{"id":10634,"date":"2008-01-09T18:53:40","date_gmt":"2008-01-10T00:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=10634"},"modified":"2008-01-09T18:53:40","modified_gmt":"2008-01-10T00:53:40","slug":"lori-drew-turn-of-the-screw-dan-collins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=10634","title":{"rendered":"Lori Drew, Turn of the Screw [Dan Collins]"},"content":{"rendered":"

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has begun issuing subpoenas<\/a> in the case of a Missouri teenager who hanged herself after being rejected by the person she thought was a 16-year-old boy she met on MySpace, sources told The Times.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0The case set off a national furor when it was revealed that the “boyfriend” was really a neighbor who was the mother of one of the girl’s former friends.<\/p>\n

Local and federal authorities in Missouri looked into the circumstances surrounding 13-year-old Megan Meier’s 2006 death in the town of Dardenne Prairie, an upper-middle-class enclave of about 7,400 people, located northwest of St. Louis.<\/p>\n

But after months of investigation, no charges were filed against Lori Drew for her alleged role in the hoax. Prosecutors in Missouri said they were unable to find a statute under which to pursue a criminal case.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles, however, are exploring the possibility of charging Drew with defrauding the MySpace social networking website by allegedly creating the false account, according to the sources, who insisted on anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly about the case.<\/p>\n

The sources said prosecutors are looking at federal wire fraud and cyber fraud statutes as they consider the case. Prosecutors believe they have jurisdiction because MySpace is headquartered in Beverly Hills, the sources said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m agin it. I wish they’d find better grounds on which to make this woman legally liable, if they’re going to. I think she’s a sick, twisted bitch, yes. I don’t think that internet fraud is the issue, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has begun issuing subpoenas in the case of a Missouri teenager who hanged herself after being rejected by the person she thought was a 16-year-old boy she met on MySpace, sources told The Times.\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0The case set off a national furor when it was revealed that the “boyfriend” was really a neighbor who was the mother of one of the girl’s former friends. Local<\/p>\n

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