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A creepy dad who allegedly drugged the smoothies of his daughter's 12-year-old friends at a sleepover "kept track of his co-workers' kids", a former colleague has claimed.
Michael Meyden, 57, from Oregon, was charged with multiple felonies after some of the children tested positive for benzodiazepines following a sleepover at his £1million home on August 26, 2023. Police have not speculated on Meyden’s motive but he has pleaded not guilty and is currently free on £30,000 bond.
And now former colleagues of the human resources manager have revealed the dad would take a "creepy" interest in their children and were concerned with his behaviour.
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One colleague told the New York Post "He always wanted to know about our families. He'd ask about my kids, how old they are, what extracurriculars they liked. Then he'd tell me what his kids were up to. It seemed really innocent at the time."
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The unnamed co-worker admitted things soon became suspicious when Meyden kept "liking" the parent's cheerleading photos on Facebook.
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Michael Meyden is alleged to have drugged his daughter's friends (Clackamas County District Attorney's Office)According to the affidavit, Meyden was "highly involved" in the sleepover which saw three girls joining his daughter for a "spa night" at his home. He took them out to get their nails done and collected pizza for their dinner. However, before the girls went to bed he is accused of making them two mango smoothies each which he "insisted" they drink.
According to police, the 57-year-old served three of his daughter’s 12-year-old friends mango smoothies laced with benzodiazepine, a depressant that slows the nervous system. Two of the girls allegedly fell into a “thick, deep sleep." One of the terrified girls claims the dad was "doing tests" to see if they were conscious during the sleepover while they pretended to sleep. The victim desperately texted a family friend begging for a ride home.
“So I’m ‘sleeping,’ and her dad comes down and [I’m] hugging [one of the other girls] because she was scared, and he kept moving us away from each other but kept doing tests to make sure we weren’t awake,” the girl wrote in a text. “Also, [the other girl] won’t wake up and she did for like 2 seconds, but she kept her eyes closed and didn’t talk,” the girl added, before the family friend agreed to pick her up from Meyden's home.
The parents of the other two girls arrived after hearing the concerns but Meyden was allegedly hesitant to let them collect their children at around 3am, saying they were asleep.
The friends were at his £1m house for a sleepover (Zillow)"Mr. Meyden specifically gave each of the girls specific coloured reusable straws to distinguish their own drink," the affidavit claims. "Mr. Meyden was adamant that the girls drink out of their own cups. One girl drank both her smoothies, and another girl drank one glass, but the third said she did not like the smoothies and barely drank any at all", police said.
In addition, one of the girls said that the drinks appeared to have "tiny white chunks" in them and that Meyden's own daughter appeared to have drunk a large amount.
Concerned parents took their children to Randall Children's Hospital where they tested positive for benzodiazepines, a drug mainly used to calm anxiety. The suspect is due back in court next month.