Who is Lori Drew?

Back in 2006, two thirteen-year-old girls, who had been friends their whole life, had a falling out. Lori Drew, the mother of one of those girls, decided to step in. She, along with a teenage co-worker in her store, decided to create a fake MySpace page for a sixteen-year-old boy named Josh Evans. Using this page, she befriended her daughter’s ex-friend, Megan Meier. Lori used this page to find out what Megan was saying about her daughter. Megan and “Josh” started an online romance. But then “Josh” decided he didn’t want to have a girlfriend who was mean and told Megan as much. In his last message to Megan he told Megan telling her the world would be a better place without her. Megan was devastated by the breakup and hung herself in her closet.

Previously the Missouri prosecutor (where the Drew’s and Meier’s live) said he couldn’t find a statute to charge Lori Drew with. But the federal grand jury in Los Angeles thinks differently. They have indicted her on charges of conspiracy and accessing protected computers to obtain information to inflict emotional distress. She faces up to 20 years in prison.

How do you feel about this new development? Do you think Lori Drew should be held accountable? Should it be illegal for adults to bully teenagers on the internet?

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