Trigger warning: this story contains explicit descriptions of sexual assault
She toldPeoplein an exclusive interview: “I’ve gotten to a point where I can stand on my own two feet and say, this happened to me and I’m not going to let it affect me anymore.
“And that’s why I’m talking about it now. And I think for me, making it known that it happened might prevent him from doing the same thing to another family member or another child or another person because he’s still alive.”
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“I’ve gotten to a point where I can stand on my own two feet and say, this happened to me and I’m not going to let it affect me anymore,” Gypsy said
According to the publication, Claude was directly asked about the allegation in the docuseries, which he denied, before making a stunning claim of his own.
He exclaimed: “She was the one that was trying to touch me, and I’d say no, don’t do that. She started doing that when she was about 4 years old.”
Upon being made aware of her grandfather’s bizarre affirmation, Gypsy Rose told the interviewing producer that she wanted “nothing to do with him.”
Gypsy Rose’s mom, Dee Dee, had subjected her to painful and needless medical procedures for years
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She further revealed to People that she was hesitant to tell her mother about the abuse and that she was 19 when she finally toldDee Dee Blanchard, 10 years after she said it happened.
Gypsy Rose recalled: “I fully told her everything that happened, and she proceeded to let me know that he had done the same thing to her when she was a child as well.
Gypsy Rose revealed that her grandfather had molested Dee Dee when she was a child as well
Gypsy Rose’s interviews featured in the anticipated docuseries were filmed shortly before her release from prison.
The 32-year-old Louisiana native wasreleased from prisonon parole on December 28 after spending eight years behind bars for second-degree murder in connection with the death of her mother, Dee Dee.
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She was granted parole in September, with the Missouri Department of Corrections scheduling her release for December 28, three years before her release date.
Gypsy Rose and her then-boyfriend, Nicholas “Nick” Godejohn, conspired to kill her mom Dee Dee in 2015 after the woman had subjected Gypsy Rose to painful and needless medical procedures for years.
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One of the many forms of abuse Dee Dee inflicted on her daughter was forcing her to use painful feeding tubes, and made friends and family believe she had leukemia after shaving Gypsy Rose’s head. She would also trick doctors into diagnosing and treating different illnesses.
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