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Gypsy, who had served eight years in prison for killing her mother, was granted parole earlier this year and was released from Chillicothe Correctional Center in Missouri around 3:30 a.m. local time, the Missouri Department of Corrections confirmed to PEOPLE.
Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s husband picked her up after her early prison release.SplashNews
“I’m ready for freedom,” she told PEOPLE in anexclusive interviewshortly before her release.
Dee Dee, who had convinced people in her life that her daughter was terminally ill, is said to have subjected Gypsy to painful medical treatments that were never needed.
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In her court testimony, Gypsy said she talked Godejohn, who she met online, into killing her mother. Godejohn was convicted of first-degree murder in 2019 and sentenced to life without parole, according to court records. Godejohn and Gypsy have since separated.
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Gypsy now says her mother didn’t “deserve” her ultimate fate.
“She was a sick woman, and unfortunately I wasn’t educated enough to see that,” Gypsy told PEOPLE. “She deserved to be where I am, sitting in prison doing time for criminal behavior.”
Gypsy also told PEOPLE that upon her release, she is eager to be with her husband, saying “we’re in love.”
Gypsy is is now set to tell her own story on the new Lifetime docuseriesThe Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, which premieres Jan. 5 on Lifetime at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
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source: people.com
