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Law Practice

Nov. 20, 2008

MySpace: the Players in Nation's First Cyber-Bullying Case

More than two years have passed since 13-year-old Megan Meier hanged herself in her bedroom closet in suburban St. Louis, distraught from receiving cruel MySpace messages from “Josh Evans” — a 16-year-old boy with whom she believed she was having an online romance.

By Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - More than two years have passed since 13-year-old Megan Meier hanged herself in her bedroom closet in suburban St. Louis, distraught from receiving cruel MySpace messages from "Josh Evans" - a 16-year-old boy with whom she believed she was having an online romance.

But "Evans," prosecutors allege, was the creation of Meier's neighbor, Lori Drew, and others, who made and maintained the m...

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