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.

  • Flying Squid
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    44 months ago

    I don’t disagree. But you’d think the article would be more explicit if he was suspected of sexually assaulting the girls.

    • @xantoxis@lemmy.world
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      274 months ago

      The parents showed up before he could. Also, one of the girls wasn’t affected as much and was able to run defense.

      He was trying to sexually assault them. There’s no question here.

      • @Llewellyn@lemm.ee
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        -34 months ago

        He has something fishy in mind - that’s for certain.

        But how can you say “there’s no question” about whether he wanted to sexually assault them?

        Maybe he wanted to kill them or something.

    • @aStonedSanta@lemm.ee
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      124 months ago

      Might just be written with context they were given and not insinuation. Which is good. But yeah. It seems he was trying to be a predator here from the context.

    • TheHarpyEagle
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      124 months ago

      They can’t say for sure because, thank goodness, it didn’t happen. But there are very few good explanations for heavily drugging children and attempting to physically move them.

    • @Notyou@sopuli.xyz
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      24 months ago

      Some news places wouldn’t want to assume and put it in writing since that might “taint a jury pool” of they read about it before trial. Or a libel suit if the news places was wrong in their assumption.

      I believe that sexual assault/rape was 100% his goal, but I’m not a new organization.