Fake Bebo profile causes suicide attempt
Bebo cyber-bully faces jail after tricking friend into falling in love with fake profile:
In the vein of the Megan Meier tragedy a 17-year-old boy from the UK is under arrest after causing his friend to attempt suicide via Bebo. Bebo is a social site along the lines of MySpace that is very popular in the UK.
The 17-year-old created a fake identity on Bebo and pretended to be a admirer of his 16-year-old friend. This ruse went on for 3 months until the boy sent an e-mail from his real e-mail address still pretending to be the admirer.
The younger boy was hospitalised after overdosing on 30 paracetamol, 15 Buscopan and 15 ibuprofen tablets when he discovered his friend was behind the faux Bebo profile he had been emailing for three months.
The 17-year-old has pleaded guilty to harassment charges and will be sentenced next month.
Tags: Bebo, england, harassment, suicide attempt
11 opinions for Fake Bebo profile causes suicide attempt
Dan
Jan 29, 2008 at 5:13 pm
It never ceases to amaze me how fragile, confused, and basically clue-free teens are.
BelchSpeak
Jan 29, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Is this the Heath Ledger story? Young gay love ends in overdose?
dave
Jan 30, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Seattle Times staff
A man bit off a piece of a prostitute’s ear in Shoreline Sunday night because he thought she was trying to leave without providing sex, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office.
The quarter-size piece of her ear was recovered from a garbage can in the man’s kitchen, police said, but physicians at Harborview Medical Center were unsure whether it could be reattached.
According to deputies, the man found the woman through an ad on Craigslist and invited her to his Shoreline home. They agreed upon a price and she was paid, said sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. John Urquhart.
Before the deal was consummated, the 44-year-old woman moved toward the door to get better reception on her cellphone, but the man thought she was trying to leave, police said.
“The fight was on,” Urquhart said.
Urquhart said the woman fled and made her way to Northwest Hospital, where Shoreline police were called. After investigation, police said, the 54-year-old man was arrested and the piece of ear retrieved.
dave
Jan 30, 2008 at 5:05 pm
hey Belchspeak — Heath Ledger was not the Joker from Batman and he was not a gay cowboy. Those are fictional characters he played in the movies
BelchSpeak
Jan 30, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Hooker loses ears! Never heard him coming!”
BelchSpeak
Jan 30, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Dave,
You sure? You should google dead gay cowboy.
sara
Jan 30, 2008 at 7:03 pm
could lori drew not be charged with harassment?
Kim
Feb 5, 2008 at 12:23 pm
wow Belch you are an evil human being.
BelchSpeak
Feb 5, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Me? Evil? What did I do?
Jen
Feb 15, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Again, Mr. Therapist Dan? You work with children and you say they are clueless, you have a shitty attitude…
“Dan
Jan 29, 2008 at 5:13 pm
It never ceases to amaze me how fragile, confused, and basically clue-free teens are.”
Shona
Mar 5, 2008 at 9:14 am
I think Dan is right… how come teens are bein warped by bebo?
there are some sensible teens tho so don’t label all of us!
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