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Lori Drew

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Your Next Facebook Friend Could Be An Undercover Agent

    ​The Electronic Frontier Foundation revealed this week that the FBI and other federal agencies work undercover on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites to shadow suspects and gather evidence in crime investigations. According to the Associated Press, Freedom of Information Act r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    MySpace Mom Back on Computer

    It had to happen sooner or later: Lori Drew, the so-called MySpace Mom, is back at her terminal. In 2006 the Missouri woman created a young hunk in cyberspace whose fictitious MySpace posts led to a fragile girl's suicide. Last November Drew, 50, beat most of the federal Ted SoquiDrew With Attorney ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    MySpace Mom Case Concludes -- 'Tentatively'

    Ted SoquiSarah and Lori Drew (right) "Shame on the U.S. Attorney for filing these charges! Shame on Tom O'Brien and the U.S.Attorney's office!" So spoke attorney Dean Steward on the steps of the Federal Courthouse Thursday following Judge George Wu's reversal of three misdemeanor convictions faced ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Judge Tosses MySpace Mom's Misdemeanor Convictions

    Federal Judge George Wu has tentatively reversed three misdemeanor convictions against MySpace Mom Lori Drew, the Missouri woman who was accused of setting up a phony MySpace profile to bully Megan Meier -- a 13-year-old girl who eventually committed suicide. Last November jurors acquitted Drew of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2009

    Judge Plays Hamlet in MySpace Mom Sentencing Hearing

    Ted SoquiDean Steward and Lori DrewRoom 10 of the austerely elegant old federal courthouse on Spring Street was fairly filled, Monday, with media and spectators who'd come to hear Judge George Wu pronounce sentence on Lori Drew. Drew is the "MySpace Mom" who, with her young daughter and another teen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2009

    MySpace Mom Trial: A Sentence Without a Period

    Today was the day Lori Drew, the Missouri mother known as the MySpace Mom, was to be sentenced for violating the terms of service for the  MySpace account she used to taunt a former friend of her daughter. The girl, Megan Meier, hanged herself in October, 2006. Drew was not charged with causing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    MySpace Mom Sentence Recommendation: Probation

    According to the Associated Press, a federal probation office report will recommend that Lori Ted SoquiLori Drew, right, with daughter SarahDrew receive probation for the three misdemeanor computer-fraud charges on which she was convicted last November. Drew is the so-called MySpace Mom whose online ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Still No Decision on MySpace Mom Trial Dismissals

    Time seems to have stood still in Federal Judge George Wu's courtroom. Back in November Dean Steward, the lawyer defending Lori Drew, who was accused of harassing a young girl through a bogus MySpace account, filed for a dismissal. The "Rule 29" grounds were simple: The government had not put on any ... More >>

  • News

    January 1, 2009

    On Trial: Pellicano, Scat-Porn King Ira Isaacs, Designer Anand Jon

    Verdicts are never the last word in court

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2008

    MySpace, MyRules: Why Jurors Gave Lori Drew a Pass

    Despite the architectural gravitas of its setting -- downtown's WPA Federal Courthouse -- and the presence at the prosecution table of the formidable U.S. Attorney Tom O'Brien, the Lori Drew MySpace trial never felt like it should have been a federal case. After listening to testimony from and about ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    Bulletin: MySpace Mom Beats Worst Charges

    Just before 11 a.m. this morning Federal District Judge George Wu spoke the words that ended the weeklong MySpace Trial: "All right, let's bring the jury in." Lori Drew (R) and her daughter Sarah Drew who was Megan Meier's best friend leaving the U.S. Federal Courthouse. Photo by Ted Soqui. Click ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2008

    MySpace Mom Trial: To Be or Not to Be?

    Federal District Judge George Wu has shown an easy ability to reference films and TV shows during the trial of Lori Drew. Maybe, then, he's familiar with Laurence Olivier's famous prologue to his film version of Hamlet: "This is the story of a man who could not make up his mind." The line is especia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    MySpace Mom Trial Shocker

    After the government rested its case in chief against Lori Drew today, her attorney, Dean Steward, made a standard motion for dismissal on the grounds that not enough evidence had been presented proving Ms. Drew had committed a crime. Surprisingly, after considering the motion during a court recess, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    MySpace Mom Trial: School, The Mall & Family

    Today saw the cross-examination of Tina Meier, the still-grieving mother of a daughter who committed suicide in 2006 after being the unwitting target in a game of cyber-bullying. Megan Meier was 13 when she hanged herself minutes after being jilted by her MySpace friend Josh Evans. She died not know ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2008

    Accused MySpace Mom Splashed With Juror Venom

    Jury selection for the trial of Lori Drew, the Missouri woman accused of illegally creating a fictitious MySpace profile (one that resulted in a fragile 13-year-old girl committing suicide) was supposed to race by today; there was even talk of opening statements being heard late this afternoon. Noth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    Judge Allows S-word in MySpace Mom Trial

    Federal Judge George Wu does not like surprises. At the start of today's pretrial hearing for Lori Drew, Wu asked if any of the gathered counsels, who included U.S. Attorney Thomas O'Brien and high-powered defense lawyer Dean Steward, if they'd seen Law and Order last week. The lawyers shrugged "No" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2008

    MySpace Suicide Mom in Court

    Although July approaches, it’s still not too late for a first-time criminal defendant to make her spring debut in federal court. Media Village of the Damned: Press waiting for Lori Drew

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2008

    The Best True Crime Stories of 2007

    They are the modern versions of monster stories. True Crime writers seek out such tales every day, finding them in two sentence-long police blotter blurbs, law enforcement sources lamenting the one that got away, or victims looking for justice. They pile on hours of research and interviews, buil ... More >>

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