Cindy Niklasson, 30, is the influencer who became known to the Swedish people in the TV4 program “Young parents”. There, viewers got to follow her life with her boyfriend Michael “Knivmicke” Sjöberg and the couple’s children.
After appearing in the reality series, Sindy continued life as an influencer, calling herself the “White Trash Queen” on Instagram. There, the thousands of followers got to take part in her life, which was characterized by tattoos, cosmetic procedures, messy love relationships and a lot of partying.
Sindy Niklasson and Kniv-Micke with their son. Image source: TV4
At the same time, Sindy was abusing drugs. Sindy had already started using cocaine at the age of 15, and then it continued.
She became violent and aggressive. In a new interview with Expressen, Sindy says that she abused her mother and sister, and pulled a knife on her entire family.
Sindy got rid of the kids
Sindy’s life was a nightmare. The apartment was chaos, dishes that had been standing for weeks and “shit everywhere”, Sindy tells Expressen.
Sindy just did drugs, and couldn’t take care of herself or the two children. Finally, she called her father and asked for help. He came over and asked her to take a walk around the block.
When Sindy returned, the children were gone. He had alerted the Social Services, who immediately came and took care of the children, who were placed in a foster family. The minster was just a baby then.
Sindy Niklasson in 2016. Image source: Jessica Gow/TT BildSindy started with heroin
With the children gone, Sindy starts with Subutex. Then she turns to heroin, and begins to prostitute herself.
– I started selling myself. Not for the purpose of getting money – but because I was hoping someone would kill me or at least beat me. Because I thought I wasn’t worth anything. And I didn’t dare to take the step myself, Sindy tells The Express.
In addition to prostitution, Sindy sells drugs at Stureplan. She becomes embroiled in gang crime when she starts dating a known gang criminal. Finally, she breaks free from that relationship and begins her journey to get her children back again.
Cindy Niklasson. Image source: Stella Pictures. This is how Sindy Niklasson lives today
Since October 19, 2019, Sindy has been drug-free, and since December 2020, the children are back with her.
On Instagram, she then told about the joy.
“I did it! Today my children moved back home and we are a family again. Finally the 3 of us are together forever, and I will fight for the rest of my life to give them the life they deserve,” she wrote at the time.
The family lives in Brandbergen outside Stockholm.
Today, Sindy works as a parent supporter at Qrut – Quinnor’s rights without coercion. In addition to work, she works out at the gym and gets the life puzzle together with cooking, leaving, picking up and activities.
– Weekends are very quiet. I am with the family a lot, we are close today. I have healthy friends. I love my life today. Even though I was flashy with a lot of money, I had all my damn problems all the time. My biggest problems now are what pants should I wear today and what should I cook for dinner?, says Sindy to Expressen.
Sindy Niklasson: “It’s possible to get out of the shit”
For News24 so Sindy tells us that the reason she wanted to do the interview with Expressen was to raise the Qrut business where she works.
– I believe that parental support is an incredibly important contribution to parents with problems. Also to give hope that it is possible to get out of the mess and make a change in your life to other people who are in the same situation as I was before, she tells Nyheter24.
Sindy Niklasson in 2017. Image source: Stella Pictures.
How do you feel now, what kind of response have you received to the interview?
– It feels good that it’s out, was very scared when it was released because it was so exposed and raw, never wanted to let the internet in so close before as it’s easier to keep a facade. But the response has been incredibly nice and I am very happy to have already seen that it has yielded results considering how many people have written and asked for advice on how to go about getting help, Sindy tells Nyheter24.