When Bogus Cyber Friends Attack! "Lori laughed about it"!

Scary! Predators & Cyberpaths Next Door! The Power of Deception Online! When Megan Meier Meet Josh Evans she had no idea who was lurking behind the mask?
November '08: U.S. Attorney Thomas O'Brien told jurors that Lori Drew helped create a false identity on the social networking site MySpace. Drew opened the MySpace account and "fully intended to hurt and prey on Megan's psyche," O'Brien told jurors. Drew is accused of harassing Megan with cruel messages, which ultimately led her to take her life in 2006.

Megan Meier, a 13-year-old who suffered from depression and attention deficit disorder, corresponded with the 'boy', called Josh, for more than a month before he abruptly ended their friendship. Megan thought she had met a good-looking 16-year-old boy on the Net.

He told her he had heard she was cruel and called her a 'liar and slut'.

She became depressed and hanged herself the day after her online friendship ended.

But what the young girl did not know was that Josh did not exist.

He was created by adults - parents of a classmate of hers - who lived just down the street from her home in a St Louis, Missouri suburb.

The woman who created the fake profile has now been charged with a crime. Thanks for your comments on Megan Meier. She was indicted May 2008 and faces up to 20 YEARS in prison on charges of conspiracy and accessing protected computers to obtain information to inflict emotional distress.

She allegedly said she created Josh's profile because she wanted to gain Megan's confidence.

The reason? To find out what Megan was saying about her own child online.

She told police that she, her daughter and another person all typed and monitored the communication between the fictitious boy and Megan.
Drew lured Megan in a way she knew would be most devastating to the child. Because Ms. Drew had taken Megan on family vacations, she knew the girl had been prescribed antidepression medication, Ms. Meier said. She also knew that Megan had a MySpace page. Ms. Drew had told a girl across the street about the hoax, said the girl's mother, who requested anonymity to protect her daughter, a minor.

"Lori laughed about it," the mother said, adding that Ms. Drew and Ms. Drew's daughter "said they were going to mess with Megan."

The Drews have been besieged with negative publicity, and Meier's death prompted her hometown of Dardenne Prairie to adopt a law engaging in Internet harassment a misdemeanor.
A blog entitled "Megan Had It Coming" the person writing the blog claimed the messages were being written by Lori Drew.
In a bizzare twist the law created because of the Drew's actions may be used to help prevent harassment against the Drews!

Drew pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and accessing protected computers without authorization to get information used to inflict emotional distress, in federal Court in June 2008.
She is free on $20,000 bond.

Experts have said the case could break new ground in Internet law. The statute used to indict Drew usually applies to Internet hackers who illegally access accounts to get information.

Sept.08
A federal judge tentatively rejected two motions on Thursday to dismiss charges against a woman in a MySpace hoax that allegedly led to a 13-year-old girl's suicide.
Prosecutors characterize the case as the nation's first cyber-bullying case, and the results from it could set legal precedents regarding online harassment.
The case is being prosecuted in Los Angeles because MySpace's computer servers are in the area.

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[flipmaya]

that girl was diagnosed as depressed and she was taking anti-depressants. The person who bullied her knew about this yet she still wrote an e-mail saying that the world is better off without her.

Some people are more sensitive than others and people should be more considerate.

[CSIS25]

You can't bully someone with text online, is that how you see it ? then you will never under stand it how old are you any way ?

[IntoxicatingHuman]

Lori made 31 accounts and disliked this video.

[johnhassle]

A prime example of why idiot parents of the girl who commit suicide should have properly supervised her conditions. Especially when she is bipolar.

[JDMsamuraiwarrior]

internet predators? is that what i'm seeing lol , megan meier killed herslf coz she was a weak american , how ever lori drew didnt harm megan she just told megan the world would be a better place without megan and megan like the dumb ass she is she killed herself

[ccbs82]

Lori Drew didn't cause this girl's death. The internet gives people the anonimity of being whoever they want to be. If this little girl didn't know this then her PARENTS should have explained it to her BEFORE she started a MySpace account. Just like the people on this post calling complete strangers all kinds of names. How would you feel if police showed up at your door and arrested you because someone you insulted on YouTube killed himself.

[BreaktheFallband]

this video is stupid

[James1toknow]

This is very simple people, if you can justify the actions of the adult in this matter you need to go to counseling, adults do not act like this. I have been a father for over 25 years and never acted in this manner. The lady is guilty and needs to pay for her crime period. She stepped over the line simple as that.

[areomancer2311]

Go to hell Lori Drew and may this horrorious event go away so Megan Meier may rest in peace.

[EmoKoolaidKid]

IT THE CLOWN IS LORI!!! LMFAOOOO

[devilchild2210]

why wouldan ADULT treat a young girl like that?!?!?!?!

[MandyTj1]

Lori drew.... yeah thats one huge cunt for acting like this.

she a murderer yeah lori lori lori just grab a gun and shoot urself in the head useless murderer!!