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The U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles is expected to make an announcement this morning about a grand jury indictment in the cyberbullying case that resulted in a young Missouri teenager killing herself.
Authorities won't say who the indictment might target, but the likely suspect is an adult woman named Lori Drew whom authorities in Missouri investigated for her involvement in the scheme. Los Angeles authorities began investigating the case after Missouri authorities decided Drew had broken no laws.
Earlier this year in January the Los Angeles Times reported that a federal grand jury had taken up the case and issued a number of subpoenas to determine if Drew might be charged with defrauding MySpace in creating a false account through which the bullying was done. Los Angeles is considered a valid venue for the investigation because MySpace resides in Beverly Hills.
Drew and two others allegedly created the fake MySpace account of a nonexistent teen named Josh Evans to woo 13-year-old Megan Meier (at right) into his confidence and determine what Meier might be saying about Drew's daughter online (Drew initially told police that she "instigated and monitored" activity on the Josh Evans account but has since denied that she created the account or sent any messages to Meier). Once Meier was pulled in to the ruse, "Josh Evans" turned against her and began attacking her verbally online and saying the world would be better off without her, resulting in Meier committing suicide.
6 comments:
Kudos to the LA Prosecutor that found a way to make an indictment stick! The evil Lori Drew faces the court system finally and we coldnt be happier, Justice can prevail! http://www.what-a-world.com
A suicidal person commits suicide, color me shocked. I'm sorry but I fail to see how this is anything but a pitiful attempt to bring charges where there is clearly no legal precedent.
This woman deserves whats coming to her. This will be your legal precendent wewerg.
Do states have any legal precedents protecting mentally ill people from harassment? If not, maybe this will help that become a reality. This was basically bullying by coercion. How do we teach kids to behave, when many adults don't even know how to behave?
I am sorry but this has to be the DUMBEST case ever!!
The very concept of cyber bullying is just another reason to blame someone else for what amounts to poor parental oversight.
WHERE were the PARENTS???
TURN the damn computer off. I am sick of LAME parents constantly looking for someone else to do their job.
Try this one for size, EVERYONE is a predator and we should not be reduced to "to catch a predator" or cops arresting people because some parent allow the computer to babysit for them.
Press charges on the parents and this crap will stop.
wegwerg you are a jerk! I pray you never have to deal with severe mental illness in your life. You have to hope there is something left of society in terms of moral responsibility. Should you ever fall ill, what should we do, help you and love you, or let you borrow our belts. In my book, two legal precedents come to mind:
"Thou shalt not commit murder!!!"
"Thou shalt not bear false witness!!"
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