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Woman who hoaxed suicidal teen found guilty of three misdemeanors [MySpace Suicide]
Gawker: valleywag — ... Lori Drew (right), the 49-year-old Missouri mom who posed as a 16-year-old boy on MySpace, has been convicted of three misdemeanors, but no felonies, in the case of 13-year-old Megan Meier — a former "best friend" of her Drew's own daughter Sarah — who committed suicide after being rejected by the fake boy. In short, the only charges prosecutors could bring involved off-topic acts such as "accessing a computer without authorization." Drew's real crime — cruelly manipulating a vulnerable child for four weeks — isn't proscribed by law. (Photo by ...

MySpace suicide hoax case closes: Mom guilty of 3 misdemeanors
Yahoo! Tech Advisors — ... , who was romanced and then abruptly dumped by a boy via the MySpace social networking service. In the end, it turns out there was no boy on the other end of the line, but rather a 49-year-old woman named Lori Drew, who was the mother of one of Megan's ex-friends. Megan didn't know that, though, when she hanged herself, distraught by the whole affair. A little over a year later, the case has come to a close: The verdict, Drew has been found guilty of three misdemeanors , all involving violations of the terms of service agreement with MySpace, which in part prohibits using ...