Two-Year Jail Term for Oregon Dad Who Drugged Daughter’s Friends; Girls Demanded More

According to the Oregonian newspaper, the girls and their parents spoke before the sentencing to discuss the impact the crime had on them. They also begged the judge for a longer term, with one mother stating, “You played Russian roulette with my child’s life.”

How was the three girls drugged by Michael Meyden?

On August 26, 2023, when detectives were sent to the emergency room of Randall Children’s Hospital, they discovered that three girls had taken benzodiazepine, a depressive drug. This prompted Lake Oswego police to launch an investigation into Meyden.

During his daughter’s sleepover, who is twelve years old, Meyden gave the girls drugs. The affidavit went on to say that he gave the girls mango smoothies laced with narcotics.

Meyden was detained on a $50,000 bond after turning himself in to the Clackamas County Jail on February 28.

Later, in accordance with the search request, investigators would find five prescription vials of the sleep aid Temazepam, along with scales, razor blades, and instruments for powdering tablets.

What made Michael Meyden give the girls drugs?

Meyden stated in court on Monday that his main goal in adding the spike to the girls’ smoothies was to induce sleep so they would be well-rested for the events his family had scheduled for everyone the following day, according to Turnoy.

Turnoy added that he added the narcotics to the smoothies to stop the females from secretly leaving the residence.

“Mr. Meyden is incredibly remorseful and humbled and recognizes his conduct was completely inappropriate,” he stated. “He demonstrated authentic and genuine remorse in his statement to the court, which was nearly 10 minutes.”

Meyden gave a 10-minute statement to the court, which Turnoy described as showing “authentic and genuine remorse.”

Meyden told the judge, “My whole life is destroyed,” according to the Oregonian. “Everything that was important to me up until that point is gone.”

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“My life has become a living hell,” the girl said in court.

During the sentencing process, the court heard victim testimony from two of the mothers and all three of the girls who Meyden had drugged.

The Oregonian reports that the girls have been recuperating for months from Meyden’s offenses, which they described as a severe breach of trust.

The Oregonian reported that one of the girls’ moms told the judge Meyden was “playing Russian roulette” with her child’s life.

“She is barely 5 feet tall and on a good day 70 pounds soaking wet and you overdosed her.” She claimed that her daughter had overdosed and that the amount of narcotics in her system was “off the charts.”

According to the Oregonian, a second mother told the judge, “No decent parent feels the need to drug their own child and her friends. No decent parent puts their hands on drugged and unconscious young girls without nefarious intent.”

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