The daughter of US comedian Rosie O’Donnell has been charged with child neglect after police found her baby son in a home full of meth pipes and rubbish.
Chelsea Belle O’Donnell (27) was arrested by police officers on 10 September after she contacted them and asked them to attend her home in Marinette, Wisconsin.
She has now been charged with four counts of maintaining a drug trafficking place, child neglect, possession of meth, and possession of THC.
Prosecutors from the Marinette County Sheriff’s Office have also charged her with two misdemeanors including disorderly conduct and possession of illegally obtained prescription drugs.
According to court documents, Chelsea called the police where the the 911 operator reported hearing arguing in the background and a woman telling someone to “get the hell away” from her.
It is alleged that after police arrived, Chelsea initially tried to play things down before admitting had been arguing with her boyfriend Jacob Nelund.
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In their report, police claimed Chelsea was evasive when they tried to question her about the row.
“I tried to ask her more questions and you could tell the Chelsea was not being honest whatsoever. This was a repeat of what happened a few weeks prior when I was at her house for a similar incident.”
Following further investigations, police subsequently found a meth pipe with residue inside.
A box of hypodermic needles was also allegedly found in the child’s room.
Police said that Chelsea admitted to having something in her bra while she was being brought to the station. A total of 18 grams of meth was then discovered.
“In the black vial was a white crystal-like substance that I know to be meth.”
In their report, police described how they found with rotting food and dirty dishes all over the place.
“The inside of the home was disgusting [with] milk that stunk so bad it almost made me puke, dirty diapers, used female hygiene products, unclean underwear with feces and blood stains and used razor blades on the floor,” the report detailed.
Police also wrote how they found a used meth pipe in Chelsea’s and Jacob’s first floor bedroom.
“Some of the needles were used and had dried blood in them. I know that drug users commonly use needs like this to shoot meth into their arms or “bang out”,
He added: “Under a baby crib, I located a black and silver digital scale, some used gem bags with white residue, and a sharps container that had more used and unused hypodermic needles,’ the report went on.
“In a clothes pile, I found a straw that had been cut off and burnt.”
Rosie O’Donnell has had a troubled relationship with Chelsea in recent years.
She and her ex-wife Kelli Carpenter adopted Chelsea when she was a baby, however she moved out of the family home in 2016 when she was 18, and went to Wisconsin to be close to her biological mother.
Rosie has four children: daughter Skylar Rose, five, Riley, three, Avery Lynn, two and Atlas who just turned one.