Nicholas Godejohn, Gypsy Rose Blanchard's ex, files new appeal
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Immediately after his conviction, Godejohn filed an appeal of the verdict and sentence, arguing that the trial court had abused its discretion.
Weeks before Gypsy Rose Blanchard was released from prison, her ex-boyfriend filed an appeal of his conviction and life sentence for his role in the grisly murder.
Nicholas Godejohn was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of Blanchard's mother, Clauddine "Dee Dee" Blanchard. Unlike Gypsy Rose, who negotiated a plea deal with prosecutors, Godejohn went to trial and was convicted by a jury.
Godejohn met Gypsy Rose on the "Christian Dating For Free" website in 2012, and the two quickly began a secret romantic relationship. Gypsy had been forced to live in a wheelchair and use a feeding tube by her mother, who suffered from factitious disorder imposed on another (FDIA), also known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Gypsy's mother controlled every part of Gypsy's life, and Gypsy told Godejohn that her mother had forced her to pretend to be disabled to get money.
According to court documents, the two had plotted at least three ways to get Gypsy away from her mother by May 2014.
The latest filing is actually an appeal of an appeal. In his latest appeal, Godejohn admits to murdering the victim, saying that he chose to use a knife and asked Gypsy for duct tape to muffle the victim before traveling from his home in Wisconsin to the Blanchard home in Springfield, Missouri.
