Many of you may remember the case about the girl and her mom who created a face MySpace account with full intent to hurt a girl that they didn't like. Their plan worked. The girl did get hurt... she committed suicide. (We mentioned it in a Youth Culture Window article a while back.)
The case is now in the hands of the jury.
Drew (the mom) is charged with one count of conspiracy and three counts of unauthorized computer access for allegedly violating the MySpace terms of service by creating a fake profile for a non-existent 16-year-old boy named "Josh Evans." She faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison for each charge.
According to prosecutors, Drew conspired to create the account with her then 13-year-old daughter, Sarah, and a then 18-year-old employee and friend of the family named Ashley Grills, for the purpose of inflicting psychological harm on 13-year-old Megan Meier, who then committed suicide.
Meier had angered the Drews by calling Sarah Drew a "lesbian."
Meier, who suffered from depression and suicidal thoughts, fell in love with the fake "Josh," prosecutors said. She killed herself only after he turned on her, and told her "the world would be a better place without you."
Read the whole article here.