Prosecutor Lists Reasons for Declining to File Charges
Will it Make Any Difference in the Public Mind?
Is This the “Other Side of the Story”?
Jack Banas, the St. Charles County prosecutor who announced that no charges would be filed over the Megan Meier Internet hoax, answered some questions yesterday about why no charges would be forthcoming.
But he did not put an end to all the questions in the public’s mind. And he was not the only one who commented on the story yesterday.
A blogger claiming to be Lori Drew posted “I’m Lori Drew” yesterday and engaged, for several hours in a running argument with readers who commented.
Whether it was really Lori Drew or not, it was one of the only places that was arguing another side to the Megan Meier story–albeit, not very effectively.
After looking over press accounts of the report yesterday by the prosecutor, we picked out what might be some items for the defense of Lori Drew in the public’s mind.
They were among the reasons that Banas stated no criminal behavior had taken place among the hoaxers that he could find.
We present some salient facts. Do they argue for or against the prosecutor’s decision?
* A friend and employee of the Drews’, Ashley Grills, who was 18 at the time, located Megan’s MySpace page. The three [Lori Drew, Ashley Grills, and Drew’s daughter] created Josh Evans to find out what Megan was saying about Drew’s daughter.
* For six weeks, Josh and Megan traded “innocuous” messages, Banas said, with no sexual suggestion and no “demeaning or disrespectful” language sent by either.
* On Oct. 15, 2006, the day before Megan committed suicide, a friend of Drew’s daughter was given the password to the Josh Evans account. The friend sent Megan a message as Josh saying he had heard Megan was mean to her friends.
Read rest of story:
Lori Drew, Megan Meier: Prosecutor Presents Points in Drew’s Defense
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Lori Drew, Megan Meier: Prosecutor Presents Points in Drew’s Defense
Mondoreb blogs at Death By 1000 Papercuts. Interested readers can e-mail him at mondoreb@gmail.com.
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5 users commented in " Lori Drew, Megan Meier: Prosecutor Comes to Drew’s Defense "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackI hope the parents of Meghan sue this HAG LORI DREW ! What a pathetic life you must lead Lori Drew !!!!! Pick on a grown woman !!! I hope that you have the most horrible of a life and that YOU LIVE A LONG TIME!!!
Lori Dres ia a reprehensibel human being. Whete ro rnot she sent hateful messages is immaterial. She knew thast teenagers can be vicious, and she also was well ware of Megan Meier’s fragilty , antidepressant use, and so on.
And she expressed more concern about her foosball table than
the destruction she reaped on the Meier family.
No, no pity for Lori Drew. Nothing but disdain.
Jill Stein
I just came out of a comma and I found this incredible story about this woman by the name of Lori Drew, aka Josh Evans, who drove this poor girl to suicide by posting some really nasty stuff on MySpace about her. Wow! What is this world coming to? May I suggest that Lori Drew go on to make the next sequel to Two Girls and a Cup? Except it should be re-named “A Sicko and a Bucketfull”.
I think regardless of whether or not she knew that there were inappropriate comments being made, what kind of 40 year old creates a myspace account with the sole purpose of tricking a 13 year old. I am a middle school teacher and these kids are so unsecure as it is, They do not need the help of thoughtless and ignorant adults compounding the confusion they feel as their bodies are changing and they begin their adjustment of being children to becoming adults.
Regardless of the purpose of the account she should have had the foresight to see that this was a terrible idea that could only end badly. This woman is a joke, and short of anything happening to her physically I think she deserves whatever poor treatment her community gives her.
TO: Middle school teacher - you can rant on about the insecure nature of today’s teens - who made them that way? Teens in my era (50’s-60’s) dealt with it and moved on. Do you and others not see the responsilility of Megan’s parents? Did she not only allow but encourage her depressed THIRTEEN YEAR OLD to carry on an internet relationship with someone she thought to be a 16 year old male? Could not the “phony” Josh have as easily been a 45 year old pedophile who, instead of a “bullying” remark, extended an invite to meet him at the mall and then what happens to Megan? We know the likely result. So where is the violation of TOS for Megan’s mom, etc. Maybe inappropriate behavior on the part of Drew but hardly criminal. What was and is criminal is the bogus prosecution undertaken by an AUSDA in California.
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