Drew charged in Megan Meier MySpace suicide
p2pnet news | P2P:- In December, 2007, a blog went online purporting to have been written by 49-year-old Lori Drew.
It began, “My daughter had nothing to do with this. Everyone needs to leave her alone. None of you can possibly know her involvement, and none of you can possibly know what she’s gone through. She’s just a kid. She doesn’t deserve these brutal verbal attacks. Please stop.”
Drew has now been indicted for allegedly pretending to be Josh Evans, a fake MySpace user, in a hoax which led to the death of 13-year-old Megan Meier.
‘Evans’ cruelly taunted Megan, who later hanged herself in her bedroom closet.
“I feel it is time to speak out about this tragic affair,” said the supposed Lori Drew blog last year. “I cannot count on any media organization to fairly represent my story, as they have grossly misrepresented and sensationalized the story so far. So, I must present my case here, on the blog that has been my only outlet.”
Drew has denied creating the account and sending messages to Megan, says The Age, going on:
“She claimed through her lawyers that she did not instigate the Josh Evans profile, nor did she use the fake profile to communicate with Megan. While she knew about the ruse, the lawyer said, she was apparently unaware that the Josh profile had been used to attack her neighbour’s daughter.
“She claims the profile was the work of her teenage daughter and a teenage employee called Ashley Grills.”
A federal grand jury indicted Lori Drew, who’s been charged with one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing protected computers without authorization to get information used to inflict emotional distress on the girl, says the Washington Post, going on:
“Drew has denied creating the account or sending messages to Megan.
“U.S. Attorney Thomas P. O’Brien said this was the first time the federal statute on accessing protected computers has been used in a social-networking case.”
Megan, “was being treated for attention deficit disorder and depression, her family has said,” according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Her mother has said Drew knew Megan was on medication, says the story.
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went online – ‘Megan Meier had it coming’: Lori Drew, December 4, 2007
The Age – Lori Drew charged over MySpace suicide, May 16, 2008
Washington Post – Indictment in Internet Suicide, May 16, 2008
Chicago Sun-Times – Neighbor led deadly MySpace hoax: feds, May 16, 2008
on medication – Did MySpace fake cause Megan’s death?, December 5, 2007
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May 16th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
This story has them baying for blood on Slycks, can I ask you all here to think about making sure your own children dont feel left out in the cold and spare a minute to think about how alone this poor girl felt with this cruel hoax to decide to take her own life because she felt she had no one to turn to.
My condolences go to this poor childs family even though the events are from last year, lets all do our best to make sure there is no repeat of this for any parent and strive to take care of the vunerable youngsters and be there when they need us.
May 16th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
‘baying for blood on Slycks’ – that is all they do over there
May 16th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
@Quartz
I wonder how much prescribed drugs had to do with it all. Our daughter, Emma, is like triplets on wheels and I’m pretty sure she’d have been labelled in some way or another were it not for the fact we home school her. We decided that was the way to go before she was born. And we thank God we did.
She knows about Facebook, etc, but she belongs to an online group of other home-schooled kids. Parents and mentors keep an eye on the online activities. The kids have fun, but there are boundaries and they’re mostly to do with having respect for themselves and each other, and for being responsible. Things still happen but when they do, they end up being learning opportunities.
It may sound a bit corny, but it works and we, as parents, don’t have to worry.
Facebook, MySpace, and so on, are money machines, pure and simple. Shareholders, not users, will always come first.
Cheers!
Jon
May 16th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Thats great to hear Jon, I read many negative stories where young people are victims, often where with a little help the circumstances could have been completely different, its heartening to hear people like yourself are taking the bull by the horns and making things happen in a positive way rather than letting life become a disappointment and something to fear.
May 16th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
I’m a bad parent. I’ll let my 13 year old talk to a 16 year old. When it turns out fake, I’ll be outraged. When she hangs herself, I’ll make her a martyr for parents wishing to trample others rights for the sake of not actually be a parent.
May 16th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
I’m a bad parent.
I’ll act just like my teenage daughter and
cook up a scheme to ‘get back’ at another girl by tormenting
her on the internet ( since I already know she has
emotional problems ) until she hangs herself. Then i’ll blame it
on her own parents.
I’m not just a bad parent, i’m a psychopath. please kill me in a fire.
May 17th, 2008 at 12:01 am
Wellcome to the selfishly new scum parent of today
A useless piece of garbage, who will do anything to avoid responsibilities until after the tragedy.
Her daughter could not even approach her, now that is a slim
mom……… mom…. what is it……… can’t you see I am busy.
never mind……………
May 17th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Welcome to the new scum parent of today.
A useless piece of garbage, who will do anything to be their
kids ‘pal’, even as far as acting like a selfish kid and torturing
another kid, that they knew to have problems, until that kid
killed themself.
mom…. Mom …. she calleed me a name !!!!
What ??? lets take the bitch out .. permanently … mommy will take care of it.
May 17th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
At least, how most of us remember it. As the Myspace/Facebook generation increasingly becomes more active on the net, protections will be set in place so that it’ll be a safe zone for the kiddies. Once these get passed, the government (usa) will continue to impose limitations on the net. Soon, like Syria, we will be required to use our real name on the net so that we’re more prone to staying in the lines. When we raise our voices about the original purpose of the internet, complete freedom of information, we’ll be bombareded with scary tales of kids being abducted or accusations that we must be sicko’s. Ultimately, all this for lazy parents. As a parent, you are ultimately responsible for your childrens actions online. L2parent.
May 18th, 2008 at 4:41 am
As an adult, you should be responsible for your own actions online.
Especially if it involves tormenting a child. As an ADULT, you should
know better. An adult that acts like a child, then blames the consequences
on someone else should be beaten publicly … often.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Let’s not forget that the girl took her own life, no one actually killed her, and also that there are other factors involved related to the dead girl’s psychological health and her own parents’ failure to do their parental jobs properly.
May 21st, 2008 at 6:48 am
Let’s not for get that a supposed ADULT exploited the girls problems
and ‘gaslighted’ her into suicide. Just because the ADULT’S hands did not
physically tie the rope does not mean they didn’t kill her.
Let’s not forget the responsibility of the parent that drove her to it, and
now tries to dodge that responsibility like some L2parent.
Responsible parenting does not involve the psychological torture of
kids.
Responsible parents take responsibility for their actions.
May 21st, 2008 at 6:55 am
” Responsible parents take responsibility for their actions. ”
Don’t waste your breath.
The Drew’s know how to ‘use’ the net.
That should be apparent by how they used it to kill that girl.
they have many of their friends ( the ones they have left, anyway )
combing the net for articles like this, to troll with propoganda.
Troll away Drew family.
it doesn’t matter how many posts you make to shift the blame to
someone else, ultimately you are responsible and you know it.
You are responsible no matter how many people you convince you are not.
You ARE responsible, and sooner or later you will pay for it.
May 21st, 2008 at 10:20 am
The fact that girl had family problems does not excuse an ADULT screwing with her mind. There is no excuse for a 49 year old to be playing head games with 13 year old kids, and yes, Drew should get screwed by the courts. There are plenty of people in prison who love head games, she can play with them.