Last December 28, Gypsy Rose Blanchard was granted parole for an early release from prison. She was originally convicted for ten years after being sentenced to second-degree murder and pleading guilty to convincing her then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn to kill her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard.
She got to reduce her time in prison to two years thanks to the parole, but this one comes with certain rules that the now 32-year-old might’ve broken already in less than a month since her release. The very moment she was out, she got carried away with the media frenzy and has been giving interviews left and right while also promoting a docuseries about her time in prison.
As we’ve witnessed from this media tour and her new life as a social media “influencer,” she has had some controversial moments, that far from allowing people to gossip could get her into a lot of trouble, even sending her back to jail for breaking the parole restrictions and rules, according to some legal experts.
Why Could Gypsy Rose Could be Sent Back to Prison?
So, basically, when a sentenced person pleads for parole, they have to build up their case and explain they’re ready to be out because they’ve learned their lesson and are ready to be reinserted into society. Moreover, one crucial thing that parole officers take into consideration is that the person is willing to admit their crime to show they’re ready and willing to move on.
Gypsy Rose did exactly that, admit her crime, prove she’s worked on her mistakes, and that she’s not a threat to society. However, a recent interview shows that she’s not on that stage yet. In a clip that went viral from Nick Vial’s podcast, Gypsy Rose bluntly says she doesn’t consider herself to be a murderer because she didn’t actually do it.
This not only shook people who felt disappointed since she had previously shown regret about what had happened and seemed like she had assimilated her actions and had worked to become a better person, but also fueled a debate on her culpability.
For many, the fact that she threw Nicholas under the bus in that clip by saying that she had only asked him to help her escape her mom but that it had been him the one who did the crime, was proof that she hadn’t been honest in the past and had not been fully rehabilitated.
This doesn’t only affect her public credibility but could have legal consequences because part of the parole deal is to actually accept the crime and prove you’ve worked on becoming a better person. “He’s the one that did the actual kill. Not me, I can’t kill anyone. That’s why he’s in trouble to begin with because he’s the one that did it,” she says.
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This has also led people to listen to Nicholas’ version of the story and consider that he’s been diagnosed with autism and schizophrenia. For many, it’s clear Gypsy manipulated him and took advantage of his condition, and keeps doing it now by trying to clean her hands from the horrid crime.
But back to parole. Legal experts claim she might be walking on thin ice with these types of comments since her parole officers could consider she wasn’t honest in her plea. It seems she’s gotten some advice now, as she hasn’t really posted much on social media since the clip from the podcast went viral. So, it would depend on her officer to consider if things like this could be worth revoking her parole or not.
