Yesterday, Lori Drew was aquitted of three counts in the case of Megan Meiers. For those who don't remember, Megan was a 13-year-old girl who was dupped into "friending" an ex-friend's mom (actually posing as Josh). Megan had confidence issues like most young teenagers, was clinically depressed and taking medication but was working through her issues and excited about this new relationship with Josh. Josh was new to the area, and seemed to connect with Megan on so many issues. Megan wanted to meet Josh, talk to Josh, or just do something with Josh. It never happenned. Why? Because Josh was not real, and simply a ploy for Lori to check in on Megan and make sure that she wasn't saying mean things about her daughter.
Things got out of control, and Lori didn't know how to end the fake relationship with Josh, so she started saying mean things to Megan. Guess what? That also got carried away as she used mean words to break the relationship and encourage Megan to "go away" forever. Megan did as she committed suicide. Two plus years later and the courts have ruled to aquit Lori Drew of the crime of breaching a service agreement. Perhaps the prosecuted the wrong thing. Perhaps we'll never know the truth. It's a sad day in social media land.
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