Gypsy Rose Blanchard.Photo:Nathan Papes-USA TODAY NETWORK
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Dee Dee Blanchard, the mother of recent paroleeGypsy Rose Blanchard, poisoned her stepmother, her daughter claims in an upcoming docuseries.
Growing up in Louisiana, Gypsy spent time as a child and at one point stayed with her mother’s family, including Dee Dee’s father, Claude Pitre, and stepmother Laura.
Gypsy says she knows her mother had “hatred” for Laura and that after an argument, Laura told her stepdaughter that she didn’t “want you here.” It was then that Dee Dee and Laura left and found other places to live.
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In the same episode, Gypsyclaims Claude sexually abused herwhen she was a child, a claim he denied.
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Dee Dee, who had convinced people in her life that her daughter was terminally ill, is believed to have subjected Gypsy to painful unnecessary medical treatments.
Laura Pitre died in 2018, according to her obituary.
Gypsy married her husband, Ryan Scott Anderson, a special education teacher from Louisiana, behind bars in 2022.
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source: people.com
