The woman whose bizarre MySpace hoax led to a 13-year-old girl's suicide was indicted today on federal charges. If convicted on all counts, Lori Drew could face a maximum of 20 years in prison.
The country was stunned by the alleged actions of Drew some months back when news broke of the sadistic mind game she was playing with a neighborhood teenager and classmate of her daughter. Posing as a teenage boy, the 49-year-old Drew is said to have rejected the romantic interest of Megan Meier and told her the world would be better off without her. Meier later hanged herself.
Drew was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles. She faces one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing protected computers without authorization to obtain information to inflict emotional distress. If convicted, Drew faces a maximum of five years for each count.
According the Los Angeles Times, there may be some jurisdictional issues. Though indicted by a federal grand jury, Drew's attorney wondered why the indictment didn't come through Missouri, where Drew resides.
I think 20yrs is too much. Yes what she did was horrible, but she didn't kill the girl, the child was suffering from depression and other things.
I'm not saying that what the woman did is right, but that kind of prison time isn't right either.
If it's not safe for children to use the internet, then I guess they should be 18 to use it.
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It's a tragedy for the Meier's to lose their child due to some childish prank conceived by Lori Drew. I'm glad there is still justice coming out of this tragedy. Being shunned by your community, losing your ad business, the world knows what a despicable person she is. Has she shown remorse? She still needs to be held accountable for her actions to the fullest extent of the law. You can't bring back Megan, but I'll settle for Ms Drew going to prison. I hope it'll also send a message to people using the Web under false pretenses.