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Nick Godejohn Files A Habeas Corpus, ‘If Gypsy Rose Blanchard Is Free, I Should Be, Too’
Nicholas Godejohn’s fight for freedom continues. His attorneys are working hard to get him a fair retrial and find a path to freedom. At times, this proved to be an impossible feat.
His attorneys are hopeful that the newest filing of Habeas Corpus will get Nick in front of a judge. Nick’s team claims he didn’t have a fair trial and no one brought up his disability (autism and mental health issues). This compounded with Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s light sentence, makes this case particularly heartbreaking.
Nicholas Godejohn gained notoriety for his role in the 2015 murder of Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, the mother of his then-girlfriend, Gypsy Rose Blanchard. The case shocked the nation, revealing years of abuse inflicted by Dee Dee on Gypsy, who was subjected to Munchausen syndrome by proxy — a condition where a caregiver fabricates or induces illness in another person to gain sympathy and control.
Godejohn, who met Gypsy online, became deeply involved in her plan to escape her mother’s control. At Gypsy’s request, he traveled to her home in Springfield, Missouri, where he stabbed Dee Dee to death. The two fled but were soon arrested.
