Michael Meyden is accused of making the smoothies with benzodiazepine, a drug typically prescribed for anxiety, according to a probable cause affidavit.
An Oregon man accused of spiking smoothies with sedatives and giving them to his daughter’s pre-teen friends has been charged with multiple felonies, according to court documents.
Michael Meyden, 57, of Lake Oswego, allegedly drugged three of his daughter’s friends while they slept over on the night of Aug. 25, 2023, according to court documents and a probable cause affidavit filed this week in Clackamas County.
The girls, all 12 years old, were hospitalized and tested positive for benzodiazepine, described in the affidavit as a drug typically prescribed for anxiety, with common prescriptions under the names Valium, Xanax and Klonopin. Benzodiazepines are a depressant that produces sedation, sleepiness and a relaxed mood, the affidavit said.
I don’t feel safe. I might not respond but please come get me
My God, I would have an absolute panic attack if my kid ever texted me this. I would be shaking with fear and rage the entire drive over.
Id be at that door in 10 mins with a felony tucked in my waistband.
Burying the lede here:
"Eventually two parents went to Mayden’s home to get the other two girls, but Meyden was reluctant to let them leave, the affidavit said. "
The guy that drugged the girls didn’t want them to leave with their parents?!
I think he was expecting the benzos to wear off before parents had any chance to inspect their kids. They showed up too early, and the effects of the benzos would have been quite evident, and he’d be in a fuckload of trouble. Which is exactly what’s happening.
benzos have a long half life, i think it’s like 3 day.
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Any explanation for this is going to be horrible
Not that actually doing it isn’t absolutely horrible but wait till you have children, at about 7yo they invite 8 of their friends in your house and it’s pouring outside.
The idea of sedating them will eventually come in mind. Then obviously you’ll discard it.
And come the moment of cleaning the mess they inevitably leave you’ll wonder if you should have done it.
Yeah, there’s a big difference between using melatonin as a “sedative” so they don’t stay up all night and wreck the house, and using a powerful sedative to knock them out and abuse them.
Granted, I am NOT advocating using melatonin on other people’s kids, especially without consent from the parents, but one of those scenarios is considerably more evil than the other.
This guy gave the kids adult anxiety meds in smoothies, that makes this particular scenario much worse than a misguided attempt to make them go to bed early.Giving any psychoactive substance to anyone and especially kids without a specific prescription from a licensed practician is absolutely insane.
Beside recreational drugs when an adult wishes to obviously.
Then obviously you’ll discard it.
Apparently, since the article didn’t bring up any sort of sex crimes, he did not discard it.
Where did he get the Benzos from?
The article doesn’t mention that either but I read often that benzos are really common in the states, so likely a prescription.
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One girl drank two cups, and another girl drank one cup and a third said she did not like the smoothies and barely drank any at all. It was unclear how many smoothies Meyden’s daughter drank, but one girl told police it appeared to be a significant amount, the affidavit said.
One girl drank at least twice as much as the others, and the guy drugged his own daughter, too. What a piece of shit.
A girl who told police she drank two smoothies said she began to feel woozy, hot and clumsy, shortly after finishing the second smoothie. She said she “blacked out” and slipped into a “thick, deep sleep” she never experienced before, the affidavit said.
I know they’re only 12, but how much did he put in there I wonder?
And did the girl who didn’t drink much of the smoothie just not like the flavor or whatever, or did she think it tasted weird because she could taste whatever he spiked it with?
This was recently in an episode of The Bear.
Catering a party of hyperactive kids and made spiked smoothies to sedate them. Wow.
Didn’t they do that on accident?
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Bill Cosby is NOT a role model!
Wasn’t this the plot of an episode of bear?
And Happiness
Some people go to the extreme about annoying kids…
I have 2 year old twins… I get it.
I mean it’s wrong and I would never do that, but I get it.
