Attorney asks for medical records of dead girl:
The defense attorney for Lori Drew has requested the medical records of Megan Meier stating that it was a change in psychiatric medication that caused her to commit suicide.
Megan’s mom states that Megan was diagnosed with depression but was improving before Drew’s hoax. She also said that the […]
Defense Lawyer Files to Dismiss MySpace Case:
Lori Drew’s defense attorney has filed a motion to have the fraud charges against her dismissed. He claims that if Lori Drew is criminally guilty of violating MySpace’s TOS than so are we all. Considering I’m sure we’ve all violated a TOS or two in our times.
Except here’s the […]
Drew’s trial rescheduled for October:
Lori Drew’s trial for conspiracy and fraud charges has been rescheduled for early October. Until then Drew must stay off the internet and can’t leave Missouri or Illinois except to travel to California for the federal trial.
Tags: conspiracy, fraud, harassment, lori-drew, megan-meier, MySpace, suicide
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Boy, 13, ‘hanged himself after he was bullied on Bebo’:
In case you needed another reason to check up on your kids’ internet habits comes this story out of England.
13-year-old Sam Leeson was harassed over the social network site Bebo because of the way he dressed and his choice of music. He hanged himself and his […]
Arraignment scheduled in LA in MySpace suicide case:
Lori Drew is scheduled to be arraigned in a Los Angeles federal court on June 16th.
Drew was indicted on conspiracy and basically hacking charges as it relates to the harassment induced suicide of 16-year-old Megan Meier
Tags: lori-drew, megan-meier, MySpace, suicide
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Convicted rapist hangs himself in cell after arrest, prison officials say:
About a week ago I posted about Bryan Halstead He was arrested in Naperville, Illinois for trying to meet an underage girl he met on MySpace. Halstead was already a convicted sex offender for the 1986 rape of a 13-year-old girl and shooting her father.
It […]
Woman Testifies Against Lori Drew in MySpace Hoax Case:
19-year-old Ashley Grills is the girl that actually created the fake MySpace profile of ‘Josh Evans’ that led to the suicide of Megan Meier. She’s been granted immunity by the California grand jury in exchange for her testimony against Lori Drew, the 47-year-old woman believed to be […]
Bridgend coroner: YouTube clip ‘incited suicide’:
You’ve seen me post about the suicides in Bridgend, Wales before and how some people have blamed the suicides on the social networking site Bebo. Well, the coroner investigating the suicides will have no part of that Bebo nonsense. He’s blaming YouTube instead…
Philip Walters, who has been investigating a string […]
MySpace Sued Over 2006 Teen Suicide:
in 2006 15-year-old Kristin Helms of California committed suicide. She was having sexual relationship with 27-year-old Kiley Bowers. The two had initially met when Helms contacted Bowers through his page on Geocities, a free and shabby webhosting company owned by Yahoo. The two continued to chat over Yahoo Messenger then […]
Police refute Bridgend suicides link:
Another youth has commuted suicide in the Welsh town of Bridgend bring the total to 17.
Most if not all of them had a profile on the social website Bebo. Some people have said that Bebo itself is to blame. While I find that claim ridiculous there was an interesting quote […]
‘Young cousins’ latest Bridgend suicides
The Welsh town of Brigend has been experiencing a rash of suicides by young people in recent weeks. Two more of its young citizens have taken their life. This time a 15-year-old boy and in a separate incident his 20-year-old female cousin.
Some media in the U.K. have tried to connect […]
Police probe death in Bebo suicide town:
Another teen suicide is thought to have happened in the town of Bridgend, South Wales. I originally posted about the rash of teen suicides happening there at this post.
At this time police are saying it’s not linked to other suicides and have actually not officially declared it a […]
Copycat death cult rips apart town as SEVEN teenagers commit suicide:
I ride the American press constantly for shoddy journalism. It could be worse. It could be the British press. No offense to Brits but outside of the BBC you have some of the worst in media. Take for example this article from This Is London.
7 […]
L.A. grand jury issues subpoenas in Web suicide case:
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has issued subpoenas in the suicide death of Megan Meier from Missouri. For those of you living under a rock Megan Meier at the age of 13-committed suicide when a boy she met on MySpace rejected her and demeaned her. […]
Victim’s parents sue MySpace after suicide, assault by Celina man:
The family of a 14-year-old California girl known only as Julie Doe are suing MySpace after the girl committed suicide. Doe was sexually assaulted by 30-year-old Kiley Ryan Bowers of Celina, Texas after the two met on MySpace in 2005.
Their online conversations led to a face-to-face […]
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