A disturbing case in Oregon has reached its conclusion, involving a father who drugged his daughter’s preteen friends with sedative-laced fruit smoothies during a sleepover. The incident, which occurred at a sleepover hosted by Michael Meyden for his 12-year-old daughter and her friends, has been resolved through a settlement in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit.

Court documents from Clackamas County reveal that Meyden and his former wife recently settled a civil lawsuit brought by the father of one of the affected girls. While the specific terms of the settlement remain confidential, the resolution has led to the cancellation of any forthcoming court proceedings.

The lawsuit, initially filed in November 2024, sought $2.4 million in damages, citing intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, and battery. Earlier in the year, Meyden had admitted guilt to three felony charges after having caused others to unknowingly consume a controlled substance.

In June 2024, Meyden was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Ann Lininger to a two-year term in a state correctional facility, underscoring the severity of his actions.

The unsettling events unfolded on August 23, 2023, in Lake Oswego, Oregon, when Meyden hosted a sleepover for his daughter and her friends. According to the complaint, he prepared mango smoothies for the children and pressured them to drink the concoctions. The shocking betrayal of trust has now been addressed legally, providing some closure to the impacted families.

Meyden later admitted that he spiked the smoothies with the sedative Temazepam, a Schedule IV controlled substance used to treat insomnia.

“Soon after drinking the smoothie prepared by defendant Michael Meyden, plaintiff and two other minor children became tired and fell asleep. One of the minor children had, unbeknownst to defendant Michael Meyden, not ingested the smoothie,” the complaint states. “That child observed defendant Michael Meyden acting oddly and in a manner that was concerning to them. That child also observed that one of the other children seemed very ill.”

The child who did not ingest the smoothie repeatedly called and texted her parents and family friends to come and pick her up.

“Mom please pick me up and say had family emergency,” one of the texts from about 2 a.m. reportedly read. “[D]on’t feel safe. might not respond but please come get me (crying emoji), Please. Please pick up. Please. PLEASE!”

After being picked up by a family friend and dropped at home, the girl’s parents went back and retrieved the other two friends from Meyden’s home and brought them to the hospital. The two other girls tested positive for benzodiazepine. One of the girls was reportedly speaking slowly and told police that after drinking the smoothie from Meyden she became “woozy, hot, and clumsy” before falling into a “thick, deep sleep.”

That child went on to tell police that a short while after the other kids went to the basement to sleep, she heard Meyden enter the basement as well. While pretending to be asleep, the child said she saw Meyden move the child sleeping next to her “toward the opposite side of the bed.”

Meyden then returned a second time and reportedly put his finger under the nose of the same child to check her breathing before waving a hand in her face to ensure she was “soundly asleep.”

During Meyden’s sentencing hearing, one of the victims spoke about the incident saying, “My life has become a living hell because of you and your actions. I want you to think of yourself as the monster you are.”

Another victim told him, “You are horrible,” adding, “You are a rotten old man who did this to children.”