Chelsea O'Donnell Sentenced After Probation Revoked

Chelsea O'Donnell, 28, had her probation revoked and was ordered to serve prison time on Oct. 22 after multiple 2024 arrests on meth and other drug-possession, child-neglect and related charges. Court records say she pleaded guilty earlier this year and was sentenced to six years’ probation with strict sobriety and treatment-court requirements, which officials say she violated — with some reports also citing sexual-assault allegations — prompting a jail-to-prison order. She is currently being held in the Marinette County jail’s general population with dayroom access, visits, phones and TV, and could be transferred to a Wisconsin state prison such as Taycheedah within roughly 2–12 weeks. The case has drawn sustained media attention because of her long-running addiction struggles and prior headlines, including a 2015 missing-person episode. Rosie O'Donnell, who adopted Chelsea as an infant and is mother to five children, asked for compassion on social media and described Chelsea as “born into addiction”; Chelsea is herself a mother of four young children.