Remember Megan Meier? The thirteen year old who killed herself after a "boy" she liked told her that the world would be better off without her? The one who was tormented by a "boy" who was really apparently a hoax made up by Lori Drew, mom of her on again off again friend? I will never understand what the hell Drew was thinking when she did that (NYT). Drew is on trial now in federal court for "conspiracy and three counts of accessing a computer without authorization via interstate commerce to obtain information to inflict emotional distress." If convicted on all counts, she could wind up sentenced to as many as 20 years. That seems very unlikely. Frankly, as despicable as I find the woman and her actions (she apparently knew full well how vulnerable Meier was as she had doled out the girl's attention deficit and anti-depression medication to her), I think this is overreaching. I cannot imagine this standing up on appeal, and I think it's going to be really difficult for the jury to separate the child's suicide from the fraudulent computer use. Drew is not on trial for being liable for the suicide. She's on trial for basically cyber fraud. I wouldn't blame the jury for not being able to distinguish between the two, but if she's convicted, I can easily see it being overturned on appeal, but I guess we'll see. All that said, despicable woman and if she thought Meier was causing her daughter problems in school, imagine what it must be like for her now.
On a much happier note, remember Jade formerly known as Poeteray? She was the Korean girl who was adopted by the assface Dutch diplomat and his equally assface wife? The one who was adopted by the red alert asses as a four month old baby but somehow never adjusted to Dutch culture or food? The same little girl who wound up in the custody of the Hong Kong foster system when she was six because they abandoned her there because it just wasn't working out? The boils on the asshole of humanity were advised to do it, you understand (not really, no, I don't). The little girl who apparently spent so much time with her Dutch parents that she spoke Cantonese and English but no Dutch (and no Korean since she hadn't lived there since before she could talk)? The little girl who was without a nationality since somehow her loving parents never applied for Dutch citizenship and she was abandoned in a country not of her birth? Remember her? And how we were supposed to feel sorry for the Dutch couple since it was really all Jade's fault that they hadn't bonded with her? Lovely memories, right? Jade is now with what is to be hoped a real, forever family (JAD). She has been adopted by a Korean expat family living in Hong Kong, at least I think they're Korean since the paper is Korean. I hope and pray and wish for many good things for Jade, not least of which is that this forever family really is one.
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