"Maylis Daubon, 53, had claimed her daughter Enea, an 18-year-old who was struggling with her mental health and had dropped out of school, committed suicide in 2019. Daubon called first responders after Enea suffered convulsions at the family home, but they arrived to find her brain-dead and she died several days later in hospital. The investigation showed she had taken 10 times the recommended dose of a drug to reduce her heart rate or anxiety."
"Prosecutors argued that Daubon was a liar and a manipulator who had been drugging her daughter into a submissive state since early 2018, after an acrimonious divorce almost a decade earlier from her children's father, Yannick Reverdy, a former national handball player. Police found the heart drug, also used to reduce anxiety, hidden in suppositories in the mother's room and in a dresser in the living room."
"A co-detainee during the trial accused Daubon of trying to seek her ex-husband's murder from behind bars, allegations the defendant dismissed as 'prison gossip'. The defence argued that Daubon was innocent and that her eldest daughter was known to have suffered from 'severe and chronic psychiatric disorders'."
A French court sentenced 53-year-old Maylis Daubon to 30 years in prison for overmedicating her two children, which led to the death of her 18-year-old daughter, Enea, in 2019. First responders found Enea brain-dead after convulsions; tests showed she had taken ten times the recommended dose of a drug used to slow heart rate and reduce anxiety. Subsequent tests indicated the younger sister had consumed unusually high doses of sleeping pills. Prosecutors alleged prolonged manipulation and drugging following a bitter divorce from Yannick Reverdy. Police discovered hidden doses of the heart drug in the home. The younger sister defended her mother and the defence cited the eldest daughter's chronic psychiatric disorders.
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