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Megan Meier (left)/ Ashley Grills (right)
We can only pray that Drew gets the jail time for her immature & malicious intentions towards poor Megan Meier. This case will set a precedent for those who wish to pursue charges against their predators for INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS.
Predators often do the same things Mrs. Drew did - use false identities, lure vulnerable persons into online relationships, smear them, bully them and discard them - leaving adult victims with serious PTSD and other problems.
In our opinion, Megan Meier was a young girl who deserved a lot better than being set up and yes -- pushed to suicide by a remorseless person like Lori Drew.
REMEMBER: The Courts & Prosecutors INITIALLY said "THERE WAS NO CASE." But Tina Meier (Megan's mother) and people like us - the bloggers, who the press tried to smear as a "cybermob," kept after this case.
Victims - NEVER NEVER NEVER GIVE UP PURSUING JUSTICE!!!!!!!
Central District of California
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MISSOURI WOMAN INDICTED ON CHARGES OF USING MYSPACE TO 'CYBER-BULLY' 13-YEAR-OLD WHO LATER COMMITTED SUICIDE
The woman posed as a teenage boy who feigned romantic interest in a 13 year-old girl, who later committed suicide after the "boy" spurned her and told her, among other things, that the world would be a better place without her.
Lori Drew, 49, of O'Fallon, Mo., was named in a four-count indictment returned this morning by a federal grand jury. The indictment charges one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing protected computers without authorization to obtain information to inflict emotional distress on the girl who, because of juvenile privacy rules, is referred to in the indictment only as M.T.M.
The indictment alleges that Drew, along with others, registered as a member of MySpace under the name "Josh Evans." Drew and her co-conspirators then used the Josh Evans account to contact M.T.M. and began what the girl believed was an on-line romance with a 16-year-old boy.
In taking those actions, the indictment alleges, Drew and her co-conspirators violated MySpace's terms of service that prohibit users from, among other things, using fraudulent registration information, using accounts to obtain personal information about juvenile members, and using the MySpace communication services to harass, abuse or harm other members.
After approximately four weeks of flirtatious communications between "Josh Evans" and M.T.M., Drew and her co-conspirators broke off the relationship. Within an hour, M.T.M. had hanged herself in her room. She died the next day.
Any adult who uses the Internet or a social gathering Web site to bully or harass another person, particularly a young teenage girl, needs to realize that their actions can have serious consequences."To become a member of MySpace, individuals are required to submit registration information – including name and date of birth – and have to agree to certain terms of service that regulate their use of the Web site. Among other things, MySpace terms of service require prospective members to provide truthful and accurate registration information; to refrain from using any information obtained from MySpace services to harass, abuse or harm other people; to refrain from soliciting personal information from anyone under 18; to refrain from promoting information that they know is false or misleading; and to refrain from posting photographs of other people without their consent.
The indictment alleges that Drew and her co-conspirators violated all of those provisions.
"Whether we characterize this tragic case as 'cyber-bullying,' cyber abuse or illegal computer access, it should serve as a reminder that our children use the Internet for social interaction and that technology has altered the way they conduct their daily activities," said Salvador Hernandez, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI in Los Angeles. "As adults, we must be sensitive to the potential dangers posed by the use of the Internet by our children."
The conspiracy count carries a maximum statutory penalty of five years in federal prison. Each count of accessing protected computers, each of which alleges that the access was for the purpose of intentionally inflicting emotional distress on M.T.M., carries a maximum possible penalty of five years in prison.
An indictment contains allegations that a defendant has committed a crime. Every defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Drew will be summoned to appear for an arraignment in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles in June.
This case was investigated by special agents with the FBI in St. Louis and Los Angeles.
Our deep thanks to Denise Marhoefer of the Defense Foundation for Children USA for her help and sending us this information.
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Remember the love of your friends...
it might end up being all you have left.
soo last night, as everyone knows, was halloween.
i'm such a scardey cat, in case you had no idea.
So tabitha and megan came to my house to get ready. and ian met up with us.
i was a french maid, tabby was a fairy, megan was a dead person, and ian was a girl.
so we went around trick or treating, met up wiht my parents, and they drive us around.
we go from house to house.
and get lots of candy.
happy day.
ya know.
then i came home, and i was texting joee and i was like
"im going to bed, just wanted to tell you goodnight"
then he's trying to have a convo with me
and it took so long to reply that i fell asleep in the middle of texting him.
lol.
so yeah then I woke up and had to go to school.
end of story.
so yeah yesterday was my birthday party and I had a really great time.
i thought that HE wasn't going to show, but he did. just a half an hour late.
but yeah . it was a lot of fun. and we broke the thing in the bowling alley, but the guy fixed it lol.
more to blog about later, but just filling in.
My dad really pisses me off sometimes. I thought things were going good because he hadn't yelled at me yet since like Tuesday night.....welll no--I shouldn't ever think things are going good, because then they always get fucked up. Yep, that's right, he yelled at me last night because he never understands. Literally. He's one of those people who thinks that if he can do it-you can do it no matter what, if he's done it-you will come to it, and if he thinks one way about it--you can't think the opposite way. Grr, it just pisses me off! Sometimes I just want to hit him like he did to me last year...
Anyways. While I was trying to go to sleep last night I started thinking (like always), and I was thinking about some of the people who've made pretty big impacts on my life....just by doing different things, being there whenever, etc.
My aunt Terry who died from cancer. I know I've talked about her a ton, but she's a part of my past that I can't and won't ever forget. She's the one who basically taught me to be everything I could be, and never let anyone bring me down, or let me believe when other people tell me things that aren't nice...she taught me who to be. Terry was the one always there, she was like my second mom, and it never failed that she stayed true to herself. There was always a smile on her face, and a laugh bubbling out. I remember her laugh crystal-clear, and everything about her. I don't think there will ever be a day in my life where I don't think about her....it's been three years and I still haven't forgot anything.
Megan. Terry's daughter. She battled cancer and is still here....she'll be 8 this fall. Amazing. She's the funniest kid you'll ever meet...but the thing about her is that she kept strong through it all. She didn't really know what was going on for sure, but she kept a good outlook, and was always smiling and giggling. I so badly wish I could've been there more....but I think I'm going to see her this weekend, so it's all good. She's grown up soooo much during the past two years...and it kind of breaks my heart, because she kind of missed out on part of her childhood. Megan missed kindergarten, because she was in the hospital most of the time...that's like the best time of your elementary years. I love her to death.
My uncle Greg. He's one of the many reasons why I don't trust guys that quick. He is an alcoholic....he had a wife--lost her because he turned into an emotional abuser....had a wonderful girlfriend--lost her because he got too controlling and emotionally abused her, too. Sometimes I would love to go up to him and talk to him about it because he's going to end up alone unless he can find someone to deal with all his problems. But anyways, Greg is the main reason why I don't trust guys much....the things I've seen him do makes me wonder, and makes me realize that there are other guys out there like him...and it makes me scared. I love him, but I just wish he would stop drinking.......but nooooo he just keeps getting worse.
There are more, but I don't have time to write about them. I have to go do a few things and then pack now. I'm going to be leaving later, and I won't be back til Monday sometime......so I'll write about my weekend when I get back. Everyone have a great 4th of July!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<3 Nicole
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