Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s first days of freedom will be documented in a new docuseries.
The now 32-year-old was sentenced to 10 years behind bars for manslaughter after persuading an ex-boyfriend to stab her mother to death – but was released in early December last year.
The convicted criminal has never shied away from the spotlight – he previously appeared in Dr. Phil, Good Morning America and 20/20 – and in Lifetime’s recent documentary entitled The Prison Confessions Of Gypsy Rose Blanchard.
But now the cable network has greenlit a new, unscripted show — currently untitled — that will chronicle her life after her release from prison.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s first days of freedom will be documented in a new docuseries
The now 32-year-old was sentenced to 10 years behind bars for manslaughter after persuading an ex-boyfriend to stab her mother to death – but was released in early December
“Millions of people have followed Gypsy’s story and are invested in seeing what’s in store for her next,” said Elaine Frontain Bryant, Executive VP and Head of Programming for A&E, Lifetime and LMN.
“After a lifetime of trauma and serving her time, we all strive for Gypsy to embrace all that life has to offer and become the woman she always wanted to be.”
The series, which premieres later this year, begins in the days leading up to her release on December 28, after she has served eight and a half years of her 10-year sentence.
It features her new life with husband Ryan Anderson and explores Gypsy’s attempts to balance her fame with her desire to live as a free woman.
In her childhood, Gypsy faced years of abuse from her mother, who falsely claimed she suffered from a range of diseases, including leukemia and muscular dystrophy, in what was one of the most prominent cases of Munchausen syndrome.
Dee Dee shaved the gypsy’s head, forced her into a wheelchair, had some of her teeth removed and paraded her as a sickly child at charity events.
But their ‘inseparable’ bond ended when Gypsy broke free from her twisted mother’s control in 2015.
She let her smitten internet boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn sneak into the family home in Springfield, Missouri with a knife he stole from Walmart.
In her youth, the gypsy was abused for years by her mother, who falsely claimed she suffered from a range of diseases in a high-profile case of Munchausen syndrome.
Gypsy pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 2016 and was sentenced to ten years in prison
She and Ryan Anderson, who got married behind bars but is now planning a Disney-style fairytale wedding, received rave reviews from fans but criticism from others.
Gypsy then hid in the bathroom with her hands over her ears to mask the sound of Dee Dee being slaughtered in her bed, before telling ABC News that she wanted her mother to die “not because I hated her… it was because I wanted to’. to escape her.”
Dee Dee was fatally stabbed fourteen times before Godejohn and Gypsy were immediately arrested.
Gypsy pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 2016 and was sentenced to ten years in prison.
Godejohn’s lawyers describe him as a “low-functioning person with autism” who was obsessed with gypsies and forced to do her bidding.
Nicholas Godejohn was sentenced to life in prison in 2019
He was sentenced to life in prison in 2019 for first-degree murder and armed criminal action after prosecutors convinced jurors he understood the consequences of murder.
Godejohn will remain under lock and key at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point, Missouri while Gypsy begins her new life, having served 85 percent of her sentence as required by state law.
Her friends and family begged authorities to take into account the brutal abuse and unnecessary medical procedures she endured as she cynically paraded at charity events and fundraisers.
She was released from Chillicothe Correctional Center in Missouri on December 28.
Gypsy has become an internet sensation in recent weeks after showing off her romance on social media.
She and husband Ryan, who tied the knot behind bars but are now planning a Disney-style fairytale wedding, are drawing praise from fans but criticism from others.
The newly released convict has defended her husband from critics, claiming they are now happily ‘enjoying’ their lives.