MTV Newsroom » Teen Suicide http://newsroom.mtv.com This is the MTV Newsroom Blog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:45:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Lawyer For MySpace Hoax Defendant Says His Client Falsely Charged http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/07/24/lawyer-for-myspace-hoax-defendant-says-his-client-falsely-charged/ http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/07/24/lawyer-for-myspace-hoax-defendant-says-his-client-falsely-charged/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:42:04 +0000 Gil Kaufman http://newsroom.mtv.com/?p=1453 An attorney for Lori Drew, the Missouri woman accused of using a fake MySpace persona to bully a 13-year-old girl who eventually committed suicide, has argued that the charges against his client should be dropped because no law exists to prohibit such behavior. Attorney H. Dean Steward said the government went beyond the legal limits by charging Drew under a statute typically used to go after computer hackers and deceitful government employees.

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