Tyra Banks Show featuring Dardenne Prairie Mayor Fogarty and Tina Meier to air Monday
February 2, 2008
The Tyra Banks Show recently tackled the topic of cyber-bullying. Among her guests were Dardenne Prairie Mayor Pam Fogarty and the mother of cyber-bullying victim Megan Meier, Tina Meier.
The show will be aired on Channel 2 Monday, February 4 at 1:00 p.m.
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Tyra Banks hosts Dardenne Prairie Mayor Fogarty
The Tyra Banks Show will tackle the topic of cyber-bullying and Dardenne Prairie Mayor, Pam Fogarty, will be Tyra’s guest. The show was to be taped yesterday, Jan. 11 and Mayor Fogarty, went to California for the taping.
Sources say the Megan Meier suicide and cyber-bullying will be discussed in a town hall format. There will be much interaction with the audience.
It is unclear when the show will air. When that information becomes available, sccworlds.com will pass that information along.
The mayor also met with Governor Blunt’s Internet Harassment Task Force in Jefferson City earlier this week.
It’s not over
Though St. Charles County Prosecutor, Jack Banas, deemed no criminal charges to be filed in the Megan Meier case, a news source is reporting that a federal grand jury has subpoenaed Beverly-Hills-based MySpace.com. Federal prosecutors are contemplating charging Lori Drew with defrauding MySpace.
Megan Meier hanged herself on Oct. 16, 2006 after allegedly being bullied on the Internet by Lori Drew, Drew’s daughter and an employee of Drew’s business. The group anonymously created a virtual boyfriend for Megan. The online communication began with friendly posts but then turned mean. The comment “The world would be a better place without you,” was reportedly posted shortly before Megan’s death.
On Dec. 3, 2007, St. Charles County prosecutor, Jack Banas, announced that there would be no criminal charges filed in the Megan Meier case. Banas stated, “The purpose was never to cause her emotional harassment that we can prove.” Without being able to prove the allegations, officials felt they could not proceed with charges.
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