Oregon Father Arrested for Drugging Daughter’s Friends at Sleepover With Laced Smoothies

On Wednesday, 57-year-old Michael Meyden surrendered at Clackamas County Jail, facing charges for multiple felonies and misdemeanors outlined in a grand jury indictment on August 26, 2023.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Meyden laced the mango smoothies with benzodiazepine, a depressant that slows the nervous system.

During the sleepover, the girls watched movies and had facials.  Shortly after, Meyden made smoothies with “tiny white chunks” and “insisted they drink them,” even when one expressed dislike, as reported to the police.

The affidavit further stated that Meyden repeatedly went to the basement where the girls were sleeping.  He even checked if one was asleep by holding his finger under her nose.  Additionally, he moved one girl’s arm and adjusted her on the bed, causing the other girl to fear for her friend’s safety.

Another girl claimed she felt “woozy, hot, and clumsy” after drinking the smoothie and subsequently blacked out, falling into a “‘thick, deep sleep’ that she had never experienced before.”

Meyden then came back and lingered near the sleeping girls some more to see if they were still asleep. Once one girl was rescued from the sleepover, her parents contacted the other girls’ families at around 3 a.m.

According to authorities, he refused to let the girls leave once the parents started to arrive.

So far, the police do not have a motive.

Court documents show that Meyden and his wife divorced last year, but they still owned a home in Lake Oswego at the time of the sleepover.

During his arraignment on Wednesday in Clackamas County Circuit Court, he pleaded not guilty, and his bail was set at $50,000. He is facing charges of causing another person to ingest a controlled substance and applying a controlled substance to the body of another person.