Thursday, May 15, 2008
INDICTMENT: And Lori Drew would have gotten away with it
If it weren't for the meddling with *MYSPACE*.
Although Missouri authorities declined to file charges against Drew for her participation/ approbation of a scheme to fool a child into revealing confidences to a Trojan Boy (a false internet persona created exclusively to reel her in and gain her confidence), Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have charged her with illegal misuse of the protected computers of the California-based Myspace company.
Despite protestations of Lori Drew's (latest) attorney, Los Angeles-based federal prosecutors do have jurisdictional standing to bring charges, because the crimes charged are actually crimes against the Beverly Hills-based Myspace, and through it one of its clients.
Scott Glover, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer reports:
From ABC news:
Although Missouri authorities declined to file charges against Drew for her participation/ approbation of a scheme to fool a child into revealing confidences to a Trojan Boy (a false internet persona created exclusively to reel her in and gain her confidence), Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have charged her with illegal misuse of the protected computers of the California-based Myspace company.
Despite protestations of Lori Drew's (latest) attorney, Los Angeles-based federal prosecutors do have jurisdictional standing to bring charges, because the crimes charged are actually crimes against the Beverly Hills-based Myspace, and through it one of its clients.
Scott Glover, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer reports:
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles today indicted a woman of fraudulently using a MySpace.com account to "cyber-bully" a Missouri teenager who later hanged herself because she believed she was being rejected by a 16-year-old boy she met on the social networking website.
Lori Drew, 49, of O'Fallon, Mo., faces three counts of accessing protected computers without authorization to obtain information to inflict emotional distress on the girl and one count of conspiracy. ..
Drew's attorney, H. Dean Steward, said he plans to wage a vigorous defense, suggesting that prosecutors in Los Angeles were overstepping their jurisdiction.
"There are a lot of issues we are going to need to raise, including why it's happening in Los Angeles," Steward said. "It seems like a Missouri case no matter how you cut it."
From ABC news:
"This adult woman allegedly used the Internet to target a young teenage girl, with horrendous ramifications," said U.S. Attorney Thomas P. O'Brien in a written statement.
"After a thorough investigation, we have charged Ms. Drew with criminally accessing MySpace and violating rules established to protect young, vulnerable people."
Labels: indictment, Lori Drew, Los Angeles, Megan Meier, Myspace
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Lori Drew CNN capture - Police report names Drew
Updated
I did not attempt any sophisticated sharpening of the image, though I did some very minimal unsharp mask/luminosity adjustments.
The capture is otherwise unaltered and available for viewing at CNN.com within a video segment on the Drew Hoax, including an interview with Megan Meier's parents.
Watch it here.
I'll be back to transcribe what's on the page, but wanted to slap that right up top for you to see.
Update: A quick transcript (of the above report as shown on CNN 360.):
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[Top folded (a pparently to conceal information)]
[partial view of "251 Waterford Crystal Ln ( tops of letter forms missing]
[Two phone numbers]
In reference to their daughter's suicide, Drew explained she wanted to "just tell them" what she did to contribute to the Meier's daughter's suicide. She instigated and monitored a "my space" account(<---blurred) which was created for the sole purpose of communicating with Meier's daughter. Drew said she, with the help of temporary empoyee named "Ashley", constructed a profile of "good looking" male on "my space" in order to "find out what Megan (Meier's daughter) was saying on-line" about her daughter. Drew explained the communication between the fake male profile was [?aimed? illeg] at gaining Megan's confidence and finding out what Megan felt about her daughter and other people. Drew stated she, her daughter, and Ashley all typed, read, and monitored the communication between the fake male profile and Megan. Drew went on to say, the communication became "sexual for a thirteen year old." Drew stated she continued the fake male profile despite this development.
According to Drew "somehow" other "my space" users were able to access the fake male profile and Megan found out she had been duped. Drew stated she knew "arguments" had broken out between Megan and others on "my space". Drew felt this incident contributed to Megan's suicide, but she did not feel "as guilty" because at the funeral because she found out "Megan had tried to commit suicide before."
Drew explained the neighborhood had recently found out her involvement in Megan's suicide and her neighbord have become hostile to toward her and her family. Despite the recency of the suicide and several neighbors recommending she not confront the Meier family (especially on Thanksgiving), Meier stated she and her husband attempted to contact the Meier family three times, "banging on the door" although Mr Meier had already told them to leave.
[Reporting officer name typed below - need to enlarge/sharpen]
[end transcription]
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Wow, is she not a piece of work. Her remarks are remarkably self serving. Obviously they are displayed here not for the truth of the matter asserted, but what she had to say about it. And this is her side. This is as good as it gets.
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UPDATE:
Thanks to commenter JuJubee who writes to inform the full version of the police report screencapped above is up at
The Smoking Gun ----> Link
I did not attempt any sophisticated sharpening of the image, though I did some very minimal unsharp mask/luminosity adjustments.
The capture is otherwise unaltered and available for viewing at CNN.com within a video segment on the Drew Hoax, including an interview with Megan Meier's parents.
Watch it here.
I'll be back to transcribe what's on the page, but wanted to slap that right up top for you to see.
Update: A quick transcript (of the above report as shown on CNN 360.):
-------------------------------------------
[Top folded (a pparently to conceal information)]
[partial view of "251 Waterford Crystal Ln ( tops of letter forms missing]
[Two phone numbers]
In reference to their daughter's suicide, Drew explained she wanted to "just tell them" what she did to contribute to the Meier's daughter's suicide. She instigated and monitored a "my space" account(<---blurred) which was created for the sole purpose of communicating with Meier's daughter. Drew said she, with the help of temporary empoyee named "Ashley", constructed a profile of "good looking" male on "my space" in order to "find out what Megan (Meier's daughter) was saying on-line" about her daughter. Drew explained the communication between the fake male profile was [?aimed? illeg] at gaining Megan's confidence and finding out what Megan felt about her daughter and other people. Drew stated she, her daughter, and Ashley all typed, read, and monitored the communication between the fake male profile and Megan. Drew went on to say, the communication became "sexual for a thirteen year old." Drew stated she continued the fake male profile despite this development.
According to Drew "somehow" other "my space" users were able to access the fake male profile and Megan found out she had been duped. Drew stated she knew "arguments" had broken out between Megan and others on "my space". Drew felt this incident contributed to Megan's suicide, but she did not feel "as guilty" because at the funeral because she found out "Megan had tried to commit suicide before."
Drew explained the neighborhood had recently found out her involvement in Megan's suicide and her neighbord have become hostile to toward her and her family. Despite the recency of the suicide and several neighbors recommending she not confront the Meier family (especially on Thanksgiving), Meier stated she and her husband attempted to contact the Meier family three times, "banging on the door" although Mr Meier had already told them to leave.
[Reporting officer name typed below - need to enlarge/sharpen]
[end transcription]
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Wow, is she not a piece of work. Her remarks are remarkably self serving. Obviously they are displayed here not for the truth of the matter asserted, but what she had to say about it. And this is her side. This is as good as it gets.
__________
UPDATE:
Thanks to commenter JuJubee who writes to inform the full version of the police report screencapped above is up at
The Smoking Gun ----> Link
Labels: Anderson Cooper, CNN, Lori Drew, Megan Meier, Police report, transcript
