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Drew draws misdemeanor charges in MySpace trial

By Richard Binder

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Lori Drew, the 49-year-old mother who impersonated a 16-year-old boy on MySpace in order to cultivate an online relationship with a 13-year-old girl that resulted in the girl's suicide, was convicted by a Los Angeles jury today of three misdemeanor counts of accessing a computer without authorization. Each count is punishable by up to one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.  The jury stopped short of convicting Drew of the more serious felony charge of accessing a computer without authorization to inflict emotional distress.

According to a prosecution witness, Drew took on the persona of "Josh Evans" in order to exact revenge on 13-year-old Megan Meier for spreading rumors about Drew's daughter Sarah.  The trial lasted for five days in front of U.S. District Judge George H. Wu. 

See the LA Times story here and analysis from last week's WSJ Law Blog.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on November 26, 2008 (boomark / email).

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