Despite the tragic outcome, there were no undeniable evidence that the proved that Lori Drew started the hoax as a means of harming Megan Meier. Ashley Grills, Drew’s assistant, under immunity that Drew, testified that she was the one who send the final message that lead Megan to her suicide. She also stated that Drew was the one who came up with the idea for the hoax and knew Megan has depression and suicidal.
“Josh Evans”, a 16 year old boy, identity was born after Drew created a myspace account with intention as a prank on Megan Meier. Other sources stated that the prank was a means of finding out if Megan had been spreading rumors about Drew’s daughter, Sarah. Using the fake identity, “Josh Evans” contacted Megan and began sending flirtatious message to each other.
After two weeks of creating “Josh Evans”, Drew wanted to stop the prank, Sarah claimed.
A prank soon ended wrong when the “…the world would be better off without her” was sent by Grills to Megan which 20 mins later, ultimately caused Megan to hang herself. Drew’s lawyer, Dean Steward stated that Drew did not encourage or participate in the hoax and was not aware mean messages were being sent to Megan, quoted from an interview by ABC News.
Even though there was an absence of malice but she could charged for negligence for starting the hoax of creating, a handsome 16 year old boy, “Josh Evans” identity on myspace.com and did not end it herself even when she later protest the prank. That only could possibly leave her openly for negligence for not taking responsibility for her actions. She definitely got away with a slap on the rest because from my perspective, she is indirectly leading to harmful results. Then again a little fun won’t kill anyone right?
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