The sentencing scheduled yesterday for Lori Drew, who was convicted of violating a federal statute in a cyber-bullying case last November, was postponed by the U.S. District Judge George Wu until July 2nd.
The 50-year-old mother from Missouri faces up to three years in prison and a $300,000 fine for creating a fake MySpace profile of a teenage boy. Drew, her daughter and an employee, created the hoax to befriend, flirt with, and then bully Megan Meier, a 13-year-old neighbor, who committed suicide after she received a last message that read “The world would be a better place without you”.
After Judge Wu said he wants to review prosecution witness testimony, Drew will be sentenced in July on three misdemeanor counts of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by obtaining unauthorized access to a social networking website.
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