The Act: How old is Gypsy Rose Blanchard and is she still in prison?
Gypsy Rose was convicted for her mothers murder (Picture: HBO) New true crime drama The Act follows..
New true crime drama The Act follows the harrowing tale of Dee Dee Blanchard and her daughter Gypsy Rose.
Dee Dee was murdered by Gypsys boyfriend Nick after Gypsy endured medical abuse at the hands of her mother for years.
Its believed that Gypsy suffered this abuse because her mother suffered from Munchhausen syndrome by proxy, which is a mental illness characterised by a caretaker fabricating and/or causing injury to or illness in the person theyre caring for with a view to gaining attention and/or sympathy.
While Gypsy didnt commit her mothers murder herself, Nick, who is now serving a life sentence for killing Dee Dee, has said that Gypsy was the mastermind behind the crime.
How old is Gypsy Rose Blanchard and is she still in prison?
Gypsy Rose, who is now 27, is currently serving a sentence of ten years in prison for her mothers murder, and shell be eligible for parole before she turns 33.
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Over the course of her life, Dee Dee, who was stabbed to death by Nick in 2015, claimed that Gypsy had leukemia, muscular dystrophy, an allergy to sugar and asthma, in addition to alleging that Gypsy had the mental capacity of a seven-year-old as a result of complications during a premature birth.
Dee Dee lied about Gypsys age, saying she was born in 1993 and 1995 when in fact Gypsy was born 1991.
She also shaved Gypsys head regularly, so that it looked like she had gone through chemotherapy recently, and made her use a wheelchair.
Gypsy Rose ended up undergoing a number of surgeries which is has now been established were unnecessary, as well as taking injections and medications which caused her to loose her teeth and which induced symptoms of the various ailments which Dee Dee said Gypsy suffered from.
After Gypsys arrest, she accepted a plea bargain of second degree murder, while Nick was convicted of first degree murder and was given a life sentence.
In an interview, Gypsy said: I said I wanted it to be painless. I didnt want her to suffer, because she was still my mother.
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