MySpace Mom Linked to Missouri Teen's Suicide Being Cyber-Bullied Herself

FoxNews ^ | Thursday, December 06, 2007

[Paleo Conservative]

The woman linked to a fake MySpace profile of a 16-year-old boy created to start an Internet relationship with Megan Meier, the Missouri teen who hanged herself after receiving hurtful messages, is now believed to be the victim of a cyber-bullying impersonator herself.

And the online harassment laws that were passed after Meier's death last year now may be used to help the middle-aged woman, who many believe was responsible for the 13-year-old girl's suicide.

On Dec. 3, a blog entitled "Megan Had It Coming" carried an entry signed by Lori Drew, the woman involved in creating the fictitious profile that taunted Meier. The blog entry appeared on the same day St. Charles County Prosecutor Jack Banas announced there wasn't enough evidence to charge anyone in connection with Meier's death.

"It's time I dropped the charade. Yes, I made this blog. Yes, I'm Lori Drew," the blogger wrote.

[Paleo Conservative]

What goes around comes around. About time that creepy mom got outed.

Here's another article on The Age from Australia. You'll have to follow the links on both stories to read the whole articles due to excerping requirements. I couldn't even post an excerpt of the The Age, and it's a better article.

Net vigilantes target MySpace mum

Stephen Hutcheon
December 7, 2007 - 12:43PM

[Lancey Howard]

http://meganhaditcoming.blogspot.com/

[freeangel]

Does someone actually caare about this woman?

[mware]

I wonder if people are doing this because she was spared the justice system??

She may regret she was at this point.

[camle]

all I can say is: “Wah!!”

[freekitty]

It’s absolutely disgusting that her lawyer and herself brought this out. She participated in the demise of a 13 year old girl and doesn’t seem to care whether this poor child died or not.

[GadareneDemoniac]

This old sow is really milking the “15 minutes of fame” bit, isn’t she?

Everything is somebody else’s fault....

[Caesar Soze]

I'm confused. The woman who pretended to be someone else on the internet in order to harass a teenager subsequently pretended to be someone else on the internet to defend herself and is now coming out? Or someone else has been pretending to be the mom pretending to be someone else in order to defend herself, which itself constitutes harassment against the woman? Drew's lawyer said she didn't write it, but given Drew's propensity for Mardi Gras syndrome, one can't be too sure. (MGS: As long as you're wearing a mask, you think you can do whatever you want without consequences.)

Either way, the blogger has the tone down perfect. If it's not Lori Drew, it's a very realistic fake.

[Paleo Conservative]

Apparently she’s getting a dose of her own medicine. Whether she’s the one who wrote the blog or and imposter did, her name has become public. Now she can be personally subjected to scorn from millions of people. So what if she moves out of the neighborhood? Her reputation will folow her everywhere she goes. She’s about to find out the downside of being in a “global village”.

[Hardastarboard]

I read most of Lori Drew's blog, skimming the last part of it. After reading it, I don't believe the Drews had the kind of malice that would cause them to deliberately try to get Megan hurt. What I do believe is that they failed as parents. I've had similar situations with my daughters as what the Drews had.

The appropriate response isn't to go on line and use MySpace as way of getting even. The appropriate response is to keep your child as far from the offending party as possible. You don't talk to the child's parents. You don't let your child see or play with the offending party. You take away your child's MySpace privileges. I'm not a great parent, frankly, but I know enough to understand how this works.

You may make the argument that the whole internet socializing thing is new enough that it would be hard to understand how to react as a parent, but the basic principal isn't difficult, and it's simply this: If you have to deal with aggravating fools, stay away from them. Far away from them. They derive their energy from the pain they cause you. Avoiding interaction stops that game dead cold, and no one gets hurt. Duh.

[rlmorel]

Cry me a frikkin river.

If there were any justice these “cyber vigilantes” would accomplish what traditional vigilantes have done.

[rlmorel]

By the way, I don’t mean get the person killed...I mean make them flee in terror.

[Peace4EarthNow]

From the article:

My daughter had nothing to do with this," the blogger purporting to be Drew wrote. "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."

Interesting comment there ~ especially considering what SHE did to another child, who was also "just a kid who didn't deserve any brutal" attacks on the internet.

[Sloth]

Either way, the blogger has the tone down perfect. If it's not Lori Drew, it's a very realistic fake.

I agree -- the 'Lori Drew' post sounds authentic, just what you'd expect of an immature adult trying to justify herself with "her side of the story." Well, the good news is that she'll rot in Hell someday.

[RDTF]

ping - they say it’s not her

[Santa Fe_Conservative]

If it’s not her then, I suppose what comes around...

[freekitty]

It may not be her; but the fact remains she was a participant directly or indirectly. She atleast knew about it and didn’t put a stop to it.

[pandoraou812]

I've been reading about this for awhile now. Lori knew her daughter & others were using myspace to make a fool out of Megan. She was fine with that it seems. Lori wanted to see if Megan was talking about her daughter & everyone had a great old time playing this game. The girls were on & off again friends & Lori is the type of mom (IMHO) who wants to be the cool mom who acts like a teenager. So she played kiddie games right along with the others typing away. Her story keeps changing too. First it was Lori who made the account, then she blamed Ashely etc. but she sure enough knew just what was going on & did nothing to stop it. She encouraged this sick game.

The messages were at times sexually graphic but not to the point charges could be made against them I take it. Or who knows just who used the Drew's computer. Lori's stories have changed too often for me to know who is too blame for what.

Sadly it went too far & Megan is dead. I've read mean comments that said Megan would have killed herself anyway. Thats BS as we can't know that. Both sets of parents are total morons IMHO. Why they would give myspace accounts to 13-14 year old girls I don't know.

Lori Drew went too far in this game & she was the so called adult. One girl is dead, one in a mental hospital (last time I heard) & her own daughter's life will be a mess for a long time. She ought to leave that neighborhood & go where nobody knows her family for their sake. However I think she is enjoying this attention. IMHO Lori Drew is a scummer. She doesn't even have the sense to show any remorse or just shut up. Her daughter is going to end up hating her guts & Lori needs to grow up & learn some parenting skills.

[four more in O 4]

I just can’t imagine how any adult would think that tormenting an already messed up child would be a good idea.

Megan might well have been a shallow, self-centered little girl, but she was in love with the made-up person created by this other shallow, self-centered little girl wrapped up in a grown up womans skin. Megan was utterly devastated and chose to take her own life.

May GOD have mercy on her soul.

[MizSterious]

I know we were wondering about it on other threads. However, it probably doesn't make much of a difference: she did exactly what the blog said she did, and that much is fact. What she thought while she was doing it is beside the point. The deeds themselves speak volumes about the woman's character--or lack thereof.