Fresh from the scandals of her controversial exit from television’s The View and the sudden demise of her second marriage, Rosie O’Donnell has been plunged into an adoption scandal! 
 
 The biological mother of O’Donnell’s 17-year-old adopted daughter, Chelsea, has unmasked herself to the world to sensationally claim she was drugged up by her then-husband on heroin and forced to give up their child. 
 
 “I believe Rosie O’Donnell knew that I was in no condition to sign away my parental rights to my daughter!” Deanna Micoley, 37, told The National ENQUIRER in a blockbuster exclusive interview. “She did the worst thing one woman can do to another woman — take her child!” 
 
 Micoley was unhappily married and just 20 years old when, in Aug. 1997, she gave birth to a baby girl who she named Kayla. Two months later, her now ex-husband forced her to give up their child to an adoption agency, it’s alleged. 
 
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 “I may not have been the best mother back then. I did drugs and I have a criminal record because of it,” Micoley admitted. 
 
 “But I surely didn’t deserve to have my baby stolen from me!” 
 
 Micoley said she never knew 53-year-old O’Donnell had adopted her daughter until last November when Kayla — now known as Chelsea — contacted her biological maternal grandfather. 
 
 “Chelsea told him that she was his granddaughter. He called me and broke the news. It was the moment I’d been waiting and praying for the last 17 years – I’d found my precious daughter!” 
 
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 Since then, Micoley and Chelsea have communicated through Facebook and text messages, during which her daughter revealed to her birth mom that she despises bombastic O’Donnell! 
 
 “Chelsea has told me that she had issues with Rosie,” Micoley said. “I believe Rosie has abandoned her. Since about the age of 12, Rosie’s basically shipped Chelsea off to different boarding schools.” 
 
 When Chelsea quizzed her biological mom as to why she’d been placed for adoption, Micoley said: “I told her the truth — that her daddy wasn’t a good person and she was basically given up to an adoption agency.” 
 
 “Rosie O’Donnell stole my baby, but I don’t want her money. I just want my daughter back!” added Micoley. 
 
 READ THE SHOCKING TEXT MESSAGES 
 
 According to Micoley, O’Donnell has also tried to turn her own child against her — something she claimed is supported via a series of explosive text messages. 
 
 In one text missive, obtained by The ENQUIRER, O’Donnell wrote to Micoley: “One thing I want to share — Chelsea has often been overlooked in some ways because my fame makes me seem superhuman.” 
 
 Said Micoley: “Rosie wants to paint me as a horrible person and says adopting Chelsea saved her from a life of misery.” 
 
 “Rosie even hired someone to dig up my criminal record and gave it to Chelsea,” revealed Micoley. “But bless her heart, Chelsea told me the past was the past, and she loves me!” 
 
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 O’Donnell is an outspoken advocate of adoption, and adopted son Parker in 1995 as a single mom. She adopted Chelsea in Nov. 1997, and then, with partner Kelli Carpenter, adopted son Blake in Dec. 1999. 
 
 Carpenter gave birth to their daughter, Vivienne, through artificial insemination in Nov. 2002. The couple wed in California in 2004, and split in 2007. 
 
 O’Donnell adopted her fifth child, 2-year-old daughter Dakota, in 2013 with her second wife, Michelle Rounds. But the pair split after little more than two years of marriage, with the end coinciding with the opinionated star’s decision to quit The View — just four months after rejoining the cast. 
 
 O’Donnell’s publicist attacked Micoley for speaking out publicly about her biological daughter, and insisted her client’s adoption of the 17-year-old was totally above board. 
 
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 According to Cindi Berger, O’Donnell “legally adopted” Chelsea from the non-profit Children of the World in New Jersey. 
 
 “The agency never would have accepted the baby if the birth mother was under the influence,” Berger told The National ENQUIRER. 
 
 “There are notarized adoption papers signed by the birth mother and father that were accepted by both the adoption agency and the Court.” 
 
 O’Donnell is “unbearably proud” of Chelsea, Berger added, and “has encouraged and supported Chelsea’s desire to communicate with her birth mother. How disappointing that Chelsea’s birth mother would go public with this personal story without ever having met Rosie.” 
 
 Watch the interview below: 
 
 

 UPDATE: 6:35 p.m. ET 
 
 Though there are few details, Rosie O'Donnell has posted to Twitter that Chelsea has been found and is in police custody. 
 
 chelsea has been found and is safe in police custody - thank u all for the help and light #missingchildren — Rosie (@Rosie) August 18, 2015 
 
 In a statement to Mashable, O'Donnell's agent Cindi Berger said, "Rosie wants to thank everyone for their help, especially the South Nyack, NY and Barneget Light, NJ police departments. Her daughter Chelsea O’Donnell has been located by the police and is safe in their custody." 
 
 Rosie O'Donnell’s 17-year-old daughter, Chelsea, is missing. 
 
 According to a message that O'Donnell posted on her website Tuesday afternoon, Chelsea was last seen in Rockland County, New York, where police have been searching for her since Sunday. O'Donnell added that her daughter "left home" with a therapy dog and needs medical attention as she has "stopped taking her medicine." 
 
 O'Donnell said on Twitter that Chelsea might be in New York City. 
 
 chelsea and her dog bear - last seen in nyack ny - may be in NYC - 
 
 please call 845-358-0206 or 911 pic.twitter.com/1jXbNxravZ — Rosie (@Rosie) August 18, 2015 
 
 Chelsea was last seen on Aug. 11 wearing a "black sweatshirt hoodie, dark ripped blue jeans, women’s gray converse sneakers and a black backpack." Anyone with information have been asked to contact authorities at 845-358-0206 or by simply calling 911. 
 
 O'Donnell, who adopted Chelsea in the late '90s, stepped down from her hosting position on ABC's The View in February to spend more time with her family. 
 
 "Rosie has teens and an infant at home that need her attention," O'Donnell's representative, Cindi Berger, said in a statement at the time. "This has been a very stressful situation. She is putting her personal health and family first." 
 
 In March, O'Donnell found herself at the center of a scandal when Chelsea's biological mother accused O'Donnell of having "stolen" her daughter. 
 
 Deanna Micoley told The National Enquirer that she was high on drugs when her then-husband convinced her to give their two-month old daughter Kayla to an adoption center, where O'Donnell adopted her and named her Chelsea. 
 
 “I believe Rosie O’Donnell knew that I was in no condition to sign away my parental rights to my daughter,” Micoley told The Enquirer. “She did the worst thing one woman can do to another woman — take her child.” 
 
 In response, O'Donnell's representative told the paper that O'Donnell had "legally adopted” Chelsea from the non-profit Children of the World in New Jersey. 
 
 “The agency never would have accepted the baby if the birth mother was under the influence,” Berger told The Enquirer at the time. “There are notarized adoption papers signed by the birth mother and father that were accepted by both the adoption agency and the Court.” 
 
 "Chelsea, like millions of people, lives with mental illness," Berger said in a statement to Mashable. "It has been a difficult road for Chelsea and her family and they just want her back safe." 

 Rosie O’Donnell’s 17 year old daughter, Chelsea O’Donnell was reported missing. Nyack, New York police authorities have been looking for her in the Rockland County area since Sunday, August 16. She was last seen Tuesday, August 11. She was wearing a black sweatshirt hoodie, dark ripped blue jeans, women’s grey converse sneakers and a black backpack. Chelsea has a large tattoo on her right side of a dream catcher with the word ‘Breathe.’ She left home with her 6 month old therapy dog named Bear. The dog is a 9 lbs brown and black terrier. Chelsea stopped taking her medicine and is in need of medical attention. Any information please contact authorities at 845-358-0206 or 911.
– Rosie O'Donnell tweeted this afternoon that her teen daughter is safe and in police custody after being missing for a week. It's not clear yet what happened with Chelsea, 17. Earlier today, O'Donnell announced on her website that the teen had been reported missing to police in Nyack, New York. Chelsea had left home last Tuesday with her therapy dog and hadn't been seen since. The post didn't make clear why the girl needed a therapy dog, but it added that she had "stopped taking her medicine and is in need of medical attention." At one point, O'Donnell tweeted that she might be in New York City. O'Donnell adopted Chelsea as a baby, and the girl's biological mother alleged publicly in March that O'Donnell had "stolen" the baby, recounts Radar. The woman, Deanna Micoley, told the National Enquirer that O'Donnell took advantage of Micoley's drug and alcohol problems at the time of the adoption, an allegation that O'Donnell has flatly denied. O'Donnell left the View in February to spend more time with her family, notes Mashable. "Rosie has teens and an infant at home that need her attention," said a rep at the time. "This has been a very stressful situation. She is putting her personal health and family first."