Just over 24 hours after being released from prison, Gypsy Rose Blanchard sent the Internet into a frenzy. She did so by posting her “First Freedom Selfie.”
In the snap, Blanchard is seen posing in front of a mirror in a cute blue and white hoodie, smiling from ear to ear. Many of his followers were excited to see the new photo. “Yeah!!! You look so beautiful [and] Your hair is very healthy and long,” wrote one follower. “I hope you are safe and have a great time. Go gypsy!
Another follower added: “Good gypsy and you deserve freedom, I saw the Trial by Law and Crime video you made and it was surprising.”
Gypsy Rose Blanchard was released from prison shortly after serving nearly eight years in prison for her role in her mother’s murder. She pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard in 2015. Nicholas Godejohn, Gypsy’s boyfriend whom she met online, had stabbed Dee Dee. The motive for the murder was to help Gypsy escape Dee Dee’s abuse.
While Gypsy was in her care, Dee Dee said her daughter suffered from numerous medical conditions, including leukemia, asthma and muscular dystrophy. She also said Gypsy had the mental capacity of a seven-year-old child due to brain damage from premature birth. Turns out none of that was true.
Gypsy was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in the murder. However, she was released from the Chillicothe Correctional Facility in Missouri in the early hours of Thursday, December 28.
“I am ready for freedom,” Blanchard explained before her release. “I’m ready to branch out and I think that applies to all facets of my life.”
Gypsy Rose Blanchard does not justify the murder of her mother
Even though she suffered so much abuse at the hands of Dee Dee, Gypsy Rose Blanchard has no justification for killing her mother.
“No one will ever hear me say I’m proud of what I did or that I’m glad she’s dead,” Gypsy said. “I’m not proud of what I did. I regret it every day.”
Gypsy finally regrets her actions. “If I had another chance to redo everything, I don’t know if I would go back to when I was a child and tell my uncles and aunts that I’m not sick and mom makes me sick. Or, if I went back to the point of that conversation with Nick and said, ‘You know what? I’m going to go tell the police everything.’ “I kind of struggle with that.”
While serving her prison sentence, Gypsy Rose Blanchard wrote a memoir detailing her life, including the abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother. The book will hit stores next month.
Categories: Biography
Source: vcmp.edu.vn