Gypsy-Rose Blanchard Breaks Her Silence as She Completes Parole Over Her Role in Mom's Death, Takes Aim at Her Accomplice

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  • As she completed her parole, Gypsy-Rose Blanchard took to Instagram to bespeak connected her life and to connection 1 last apology for her domiciled successful nan 2015 decease of her mother Dee Dee Blanchard
  • "This adjacent section is 1 of healing. Of growth. Of reclaiming my life," Blanchard vowed
  • She besides took purpose astatine her ex Nicholas Godejohn, who was recovered blameworthy of first-degree execution successful Dee Dee's decease and is serving a life condemnation for nan charge

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard has opened up astir taking accountability and moving guardant from her domiciled successful nan decease of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard.

The 33-year-old took to Instagram connected Wednesday, June 25, to stock a lengthy station pinch nan caption, "Breaking my silence," arsenic she completed parole aft pleading blameworthy to second-degree execution charges related to nan 2015 decease of her mother.

Blanchard was released from prison successful December 2023, aft serving 8 years of her 10-year sentence, and her parole ended connected June 24, 2025.

"I've taken accountability and now, I return backmost my life. When I accepted my sentence, I accepted nan weight of my choices. I served my time. That was my accountability and I've carried it for years. I don't beryllium nan past thing more," Blanchard wrote successful nan clip.

She vowed that "next chapter" of her life would beryllium "one of healing. Of growth. Of reclaiming my life."

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard's Instagram post.

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"This is freedom. And I'm moving guardant pinch clarity, peace, and self-forgiveness. The Justice strategy has decided. The lawsuit is closed. This is justness for Dee Dee, arsenic good arsenic myself, who nan strategy grounded each my life," she wrote, adding, "Justice was served and truthful was my time."

Blanchard besides took purpose astatine her ex-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn, who was sentenced to life successful prison aft being recovered blameworthy of first-degree execution successful Dee Dee's decease successful 2018, and called him "deeply disturbed."

"Yes, he is simply a profoundly disturbed man. But he besides knew nan quality betwixt correct and wrong. Regardless of my domiciled of unintentional manipulation ... Nicholas made nan determination to move guardant pinch that night. That was a choice, and he is not exempt from nan consequences of that choice."

In June 2015, Godejohn stabbed Dee Dee to decease while Blanchard, whom he was past dating, hid successful a bathroom. His attorneys had based on that he was manipulated by Blanchard, a victim of Munchausen by proxy, to termination her mom and should person his charges reduced to second-degree murder, according to The Springfield News-Leader.

Blanchard was put successful a wheelchair contempt being capable to walk, forced to return medications she didn't request and had her caput shaved successful an effort to person loved ones and nan organization that she was suffering from muscular dystrophy, leukemia and different ailments.

"His test of Autism/Asperger's does not excuse what he did. Mental wellness is complex, but accountability matters and nary 1 is supra nan law. His destiny was decided by a sheet of judges, prosecutors, lawyers and 12 assemblage members who reviewed nan aforesaid grounds circulating online. His efforts of appeals person each been unsuccessful, each tribunal agreeing pinch nan original conviction," Blanchard continued.

"I will not transportation his actions connected my shoulders immoderate longer. I've taken work for mine," she declared.

During his trial, 2 Springfield psychologists told nan tribunal they had diagnosed Godejohn pinch autism, per The Springfield News-Leader. While Dr. Kent Franks, who testified successful Godejohn’s defense, concluded that Godejohn has autism spectrum upset level 2 requiring important support pinch accompanying intelligence impairment, Robert Denney, who prosecutors called arsenic a rebuttal witness, said aft an introspection he had diagnosed Godejohn pinch autism spectrum upset level 1.

Godejohn is presently serving his condemnation astatine nan Potosi Correctional Center successful Missouri, per The Springfield News-Leader. In August 2022, he appeared successful a Greene County courtroom asking to group speech his erstwhile condemnation and bid a caller proceedings connected nan grounds that he had ineffective counsel successful his trial, according to The Springfield News-Leader. The pursuing year, successful March 2023, his mobility to vacate, group aside, aliases correct judgement and condemnation was denied, section media outlet KY3 reported. 

Nicholas Godejohn; Gypsy-Rose Blanchard.

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Blanchard besides accused Godejohn of "a disturbing shape targeting susceptible women pinch past trauma and pulling them into his twisted imagination world."

"He presents himself arsenic a ascendant figure, seeking power and obedience, manipulating these women nether nan guise of emotion and loyalty," she claimed.

She described an alleged narration that Godejohn had pinch a female named Dawn Bowker while he has been successful prison. Blanchard claimed that they started arsenic pen pals earlier their narration turned romanticist and dark.

"Thankfully, for illustration others who came aft her, Dawn yet recovered nan spot to locomotion distant to prevention herself earlier she mislaid her identity, for illustration I erstwhile did," she wrote, saying, "This isn't caller behavior" from Godejohn.

"He is simply a man connected a relentless hunt for his 'perfect submissive' personification to transportation retired his darkest desires, moreover from down bars," she believes. "But nan truth is, much and much women are seeing done nan disguise and choosing to escape. They're not his victims. They're survivors."

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard pinch her mother Dee Dee Blanchard.

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Blanchard past shared a drawstring of alleged messages betwixt Dawn and Godejohn, which she said were being shared pinch Dawn's permission.

In 1 alleged connection sent successful June 2019, Godejohn told Dawn that he had "regret" that she met his change ego "Nickoli," saying that he "directed nan Rage towards you of each people."

PEOPLE has reached retired to an lawyer for Godejohn for comment.

Now that parole is over, Blanchard said that she continues to deliberation of Dee Dee's family.

"I americium profoundly remorseful for nan symptom and heartbreak my actions person caused them. I admit that thing I tin opportunity tin undo nan trauma aliases bring Dee Dee back. But from nan depths of my heart, I will proceed to definitive my sincerest apologies to them, now and always," she wrote.

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The reality TV prima went connected to convey everyone who has supported her, arsenic good her doubters and naysayers.

"Because you lit a occurrence successful me. You gave maine nan thrust to beryllium you wrong. And conjecture what? I did," she wrote. "Against nan odds, against nan noise, I stood strong. I stayed true. I kept pushing guardant and now, I'm conscionable getting started."

She added, "You said I'd fail. But instead... I'm rising. I'm astir to show you what surviving my champion life really looks like. And each you tin do now...is watch me."

Blanchard signed disconnected pinch nan pursuing hashtags: #StillStanding #Unstoppable #WatchMeRise

Speaking to PEOPLE successful 2023, Blanchard revealed that she is not allowed immoderate interaction pinch Godejohn, saying that she didn't want it anyway.

“I consciousness responsible for putting him successful this situation. However, nan acts [to] perpetrate execution was connected him arsenic well. I mean, everybody has a choice, and he went done pinch his, and truthful he's paying his sentence. I paid mine, and that's my thoughts connected it," she said.

PEOPLE reached retired to Godejohn's lawyer and Dawn for comment, but did not instantly perceive back.

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