MySpace Suicide Case: Mom Charged!

Posted on May 17, 2008
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Federal prosecutors have filed an indictment in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles against Lori Drew, who is accused of using a fake MySpace account to send bullying messages to a teen who later committed suicide.

The O’Fallon, Mo. mother, was charged with one count of conspiracy and three counts of computer crimes. In addition to Drew, her daughter and another teen that were reportedly involved in the harassment; all have denied their involvement.

Drew allegedly created the MySpace account pretending to be a 16-year-old boy using the alias “Josh Evans” and sent messages to 13-year-old Megan Meier, an acquaintance of her daughter. Starting in September 2006, the messages were friendly and expressed romantic interest in Meier, but by the next month, “Evans” sent Meir a final message saying, “The world would be a better place without you.” Consequently, a distraught Meier hung herself.

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