Gypsy Rose Blanchard is "hoping to move her divorce along" as she's been caught in the middle of a scandal surrounding the paternity of her unborn baby .
While Gypsy Rose announced she is expecting her first child with her ex-fiancé Ken Urker earlier this week, her ex-husband Ryan Anderson is "understood to be the father" by her state's law. The law in the Bayou State says if the mother of a child is married to someone who is not the biological father when the child was conceived or has been divorced for less than 300 days at the time of birth, then her ex-husband is presumed to be the father.
That means Ryan's name would go on the baby's birth certificate , even though Gypsy Rose has said Ken is the biological father. Under the Louisiana law, Ken would have to take a paternity test to prove he is the father.
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Gypsy Rose is believed to be desperate to get her divorce from Ryan over with, according to TMZ . The publication says that she is "aware of the law", but believes moving the divorce along will "help matters".
However, the publication said Gypsy Rose is aware they will still have to perform a DNA test. The Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up star announced her pregnancy news on her YouTube channel in a video titled 'I'm Pregnant, My Journey So Far'.
In the episode, which was posted on July 9, Gypsy started off by saying: "I know the rumors have been flying around for quite some time now and I'm happy to announce, I'm 11 weeks pregnant." She continued: "Ken and I are expecting our very first child come January of 2025."
Gypsy Rose admitted the pregnancy "was not planned at all," adding: "It was completely unexpected, but we're both very excited to take on this new journey of parenthood." She then addressed some concerns from her followers.
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"I know that there are going to be people who feel like I'm not ready to be a mother and I don't know if anyone's really ready to be a mother," she said. Visibly emotional, she continued: "All the things that I wanted in a mother, I want to give to this baby."
She added: "I am a mother now, I am happy, and I just want to be a good mother for my child. I want to be everything my mother wasn't." Gypsy Rose was released from prison on December 28 last year after serving seven years of a 10-year sentence for her role in the murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, who subjected her to years of medical abuse.
Dee Dee suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy (now known as a factitious disorder, which is imposed on another). She had Gypsy undertake a number of medical procedures, telling everyone she was gravely ill, when in reality, she was perfectly healthy.
Dee Dee was murdered by Gypsy's then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn on June 10, 2015. When Godejohn and Gypsy were arrested, both confessed to murder. Godejohn, who had carried out the attack, was ultimately sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after being charged with first-degree murder.
Gypsy was given the lesser charge of second-degree murder for her role in her mother's death and was sentenced to 10 years behind bars, but was released last year after serving seven years.
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