MySpace Hoax Leads To Megan Meier Suicide
December 3, 2007 by Morbid
UPDATE 5/15/08 – A federal grand jury indicted Lori Drew today in connection with the suicide of Megan Meier. If she is convicted of all charges, Lori Drew could get up to 20 years in prison. Details at the bottom of this article. – imp
You are probably gonna hear more about this incident, as it seems to have everything the media loves. Death, MyspaceMySpace
and teenagers.
In a nutshell, a cute guy named Josh Evans had taken an interest in 13-year-old Megan Meier and contacted her via her Myspace page. Megan was a girl who had battled depression and struggled with her weight for the majority of her life. But after striking a friendship with Josh, a relationship that Megan’s mother was aware of and approved of, her disposition had changed. She was happy, more confident, was losing weight and excited about having her braces removed and her approaching birthday.
Then, Josh started posting mean things about Megan and making them public for everyone to see. One of the last messages, allegedly, was that the world would be a better place without her and that everyone hated her. On the day of that message, Megan went to her room and hung herself, three weeks before her birthday. While that is a story in itself, it actually gets a bit worse.
Six weeks after her death, the parents of Megan were notified that Josh was not even a real person. He was a fabrication created by a neighbor down the block, an adult woman whose own daughter had once been Megan’s friend. This woman knew of Megan’s depression, and was friends with the family. The woman has stated that she created the account to check to see what Megan was saying, if anything, about her daughter. The woman, her daughter and an 18-year-old monitored the Josh Evans account.
You can read the all the details, even though they are from one side of the story, here:
ttp://stcharlesjournal.stltoday.com/news/sj2tn20071110-1111stc_pokin_1.ii1.txt
I am curious as to what our readers think. Should the adult who created the fake account share in any of the blame? Or should on-line bullying remain a crime that goes unpunished?
Update – 12-03-2007
No criminal charges will be filed. St. Charles County Prosecutor Jack Banas announced at a news conference that there wasn’t enough evidence to press criminal charges in connection with the death of Megan Meier, 13.
Feel free to comment on this article, or discuss the topic in the forums.
UPDATE 5/15/08 – A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted Lori Drew today in connection with Megan Meier’s suicide. Drew has been charged with one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing protected computers without authorization in order to obtain information to inflict emotional distress. If Drew is convicted of all charges, she could face up to twenty years in prison.
10:10 am on November 14th, 2007
If that was MY daughter, those piece of shit adults would have to take out a restraining order on me. I would be there for every waking moment for the rest of their lives making sure everyone KNEW what they were responsible for. If I ever got close enough for physical contact I would beat the living shit out of them. They could put me in jail, but every time I got out, I would be at it again. What they did was so petty and disgusting. I KNOW lots of parents like that. For some reason they feel its ok to get involved in their teens’ drama. My younger (much younger) sister was actually CONFRONTED by the mother of some girl when she was in high school. It was over a boy that had no interest in her daughter but was seeing my sister. I had to show up to that dumbasses job and straighten that bitch out. She was in her 30s, I was in my early 20s. It was really funny how I had to tell her to grow up and let them handle it themselves. She lost all her courage when I showed up.
I think the adults here need to be prosecuted or at least pursued in civil court. They had prior knowledge of her condition and they actively pursued her. There was no reason for it. It was just plain malicious.
10:11 am on November 14th, 2007
[...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt[IMG] You are probably gonna hear more about this incident, as it seems to have everything the media loves. Death, Myspace and teenagers. In a nutshell, a cute guy named Josh Evans had taken an interest in 13-year-old Megan Meiers and contacted her via her Myspace page. Megan was a girl who had battled depression and struggled with her weight for the majority of her life. But after striking a friendship with Josh, a relationship that Megan’s mother was aware of and approved of, her dispositi [...]
10:41 am on November 14th, 2007
I just read the article then I called my neice she lives in that area her daughters knew megan and said she was a very nice girl I didnt know her though I think its just sad when parents feel they need to gat into their childrens tiffs and they should be made to pay the mother who caused this actually told the cops she did’nt feel guilty what a cold hearted bitch I hope to god she sees megans face every time she closes her eyes I am a christian may i suggest that we all say a prayer for megans soul suiside is wrong but in her case i believe it should be classfied by attempted murder at the very least they drove her to it a perent like that should have her child removed from the home HMMMMMMM i just wonder how high her daughter holds her head up at school now that he mom caused the death of megan
10:45 am on November 14th, 2007
Does your neice know the other family involved?
11:48 am on November 14th, 2007
I wonder how long before the other family involved has their name plastered all over the web by investigative bloggers?
11:50 am on November 14th, 2007
Dig Morbid dig!! Since the mother that started this whole thing doesn’t seem to feel guilty, I’m sure she won’t mind having her and HER daughter’s names posted online. I want photos and links to their myspace accounts as well. Heh.
12:01 pm on November 14th, 2007
I am pretty sure I found them. There were enough clues and info in the articles and comments that it really wasn’t that hard. But since I cannot 100 percent verify…
12:03 pm on November 14th, 2007
If the ADULT mother of the teen, knew Megan suffered from depression, created Josh, as stated, and then began to work on her mentally – then this woman is directly responsible for her death. All premeditation does not mean to plan to shoot or stab or break in. What better way to get rid of an enemy, than to have them kill themselves – no suspect, no murderer.
The adults involved in this are guilty of murder just as I would be IF I pointed a blind man in the direction of an oncoming car or in the direction of a cliff. True, I did not push him in front of a car or off of the cliff BUT – HE IS STILL DEAD AND MY INTENTIONAL ACTIONS CAUSED IT. The same applies to this case – if someone knows for a fact how depressed someone else is….. and they INTENTIONALLY feed on this weakness and cause that person to commit suicide then that person caused their death – THEY ARE MURDERERS AS WELL.
In this particular situation, since the families were involved with each other, the mother was privy to Megan’s illness and knew how to use it. That is PREMEDITATED any way you look at it. Just because she didn’t shoot her means nothing to me – SHE AND THE OTHER ADULT AND HER DAUGHTER ARE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MEGAN’S SUICIDE! This should not be allowed to go to a civil court. This was a PREMEDITATED MURDER because she knew of the girl’s fragil state.
12:05 pm on November 14th, 2007
Go Morbid Go – You are great at investigating!!! Can’t wait to see what you turn up!
12:08 pm on November 14th, 2007
Someone? Anyone? Can you please help Morbid 100% verify? This story has pissed me off and I feel like stooping to their level. I wonder how much cyber-bullying it would take to push THEM over the edge?
12:42 pm on November 14th, 2007
Kathy – I would swear I’m kin to you, if you weren’t in Missouri – although, I heard dad got around, LOL! It seems that people like us are in the minority – you know the ones who think “IF YOU DON’T WANT NOTHING DON’T START NOTHING!”
Had this been my child, none of them would be safe. Perhaps, that is because I only have one child to worry about – there would be nothing else for me to lose. The cops or their families would not be able to protect them. I hope the whole community turns on those sicko pyschos.
This should also include a FIRST DEGREE MURDER INVESTIGATION ON ALL PARTIES INVOLVED AND APPROPRIATE FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES FILED FOR ALL. Does anyone know how old the other teen involved was before I pass judgement on her?
12:59 pm on November 14th, 2007
How could the mom who caused this say she doesn’t feel guilty – she caused a child she knew to kill herself. So, maybe her daughter, doesn’t know the difference between right and wrong – maybe she has never seen an example of it judging from the mom. Do we know anything on the other adult yet?
4:28 pm on November 14th, 2007
They should certainly be held responsible, to what extent I don’t know but they definitely played an active part in this girls death. Odds are if it wasn’t for their actions, she’d still be alive today.
5:00 pm on November 14th, 2007
It took about 30 minutes to find out who the bastards are that did this. The article *did* give excellent clues in order to find the folks responsible. I will defer to Morbid though as he has more experience and will probably double and triple check his sources.
If you want to know how I found them Morbid just email me
5:08 pm on November 14th, 2007
The mother stated that her daughter was depressed but that had changed. I’m sure the “monster mother” knew that Megan was improving – since the “monster mom” knew Megan and her family. The “monster mom” stated that “she just wanted to see what Megan was saying about her daughter, if anything”. BULLSH*T!!! Grow up that stuff went out when you graduated, STUPID!
If “monster mom” thought there was something so serious between the two teens, why didn’t she go to the other parents and sit down with their daughters and hash things out. Let’s face it, that b*tch was acting worse than a teen. How many parents create a character to see what others are saying about their kid? “Sick and Stupid”.
As for her not feeling any guilt, well I don’t even know how to respond to that. Where is her human instinct just to hate the fact that some poor girl in her life killed herself. Had I known Megan, I would be broken hearted about what had happened, much less knowing I caused it. I never knew any of the involved and I sit here heartbroken for Megan and her family. Prayers for the whole family.
5:11 pm on November 14th, 2007
I sent you an email, Medic.
5:23 pm on November 14th, 2007
Morbid we are anxiously waiting. But, I admire your resolve for the facts and verification of information. Good Job!!!
6:20 pm on November 14th, 2007
Me and Medic have the same family. But again, it is impossible to verify 100 percent unless someone actually gets the original complaint filed about the foosball table, or if someone from the area verifies. The complaint about Ron running through their yard is available, but the case is St. Charles vs Ron Meier. The family is not listed.
7:05 pm on November 14th, 2007
morbid soory my neices dont know the other family they just went to school with megan at ft zumwalt when she went there from what i understand the have been hush hush about the other families idenity for fear of vigalantie justice and for the safty of the other girl at school
8:40 pm on November 14th, 2007
“for fear of vigalantie justice and for the safty of the other girl at school”
Soo, they can dish it but they can’t take it eh? Cowards.
11:17 pm on November 14th, 2007
Medic, looks as if we were right.
http://bluemerle.blogspot.com/2007/11/what-you-said-to-megan-meier.html
12:21 am on November 15th, 2007
thats just pretty freakin sick. I hope charges are eventually brought against monster mom but its too late for poor Megan. Why is it that no one seems to value a childs life anymore?
11:32 am on November 15th, 2007
Here is the whole story link -http://stcharlesjournal.stltoday.com/news/sj2tn20071110-1111stc_pokin_1.ii1.txt
Please someone tell me I read it wrong. I understood it to say there would be no charges filed because they didn’t have one to fit the crime.
From what I read, it is called PREMEDITATED MURDER!! I am going to repeat part of my post yesterday — IF I POINT A BLIND MAN INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC OR I POINT HIM IN THE DIRECTION OF A CLIFF – THEN HE IS HIT BY A CAR OR FALLS TO HIS DEATH – I WOULD BE GUILTY OF MURDER! True, I didn’t push him out into traffic or over the cliff, but he is still dead. HE IS DEAD BECAUSE OF MY INTENTIONAL ACTIONS!!!
The bitch monster mom knew of Megan’s depression and used it. She said she did not feel guilty “once” she found out poor Megan had tried suicide before. BULLSHIT!!! The teens were friends and had been for a while. I bet Megan and the other teen had discussed it before and I bet at some point, during one of the teens’ tifts, she told monster mom. That bitch used that knowledge. If she did not have any malicious intent – why didn’t she stick to name calling and other juvinile things. There was a post purposely stating “the world would be a better place without you”!!
Come on community cry out to the law and law makers!! It could be your teen next time. Those three murdered poor Megan the same as if they had shot her between the eyes. And furthermore, what justice system allows the other side to charge Ron and take him to court for driving thru their lawn and busting a fooseball table after what that sorry bunch done to his family. PLEASE!! Stupid shit like that is why Tina should be able to beat the hell out of the monster mom and the other 18 yr old without any consequences. And Ron should be able to kick the dad’s ass, too.
Ron and Tina if you were divorcing before Megan’s tragic end then maybe it is the answer – But if not, please find a way to cling to each other in this awful time. Don’t let that sorry bunch down the street take you marriage – they already took your daughter. Hang on guys. Prayer to you for Megan and your marriage.
And to Kathy, Amen!!! Like I said yesterday – IF YOU DON’T WANT NOTHING DON’T START NOTHING!!!
Again, does anyone know who old the other teen girl was?
11:54 am on November 15th, 2007
Suppose there was as suicide jumper standing at the edge of a building, and I began shouting “Jump! Jump!” and then he did in fact, jump to his death. I would be a morally bankrupt human being, for sure, but not a murderer. This other family, the ones who were aware of Megan’s mental state, are vile human beings to be sure. But to charge them with murder? They didn’t kill her, nor did they intend to.
Lastly, there are a plethora of things that lead to someone committing suicide, we have no clue (nor will we ever) know EXACTLY what all was going on in this girls life. We have one side of a story. But to say that 100 percent without a doubt that the actions of this other family are the sole cause of her suicide is ludicrous.
If the community wants to ostracize this other family because of their actions, so be it. I am all for it. A good shunning works wonders. If the Meier’s ever decide to take the family to civil court, the that is their right as well. But if they are to bring this other family to court for their shameful actions, to blame them for their daughter’s suicide, then it is only fair that they are put on trial as well, for what part they may have had in Megan’s mental state. For as the article stated Megan described herself as:
M is for Modern
E is for Enthusiastic
G is for Goofy
A is for Alluring
N is for Neglected.
I am not apologizing for the other family. They are despicable. I am just saying that people may want to check themselves and ensure that they are not placing their frustration and anger over a needless death on one portion of the total equation.
12:03 pm on November 15th, 2007
I agree, murder charges may be going over the top, but they do need to be held accountable. Since the people responsible already lawyered up, they must know something is coming.
From the link you provided above, I believe they are REALLY getting it from their community. The hate they made that poor girl feel was only imagined. The hatred beign directed towards them is REAL. I hope they like it.
12:34 pm on November 15th, 2007
http://tinyurl.com/38cyt4
A St. Charles County teen commits suicide after being targeted by an online attack, but those who instigated it face no criminal charges, or could they? The county prosecutor says he never saw the complete case file. He doesn’t want to give anyone false hope, but he says it’s not yet case closed. “Me personally, I’ve never seen anything on this case,” says St. Charles County Prosecutor Jack Banas. He says from what he’s heard he knows hearts are broken, but he doesn’t believe laws were.
1:43 pm on November 15th, 2007
Morbid to discuss your comment about the jumper – kinda of interesting point, but the difference is you did not know he was depressed BEFORE he went to the roof, you did not intentionally use that information of depression in a way to make that person feel even worse – so to me JUMP JUMP is not in the same catagory. This was an adult messing with a teen’s mind. And, I don’t mean to be critical, but you or I neither know what their INTENT was. We cannot read minds.
And, if I am wrong, which is highly possible, about the first degree murder – it should be at least 2nd or the highest manslaughter possible.
When someone uses a persons mentallity against them it is as much of a crime as any. Example, if I trick a mentally handicapped person into signing and cashing their SSI check and giving me the money – I am a guilty of robbing them as if I held a gun on a regular person and demanded their money.
AGAIN, if they did not want to see if they could get her to kill herself – why add that last statement “the world would better off without you” – why not stick the name calling and insults,….your fat – no one likes you, hell, what teen hasn’t heard that. I believe the mean statements were used to weaken her mentallity and get her to an unstable train of thought and then they went in for the kill. People who have car accidents while drinking, if someone dies they can be charged with murder because they were drinking – they didn’t go out planning to drink, drive, kill somebody – but they did and they go to jail. I believe monster mom’s actions carry a whole lot more INTENT than someone being crazy enough to drink and drive.
1:52 pm on November 15th, 2007
I guess my point is simply that we do not know that the words actually existed, nor do we know ALL the details of this girls life.
For example. Let’s say I abuse my kid on a daily basis. A little physical, a lot mental. My kid begins suffering from depression, expresses thoughts of suicide, and then begins seeing a therapist and taking anti-depressants. I continue my daily routine of neglect and verbal abuse. One day, while at school, my son is targeted by bullies, who ae aware of my kid depression, who tease him about whatever…his clothes…his looks..He then goes home and hangs himself in the basement. Now, are you saying it was the bullies fault?
I think people have a right to be mad at that other family for what they did, as their actions were horrid, but to equate them with the ones solely responsible for her death just doesn’t wash. A 6 week on-line friendship, albeit a fake one, does not drive one to suicide. This girl had issues LONG before then.
I know it sounds as if I am excusing the other family, but I am not. Had Megan been my child, I would have probably hurt them physically. But on the other hand, I would hate to see the day that people can be brought up on ANY type of murder charges for something they SAID, not DID.
2:20 pm on November 15th, 2007
No, I’m not saying its the bullies fault. Apples and oranges. These adults were directly involved in Megan’s life and knew how to play her. Now, I do agree she had issues LONG before. And, Morbid, I’m sorry but you can be brought up on murder charges by what you say not do … it’s called “conspiracy to commit”.
My reasons for saying its murder is because of their mean intentions – that bitch no more wanted to see what was being said about her daughter than I did. If that had been true, if Megan was making comments about the other teen, then monster mom could have addressed the issue with Megan and her parents. But, NO she created a fake boy to build Megan up and then jerked the rug out from under her. How many “normal” teens commit suicide after a break up much less already depressed ones – after finally finding a light at the end of a tunnel? If she didn’t want her to die she was at least trying to send her over some kind of edge. Her intentions were to hurt that girl whether it was physically or mentally. And she got what she wanted.
She wanted to nose in on teen business and from what I understand their arguements weren’t serious enough to warrent parental intervention. Parental intervention, if needed, should have been with Megan’s parents – both sets of adults and let the teens sling shit to each other like all teens do from time to time.
2:37 pm on November 15th, 2007
The account was accessed by more than the mom. Yes it was created by the mother, but more than she had access to it. The young girl who came forward even admitted to posting her own messages. The password to the Josh account was given out to others. So now ALL of these people wanted this girl to kill herself? Should ANY of the people who posted mean things to this girl be brought up on murder charges as well?
Conspiracy to Commit is if I did more than say something, it is if I actually PLANNED something. Not even close to what my comment was about. I can sit here right now, look at my friend across from me and tell him “I Want To Kill You” and the most I would be charged with, if at all, would be some form of threat charge. Not murder.
There is no way you will convince me, unless you were actively there with them, that this group of people intentionally tried to kill this girl. Hell, we don’t even know the extent to what the other family knew about this girls issues. We know only one side of the story, and the knee-jerk reactions it has created.
2:51 pm on November 15th, 2007
It is a modern-day stoning.
3:07 pm on November 15th, 2007
Some very good points Morbid. I will mull them over a minute. Finally, I do not think everyone wanted her dead,but were playing a mean game. I do believe the mother had malicious intentions. She was the adult and why dirty your hands more when teens will do it for you (after all mom set it up it must be alright) and the mom not be as accountable? Like I said, what better way to get rid of an enemy than to drive them to killing themselves.
This ADULT PLANNED to do some sort of harm to a teen. Our laws from NC and MO must be completely different. Let me give you an example of one I was arrested for — I was standing outside of a car that had two girls in it. I was standing on the driver’s side talking to the driver. We were not fighting but disagreeing – the passenger decides its her business and starts saying fuck that bitch. I let it ride for several times, while continueing to talk to the driver. Finally, I lost it, I pointed my finger, from the driver’s side of the car at the passenger and asked, “do you want to step your ass out of the car?”
Later, I was arrested for attempted assault. And, as is everything else, this is public record. I did not threaten her. I did not cuss her. And the quote of “do you want to step your ass out of the car?” is exact and witnessed. Did I attempt to assualt anyone? No, I asked her IF she wanted to step out of the car.
11:03 am on November 16th, 2007
Both the adult (so called Josh), and the dead girl’s parents should be shot.
11:53 am on November 16th, 2007
O-kay I’m with you on the “adult pretending to be Josh” – not clear on why you think the parents are to blame as well. Can you elaborate or will you? Do you have information that known of the rest of us are aware of? And, is it fact, or opinion?
Thanks.
12:00 pm on November 16th, 2007
It’s purely an opinion, but if researched well enough, it can evolve into a fact I think. I hold parents 100% responsible for their children’s fuck ups. Most of the times it’s how they’re raised, which turns them into what they are. But, also IF they have mental issues, depression, psychosis etc. parents have the responsibility to fully attend to their child’s issues and work on it instead of hoping for the best, which majority of the parents tend to do.
Again, opinion, not a fact.
12:17 pm on November 16th, 2007
O-kay I’m still following you – but other than not listening to see what Magan was so upset over – how are the parents at fault? Not saying you’re wrong – just trying to understand.
I was impressed of how the mother had monitored – what I count – extra closely Megan’s my space account and when she had done something inappropriate that the mom suspended her priviledges – most parents may check the content here and there but these parents ONLY had the password after her priviledge to use myspace was reinstated. I do not know of any other parents that are “on top” of the children’s internet use that much. I am not defending only pointing out what was posted in a story. The only fault I have seen so far, is the mom stated how angry she was because Megan had not logged off instead of noticing just how upset she was,especially given her history. I feel that the mother should have addressed Megan’s issue first and bitched about “not getting off line when told” later after she was calmed down. I’m sure the mother already feels just what I have stated. And, probably feels more guilt than you or I could place on her.
I did not or do not know anyone involved, so I have no loyalities to anyone other than Megan – but as we all know its too late for that. I just hope “whoever had any responsibility” is pursued aggressively by the police.
I do not think for a second that this was as simple as – “we’ll just see what she is saying about my daughter” or just playing games. I believe with all of my heart the “adult” (and I use that term loosely) had malicious intent from the start – she knew Megan’s history – and if she didn’t mean for her to commit suicide she was certainly trying to push her over some kind of edge.
3:11 pm on November 16th, 2007
“On the night the ambulance came for Megan, the single mother said, before it left the Meiers’ house her daughter received a call. It was the woman behind the creation of the Josh Evans account. She had called to tell the girl that something had happened to Megan and advised the girl not to mention the MySpace account.”
The above is copied and pasted from the link above at the top of the page – if the other family holds no responsibility – then why did they call the teen girl (who was adult enough to come forward) and tell her not to mention the account? Obviously, the adult, knew she had done something horribly wrong. And, furthermore, if it was before the ambulance left – how did she know it had anything to do with Megan?
6:32 pm on November 16th, 2007
I’m the mother of a suicide and let me explain a few things. First, unless you know that the parents wern’t trying to get help for this poor girl you can’t say she was neglected. Second, yes, there is civil recourse in this type of situation, as good and caring parents we had no fear when it came to opening up our lives as parents to the defendants. One more thing, at least here, encouraging suicide is a crime. We literally brought them up on assisted suicide charges and won. Granted, no one served time but it’s there on the record for all to see. Please remember, no matter why a child commits suicide, those parents will blame themselves no matter how or what the circumstances were. I know my daughter’s father and I do.
8:55 pm on November 16th, 2007
I hope that nothing I stated would be misconstrued into thinking I was blaming the parents. I was simply pointing out that the girls stated she felt neglected. Whether that feeling was warranted or not, no one knows. But unlike you and your husband’s scenario, JUSTAMOM2 (my condolences, btw), no one attempted to drive this girl to commit suicide. In fact, the foosball police report shows that. The mother stated to police that she felt less guilty about her role after she learned that the girl had mentioned suicide before. A somewhat callous statement, yes, but it shows that she did not know Megan was suicidal.
But again, I am reserving any further judgment towards the other party only AFTER I have heard their side of things.
9:06 pm on November 17th, 2007
What a pretty girl. It’s a shame the neighbor can’t be charged with stalking/harassment. What kind of a psychobitch would torment her daughter’s former friend? Christ, mental age of 12, or what? Can her daughter be taken away from her because she’s an irredeemable asshat?
12:43 pm on November 19th, 2007
This story was on Good Morning America today. My husband was stunned by what happened and was in disbelief that no charges were filed. I had told him about this story on Friday but as usual he didn’t listen. I think most tragic stories never get told. The press is so fickle in their coverage of these things. The good thing about this site is that it gives us information on the sad and tragic stories that the national press never cover. Thank you for that!
1:08 pm on November 19th, 2007
No charges were filed because the other family didn’t do anything illegal. All they did was create a false account on Myspace. Megan did the same by lying about her age. If I am not mistaken, she was not even old enough to have an account to begin with.
1:27 pm on November 19th, 2007
The one recourse Megan’s family will have is a wrongful death suit. If they are in any way questionable as parents, believe me, that suit will bring it out. When we were in litigation they investigated us completely.
1:29 pm on November 19th, 2007
Lori Drew set out to humiliate Megan in front of her peers, and succeeded. But now the entire nation knows what a giant douche Lori Drew is. Boy, that stunt really blew up in her face.
1:30 pm on November 19th, 2007
Wrongful death how? The other parents are not even the ones who sent the mean messages. Other kids did that. If a wrongful death suit were filed, god forbid anyone ever boo a musician on stage. You may get sued if they turn around and kill themselves.
1:41 pm on November 19th, 2007
If the actions of a person or group inflicts mental distress by which death results, that’s one way to define wrongful death. This wasn’t a boo, it was a deliberate act to cause distress to this young girl. It is to be expected that another parent has reasonable knowledge that this act would cause pain. The other parent knew this would cause distress and pain and as an adult she should have known better. Did she expect this girl to commit suicide, I’m sure she did not. It is, however, reasonable to expect responsibile behavior by this woman, she is an adult, she knew it would hurt Megan, it is presicely why she created the page and had contact.
I respect your opinion, it is one shared by many.
2:02 pm on November 19th, 2007
I guess I am just trying NOT to jump to any decision when we have yet to hear from the other side. All we know is that the mother created the page to see what Megan was saying and that other kids had access to the account and admitted to sending the mean messages. We also know that the mother did not know that Megan was suicidal and that the parents of Megan allowed her to have a Myspace page, even though she was not at the age to have one.
That’s a tough sell to get any type of conviction, civil court or not.
2:11 pm on November 19th, 2007
I’m sorry but I had to laugh a bit. Most parents don’t know much about computers and even fewer are up to date about myspace and other pages. Never give parents credit when technology is involved, they’re usually 10 steps behind. 13 is so hard for kids and parents too. It is the age when, if a child is having mental health issues, they start to become very apparent. It is hard to know when a child is being a typical teenager or is real danger for depressive disease.
This is just a no win situation. It’s just so sad. I’m probably more likely to side with her parents for obvious reasons. It may very well cloud my judgement on the reality of this situation.
2:11 pm on November 19th, 2007
Morbid- I read in the article that the mother DID know about Megan’s depression and that she was on medications for it. She used to vacation with this family UNTIL she had a falling out with their daughter.
2:13 pm on November 19th, 2007
Respecting everyone’s opinion — I’m with “JUSTAMOM2″ this was a planned, intentional act that resulted in someones death. There should be legal actions taken against LORI DREW.
People can be sued for negligence, because they did not percieve every possible way someone could get hurt. Someone comes to your house and falls – you can be sued and made to pay, without you doing or saying one thing to cause this person to fall. How in the world can this not be criminally negligent? The courts let a woman, whick looked like a man, sue a restuarant because she was thrown out of the LADIES ROOM. This woman dressed like a man, had her hair cut like a man’s, and did everything she could to present herself publically as a man. Now, how in the world could she sue the restaurant for doing what they believed was the right thing for all of their other customers? I know no one died in the analogy I just listed – but the point is how do the court say that is a case worth hearing and yet LORI DREW cannot even be charged – what about malicious intent?
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