The legal battles surrounding an Oregon father who drugged his daughter’s friends during a sleepover have officially come to an end. Michael Meyden, 57, has settled a $2.4 million civil lawsuit filed against him by the family of one of his victims.
Meyden is currently serving a two-year prison sentence at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility after pleading guilty last year to spiking mango smoothies with Temazepam, a prescription sedative, and serving them to three 12-year-old girls at his Lake Oswego home in August 2023.
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The civil complaint, filed in November 2024 by the father of one of the victims, sought damages for battery, negligence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The suit also named Meyden’s ex-wife, Yukiko, as a defendant. According to court records filed in Clackamas County Circuit Court in late December, the case has now been “settled or otherwise resolved.”
The specific financial terms of the settlement remain undisclosed.
The resolution closes a disturbing chapter that began with a summer sleepover meant to be a fun “spa night” for pre-teens. Court documents revealed that Meyden became heavily involved in the evening’s activities, eventually preparing three smoothies laced with benzodiazepines. He insisted the girls drink them, giving them specific colored straws to ensure they finished their own cups.
Two of the girls fell into a deep sleep, but a third girl, who had not finished her drink, remained awake. She reportedly witnessed Meyden returning to the basement multiple times to check on them, at one point placing a finger under a sleeping girl’s nose and moving another’s arm.
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Terrified, the awake girl texted her parents to pick her up, sparking a late-night rescue by parents and police.
During his sentencing in June 2024, Meyden claimed his actions were misguided attempts to ensure the girls slept so they wouldn’t be tired the next day. “I was truly worried about them and just wanted them to go to bed,” he told the court. Victims and their families rejected this explanation, with one mother calling his sentence a “gift.”
Meyden is scheduled for release in June 2026.
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