The fate of a Missouri mother accused of conspiring in a MySpace hoax that allegedly led to a 13-year-old girl’s suicide is now in the hands of a jury.
In Monday’s closing arguments, prosecutors stressed the emotional component — the suicide of Megan Meier who was allegedly drawn into an Internet ruse devised by Lori Drew, the mother of Megan’s one-time best friend.
She is accused of conspiring with her daughter, Sarah, then 13, and her 18-year-old assistant to cause emotional distress to Megan.
U.S. Attorney Thomas O’Brien portrayed Drew, 49, as the guiding force in a “mean” plan to humiliate Megan by inventing a make-believe boy who would woo her on the MySpace Web site, then be revealed as nonexistent.
“Lori Drew decided to humiliate a child,” O’Brien said in his summation. “The only way she could harm this pretty little girl was with a computer. She chose to use a computer to hurt a little girl and for four weeks she enjoyed it.”
The defense said the case is a matter of computer law and accused prosecutors of misleading jurors into thinking it was a murder case.
If this case is about computer law and the MySpace terms of use, Lori Drew could be found not-guilty and walk a free person. I hope the case is more than breaking web sites terms of use.
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This is a horrendous case of abuse that stoops to all new lows of disgust. With ignorant, hateful mothers like this sick example, is it any wonder people learn early and at home such despicable cruelty.
As usual another dumb fatty that’s miserable about her own blubber and takes it out on others
Kilgore,
You’re funny I was thinking the same thing when I saw her and her daughter together on the photo.
Kilgore, YES. I was thinking the same thing!! :D
Besides that, this is horrible. What would compel someone to do this, especially to a 13-year-old girl? She’s just a kid! Obviously, this woman has no life .. all the more reason for her to spend it behind bars. :D