A 58-year-old father in Oregon who drugged a group of preteen girls by serving fruit smoothies laced with a prescription sedative to his 12-year-old daughter and her friends during a sleepover party has resolved a multimillion-dollar legal battle over the disturbing incident.
Clackamas County court records indicate that Michael Meyden and his ex-wife last month reached a settlement in a civil lawsuit filed by the father of one of the victims. The monetary amount of the settlement was not disclosed in court records, but future proceedings in the case have been canceled.
The suit was filed in November 2024 and sought $2.4 million based on claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, and battery. Earlier that year, Meyden pleaded guilty to three felony counts of causing another person to ingest a controlled substance in connection with the drugging…