her stepmother Laura Pitre with weed killer.
“I think Dee Dee’s problem was she started a web of lies, and there was no escaping after,” Dee Dee’s ex-husband Rod told Buzzfeed.
“She got so wound up in it, it was like a tornado got started, and then once she was in so deep that there was no escaping.
“One lie had to cover another lie, had to cover another lie, and that was her way of life.”
‘Dee Dee’ Death & Deceit
On June 14, 2015, Dee Dee was found stabbed to death at her and Gypsy’s home in Springfield, Missouri.
Police discovered her body when her neighbours alerted authorities about violent and graphic Facebook posts found on Dee Dee’s profile.
On Tuesday, June 16 of the same year, Gypsy and her then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn were arrested in connection to her mother’s homicide.
On July 5, 2016, Gypsy accepted a plea bargain and pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Dee Dee; she was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
On November 16, 2018, Godejohn was found guilty of first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
On February 22, 2019, Godejohn was sentenced to life in prison.
On July 2022 Gypsy Rose married Ryan Scott Anderson while in prison.
On December 28, 2023, Gypsy Rose was released from Chillicothe Correctional Center after she was granted parole in September.
Freedom
Since her release, Gypsy Rose has been open to sharing her story.
On January, 2024 she started her own YouTube channel and created a TikTok page which quickly gained over 10 million followers
In March 2024, Gypsy Rose announced her split from husband Ryan Scott Anderson on Facebook.
On June 3, 2024 Prime released a documentary called Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup which features her life as a free woman.
Other TV appearances include, The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard available on Apple TV.
In July 2024, Gypsy Rose announced on her social media that she is expecting a baby girl with her boyfriend and ex-fiance, Ken Urker.
Their baby is due in January 2025.
