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Gypsy Rose Blanchard Praised For Killing Her Abuser, Menendez Brothers Called Cold-Blooded Killers
Both cases involved horrific abuse, but the public still believes Erik and Lyle Menendez “made up” the abuse to get away with murder.
The line is drawn in the sand. True crime fans debate the differences between Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s and Lyle and Erik Menendez’s sentences. Both crimes ended the lives of their abusers, yet one is hailed a hero, and the other is dubbed a cold-blooded murderer.
Blanchard suffered unimaginable abuse growing up. Her mother, DeeDee Blanchard, forced her to have multiple surgeries despite being a relatively healthy child. Gypsy claims she believed she was dying, but her medical records show something different.
It was all a scam. Her mother used Blanchard for charity fraud. She scammed thousands of dollars from her community. She used her daughter’s illness to gain sympathy and financially support the household.
Gypsy finally had enough and convinced her online boyfriend, Nick Godejohn, to stab her mother. Blanchard planned the murder, down to buying the knife. Godejohn refused the plan for over a year. He begged her just to leave, pointing out she was nearly 24. But Gypsy had other plans.