When we heard Lori Drew had started a blog called "Megan Had It Coming" to tell her side of the Megan Meier tragedy, we figured it had to be a hoax. But reading it now, we're not so sure. It has an awful lot of detail and all the defensiveness and sociopathy you'd expect from a woman who would destroy a thirteen-year-old girl and then show no remorse. Here's the link. It already has more than 2,000 comments. Read it and see what you think: elaborate hoax or deeply disturbed confessional?
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 4)
1. Thank you for posting a link to this blog. I've been fascinated with this case just because I cannot believe how immature a parent can be.
Kelly at 9:29AM on Dec 6th 2007
2. I looked over this blog. I certainly hope it is a fake, because it sounds like the rantings of a teenaged mind. I hope this is not an example of today's typical parent. If it is, we are in a world of deep doo-doo for decades.
web jones at 9:53AM on Dec 6th 2007
3. Throughout all of this story, I haven't read where anyone has mentioned the role of Megan's antidepressants in the cause of her death. While I believe Lori Drew and her CHILD cohorts were definitely aggravating the problem.......the warnings on antidepressants say that they can increase the risk of suicidal tendencies in children and teens! Has anyone looked into this?
Hopefully Ms. Drew comes to realize how wrong it is to involve other children in "spying" on another child and how wrong it is to taunt a child who is on antidepressants.
Ang at 10:17AM on Dec 6th 2007
4. one word.
"sociopath"
enoch at 10:19AM on Dec 6th 2007
5. Myspace is the downfall of today's youth... Bar none. Hands down. Social Networking sites now allow for the bickering and fighting and cat games that in past generations had taken place in a school setting only to penetrate into every facet of daily life. For kids, being popular is cool so in turn, the more friends you have on myspace and facebook the "cooler" you are. I saw people on facebook with 10,000 friends! You think they actually talked to those people every single day or even could pick 90 percent of them out of a lineup? Hell no. I am 26 and grew up in the millenial generation so I am extremely aware of technological avenues for meeting people and even had a myspace and facebook myself when I was in college. But, it's gotten out of hand. I work in a college now and I swear to you that I cannot walk by our computer labs on campus without seeing almost EVERY kid looking at a myspace or facebook site. It's ridiculous. Kids will not come out of their dorm room to talk to the people who live across the hall, but they'll chat with someone who lives 6,000 miles away who realistically they WILL NEVER meet in real life. Absurd and Ridiculous. With having so many friends, especially for pre teen and early teenage kids, it obviously brings in the element of pedophiles as well. It's dangerous.
Jojo at 10:20AM on Dec 6th 2007
6. Well, what can you say about these two families except that it takes 2 to tango.
Surely, Megan Meier's isn't the first neighborhood bully and Lori Drew isn't the first adult to set up a fake Internet ID targeting teenage girls.
The blog closes with a very ominous comment: "Here I am Internet, come and get me".
If Lori Drew wrote that,I couldn't put enough distance between my family and her's.
Willet at 11:04AM on Dec 6th 2007
7. If this blog is real and Lori Drew did write it she needs to grow up. I remember being 13 and having rumors spread about me or me spreading rumors.It is part of being a teenager. You simply cannot avoid it. There is one thing I DO NOT remember: our parents getting involved, especially in a manner like this one. Lori Drew is immature and maybe should've thought twice before having children when she is so obviously a child herself. I'm sorry to be so harsh, but in reality if it was her daughter who committed suicide she'd be thinking differently. What a disgusting example of a parent and a human being. She has no remorse for a young life taken all because of rumors.
D. at 11:07AM on Dec 6th 2007
8. I read that blog and it makes me sick. If Lori Drew knew that Megan suffered from depression then she should have known what the possible outcome of pulling a malicious "prank" like that
Steffie at 11:18AM on Dec 6th 2007
9. That woman should be ashamed to call herself a parent - or even a human being. She deserves every nasty thing that is said about her and more.
Unfortunately, I doubt any of it will wake her up. People like this are incapable of having any empathy for another human being. They are far too self-absorbed for that. It reminds me of the woman who tried to hire a hit man to kill the mother of her daughter's cheerleading "rival".
Individuals like this should be removed from society, and most of all, kept away from all children.
Maureen at 11:23AM on Dec 6th 2007
10. This blog is so frightening to read if it is real. This woman is way too involved in her daughter's life. As a parent of a teenager daughter this situation is common. You need to be there for her but keep a safe distance. Lori Drew needs help.
ronnie92160 at 11:24AM on Dec 6th 2007
11. It's hard to think that we can be so cruel to one another.
So many lives and families destroyed over this cruel and pathetic act.
For those of you that are parents, keep your children safe.
My heart goes out the Magen's parents.
Patty at 11:24AM on Dec 6th 2007
12. I went to that blog and all I can say is WOOOW....it is was...WOOOW! If Lori Drew did made up that blog, she has some nerve…..she was actually trying to defend her actions…What a shame as a mother.
What Lori Drew did was very immature and irresponsible as a parent and she SHOULD have handled this situation in a different manner. Yes, I think they should file a civil suite against her, but had it really been a "real" boy named "Josh" and he sent her the same exact message, telling her he didn't want to be friends anymore, and she killed herself over that, would he have been held responsible for her death? There are so many kids out there whose boyfriends/girlfriends break up with them and so many more kids that get bullied, and if each one of them committed suicide would the other party be held responsible?
If you go back to all the news reports and what her parents said on them, she killed herself over this boy "Josh" breaking up with her and all the mean messages she received from other people, not over her finding out that Lori Drew made up this fact "Josh", why aren’t all the other people involved being blamed? You have to remember that they didn’t find out that the Drew’s did this until weeks later and Megan never found out. Megan suffered from depression as do many teenagers and being so young with those issues you can’t control your emotions, thoughts or feelings, so anything could have caused her to kill herself.
I am not defending Lori Drew by far, I am just pointing out the facts!
Umm at 11:33AM on Dec 6th 2007
13. Ms. Drew you are just as nasty as all these other teenage girls who get pleasure in hurting eachother with words. Why would you not tell your daughter "sticks and stones may break your bones but words can never hurt you". Sounds so simple doesn't it. Just turn off your computer and walk away. All this internet attacking is beyond cruel and mom's like you who actively engage in it are the very ones raising girls to be so mean to eachother. What you did in trying to "trap" this child is simple horrible and for you to not feel remorse is a testament to your cold dark heart. You thought Megan's words about your daughter were bad but your actions will stay with your daughter for the rest of her life.
Heidi at 11:37AM on Dec 6th 2007
14. I posted by mistake, I wasn't done....What's worse is that Lori Drew is SUPPOSED to a responsible adult/parent and she did something that a 13yr old CHILD would do. What is she teaching her own daughter? when someone's mean to you spread rumours about them and verbal attack them online...I don't think so!! I can not believe that a parent would something like that.
Steffie at 11:43AM on Dec 6th 2007
15. I just read the "Megan Had It Coming" Blog.
As an adult, Lori Drew SHOULD have remembered.. Two wrongs do not make a right.
Lori was trying to teach a teenager a lesson - which we all know is a challenging task.
I think Mrs. Drew made a gravely bad decision. I understand her motives, but maybe a face to face intervention (of sorts), with all the other teens, would have been better.
Teenager's emotions are very sensitive during those years, and no one can really state what a teen (or even an adult) would do, when they feel hurt, unloved, lonely, unhappy, etc.
Obviously something was lacking with this little girl.. It is a sad situation all the way around.
But, Lori Drew should understand the anger that Megan's family has for her. To me, in her own blog explaination - about the fooz table - is totally legitimate display of anger. Lori Drew is lucky that she has not been physically hurt.
I would suggest the Drew family move out of that neighborhood, for everyone's sake - so Megan's parents do not have to see her - and vice versa.
Think, before you act!
Monique at 12:15PM on Dec 6th 2007