Kit Roberts
Gypsy Rose Blanchard is due to be released from prison next week.
Gypsy, 32, was sentenced to ten years in prison in 2016 after she pleaded guilty to the killing of her mom Clauddine 'Dee Dee' Blanchard.
She was able to qualify for early release from her sentence, and is now scheduled for release after completing seven years of her sentence.
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As a child, Gypsy was subjected to prolonged mental and physical abuse by Dee Dee.
A central part of this was Dee Dee falsely convincing everyone that her daughter was in fact terminally ill.
She would make Gypsy use a wheelchair, forced to take medication, and shaved her head to keep up the lie.
Dee Dee was reported to have suffered from 'Muchausen by proxy'.
'Muchausen Syndrome' refers to someone making up or exaggerating a medical condition. If it is by proxy, then it's for somebody else.
The abuse continued for years until Gypsy and her boyfriend at the time Nicholas 'Nick' Godejohn planned to kill Dee Dee.
They succeeded when Godejohn killed Dee Dee.
Asked if he had any regrets, Godejohn said: "I would’ve done it again. I might have done it differently but I would’ve done it again. I couldn’t see [Gypsy Rose] suffer anymore."
Godejohn was subsequently sentenced to life in prison, and the pair separated.
At her trial, Gypsy stunned the court by walking in unassisted.
The case became the subject of the 2017 HBO documentary called Mommy Dead and Dearest.
Gypsy has also promised that she will 'speak her truth' in a new docuseries on Lifetime.
The new documentary series will cover additional parts of the story which had previously not received attention.
This includes following her life and experiences while in prison, including her wedding in prison to her husband Ryan.
The six-hour series, which was produced by Lifetime, is called The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, and is set to begin on January 5 2024.
In a trailer for the series, Gypsy said: "After a lifetime of silence, I finally get to use my voice to share my story and speak my truth.”
She added: "As a survivor of relentless child abuse, this docuseries chronicles my quest for liberation and journey through self-discovery,” she says. “I am unapologetically myself and unafraid to expose the hidden parts of my life that have never been revealed until now.”
Gypsy has previously revealed that although in prison, she still feels more free than when she was with her mom.