Frenemies (2013–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - The Ultimate Betrayal - full transcript

Narrator: TWO OUTCASTS
BECOME BEST FRIENDS...

THEY GRAVITATED
TOWARDS EACH OTHER.

Narrator:
...UNTIL THEIR FRIENDSHIP

IGNITES A DEADLY PLOT
FOR REVENGE.

JUST EXPLODED.

I WOULD HAVE NEVER
EXPECTED THIS.

OPERATOR:
What is your emergency?

TINA: Please help me.

Please help me.

Narrator:
KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE

AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER.



CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

OKAY, NOW, WHO HAS A STORY
THAT THEY WANT TO SHARE WITH US?

MEGAN MEIER IS OUTGOING WITH
A LOUD, IN-YOUR-FACE ATTITUDE.

FROM EARLY ON,
MEGAN WAS HER OWN PERSON --

GOOFY, FUNNY, DEFINITELY
A FAR-OUT-THERE-TYPE GIRL.

Woman #1:
THIS GIRL HAD SO MUCH SPUNK.

SHE WAS JUST KIND OF,
"I'M MEGAN MEIER.

I'M HERE.
I'M HERE TO STAY."

Narrator: BUT HER QUIRKY
AND IMPULSIVE PERSONALITY

MAKES IT DIFFICULT
FOR HER TO MAKE FRIENDS.

THAT IS, UNTIL SHE MEETS
SARAH DREW IN THE 4th GRADE.

SOON,
THE GIRLS BECOME BEST FRIENDS.

THEY GRAVITATED
TOWARDS EACH OTHER.

Narrator: LIKE MEGAN, SARAH
IS ALSO LONELY AND UNPOPULAR.



SARAH WAS SO RIDICULOUSLY SHY.

I MEAN, IT WAS,
LITERALLY, IF YOU SAID "BOO,"

THE KID WOULD HAVE JUMPED
AND, LIKE, BEEN STARTLED.

SHE WAS JUST
THIS REALLY SWEET GIRL,

JUST SO MILD-MANNERED AND QUIET,
AND SHE WAS VERY SOFT SPOKEN.

Narrator:
FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS,

THEY'RE JOINED AT THE HIP.

THEY'D, LIKE, HANG OUT
FOR, LIKE, A WHOLE WEEKEND,

LIKE, INSEPARABLE.

[ LAUGHING ]

Narrator: MEGAN AND SARAH
THINK THEY'LL ALWAYS BE CLOSE,

BUT LITTLE DO THEY KNOW

THEIR FRIENDSHIP
WOULD HAVE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES.

[ BOTH LAUGHING ]

[ TAPE FAST-FORWARDING ]

IT ALL STARTS IN THE 7th GRADE.

MEGAN AND SARAH
ARE NO LONGER JUST UNPOPULAR.

NOW THEY'RE THE TARGET
OF EXTREME BULLYING.

Woman #1:
PEOPLE WOULD DEFINITELY
TALK BEHIND SARAH'S BACK.

THEY WOULD BE LAUGHING
AND GIGGLING AND WHISPERING.

Narrator: SARAH KEEPS TO HERSELF

AND TRIES TO FLY UNDER THE RADAR
TO AVOID BEING PICKED ON.

BUT MEGAN CAN'T.

HER LOUD AND OVER-THE-TOP
PERSONALITY

ATTRACTS THE ATTENTION
OF EVEN MORE BULLIES.

THEY WERE MORE AGGRESSIVE
TOWARDS MEGAN.

Narrator: DAY IN AND DAY OUT,
MEGAN IS BULLIED WITHOUT MERCY.

THEY WOULD COMMENT
ABOUT MEGAN'S APPEARANCE,

AND THEY WOULD CALL HER,
LIKE, A SLUT.

"MEGAN, YOU'RE ANNOYING.
MEGAN, SHUT UP."

Woman #1:
SHE DEFINITELY PUT UP A FRONT
THAT IT DIDN'T BOTHER HER.

BUT, DEEP DOWN,
IT DID BOTHER HER.

IT REALLY DOES TAKE A TOLL
ON YOUR SELF-ESTEEM.

WHEN MEGAN WOULD LOOK
IN THE MIRROR,

SHE TRULY THOUGHT
SHE WAS ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SHE SAID, "I HATE MYSELF, MOM.
EVERYBODY HATES ME."

Narrator:
MEGAN DESPERATELY TRIES TO FIND
A WAY OUT OF HER SITUATION.

IT WAS SURVIVAL.

IT WAS TRYING
TO GET THIS BULLYING TO STOP,

SO MEGAN CAME UP WITH A PLAN.

Narrator:
AND HER PLAN IS AMBITIOUS.

MEGAN SETS HER SIGHTS
ON BEFRIENDING THE POPULAR GIRLS

AND JOINING THE "IN" CROWD.

Tina: IN HER MIND, SHE THOUGHT
IF SHE CAN BEFRIEND THEM,

MAYBE THESE BOYS
WHO WERE NICE TO THOSE GIRLS

WOULD STOP MAKING FUN OF HER

BECAUSE SHE'D BE INCLUDED
IN THAT GROUP.

Narrator:
MEGAN IS WILLING TO DO ANYTHING

TO BE ACCEPTED
BY THE POPULAR GIRLS.

SHE EVEN TRIES
TO BUY THEIR FRIENDSHIP

BY GIVING THEM GIFTS

AND DECORATING THEIR LOCKERS
ON THEIR BIRTHDAYS.

MEGAN WOULD HAVE GIVEN THEM
EVERY SINGLE THING SHE OWNED

IF THEY JUST WOULD HAVE
BEEN FRIENDS WITH HER.

Narrator: IT SEEMS TO WORK.

WHEN THE POPULAR GIRLS BEGIN
TO INVITE MEGAN TO PARTIES,

SHE BELIEVES
THEY'VE ACCEPTED HER.

NOW MEGAN IS SO BUSY
WITH HER NEW FRIENDS

THAT SHE STARTS TO IGNORE SARAH.

SARAH KIND OF FELT THAT,
"WELL, WHY -- WHY --

WHY ARE YOU WANTING
TO BE FRIENDS WITH THEM?

I'M YOUR FRIEND."

BUT MEGAN FELT SARAH
WOULD HAVE HELD HER BACK.

Narrator: SARAH AND MEGAN'S
RELATIONSHIP BEGINS TO SUFFER.

SARAH RESENTS BEING LEFT BEHIND
BY THE NEWLY POPULAR MEGAN.

Woman #2: WHEN MEGAN
WOULDN'T HANG OUT WITH HER,

SHE'D, LIKE, FEEL REALLY HURT
AND, LIKE, JEALOUS.

SHE WAS SO DEVASTATED,

AND I GENUINELY FELT SO BAD
FOR HER.

THINGS STARTED TO TURN.

Narrator: SOON,

THE GIRLS BECOME SO ANGRY
AND RESENTFUL WITH EACH OTHER,

THEY START TO ARGUE
ALL THE TIME.

Woman #1: ONE GIRL
WAS HAVING HER FEELINGS HURT,

ONE GIRL WAS UPSET.

WHEN THEY WERE IN AN ARGUMENT --
OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE ROOM.

FRIENDS ONE DAY,
NOT FRIENDS THE NEXT DAY.

I DIDN'T.
YOU'RE LYING.

Narrator: IT GETS SO BAD

THAT SARAH'S MOTHER, LORI,
CALLS MEGAN'S MOTHER, TINA,

TO TRY TO SALVAGE
THE RELATIONSHIP.

LORI WAS SO INVOLVED
WITH THE FRIENDSHIP

THAT IT WAS OVERWHELMING.

I FINALLY SAID,

"I CAN'T MAKE MEGAN
WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH HER

LIKE YOU CAN'T MAKE SARAH
WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH MEGAN."

Narrator:
THERE'S NOTHING ANYONE CAN DO,

AND BY THE END OF 7th GRADE,
THE FRIENDSHIP ENDS.

IT WAS DONE AND OVER WITH.

Tina:
MEGAN JUST KIND OF MOVED ON,

BUT SARAH FELT ABANDONED.

Woman #2: SARAH WAS REALLY HURT.

Woman #1: I COULD ONLY IMAGINE
LOSING SOMEONE

THAT HAD BEEN MY BEST FRIEND
FOR SO LONG.

Narrator:
BUT IT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING.

THE REJECTION SARAH FEELS
WOULD SET INTO MOTION

A CHAIN OF EVENTS
NO ONE COULD HAVE IMAGINED.

I DIDN'T THINK SOMEONE WHO HAD
ALWAYS APPEARED TO BE SO NICE

BE CAPABLE OF DOING SOMETHING
SO HORRENDOUS.

Narrator:
MEGAN HAS JUST DUMPED SARAH,

HER BEST FRIEND OF FOUR YEARS,

TO GET IN WITH THE POPULAR GIRLS
AT SCHOOL.

Tina:
SARAH VIEWED IT AS ABANDONMENT

WHERE MEGAN KIND OF VIEWED IT
AS MOVING ON.

SHE THOUGHT THE POPULAR GIRLS

COULD ELEVATE HER OUT OF
THIS BULLYING SITUATION

THAT SHE WAS GOING THROUGH.

Narrator: BUT SOMETHING
UNEXPECTED HAPPENS.

MEGAN'S NEW POPULAR FRIENDS
DUMP HER.

I MEAN, LOOK AT YOUR, LIKE,
SHOES AND YOUR --

Young girl: YOUR HAIR.

ONE MINUTE,
THEY WERE BUDDY-BUDDY,

THE NEXT MINUTE,
EVERYONE TURNED ON MEGAN.

AND SHE WAS OUT
AS FAST AS SHE WAS IN.

Narrator:
SARAH FEELS SECRETLY VINDICATED

THAT MEGAN IS NOW GETTING
A TASTE OF HER OWN MEDICINE.

Woman #1:
SARAH JUST WANTED MEGAN TO FEEL
THE SAME WAY THAT SHE HAD.

Narrator: BUT NOW THAT MEGAN
IS OUT OF THE "IN" CROWD,

SHE'S BULLIED WORSE THAN BEFORE,

AND SHE SEES NO HOPE
OF IT EVER STOPPING.

SHE CRIED IN THE MORNINGS
GOING TO SCHOOL,

BEGGING ME, PLEASE,
TO NOT MAKE HER GO BACK.

Narrator:
MEGAN CAN'T TAKE IT ANY LONGER

AND DECIDES TO TRANSFER TO A
DIFFERENT SCHOOL FOR 8th GRADE.

Tina: AND IT WAS JUST
THIS FRESH START.

MEGAN MADE THESE AMAZING,
WONDERFUL FRIENDS.

Narrator: ALTHOUGH SARAH
IS STILL ANGRY WITH MEGAN,

SHE TRIES TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS,
TOO.

Woman #1: SARAH TRIED TO
JUST HANG OUT WITH MORE PEOPLE,

AND SHE REPLACED MEGAN.

Narrator: HER NEW BEST FRIEND
IS A GIRL NAMED JESSICA MULFORD.

LIKE SARAH,
SHE HAS TROUBLE MAKING FRIENDS.

SARAH AND JESSICA WERE LIKE TWO
OUTCASTS THAT BECAME FRIENDS.

Narrator: BUT EVEN THOUGH
SARAH HAS A NEW FRIEND,

SHE STILL HASN'T GOTTEN OVER

WHAT SHE CONSIDERS
MEGAN'S BETRAYAL,

AND HER ANGER
WOULD SOON BOIL OVER.

ONE DAY AT SCHOOL,
MEGAN HEARS A RUMOR

THAT SARAH IS TALKING TRASH
ABOUT HER ON MySpace.

Woman #1: MEGAN WAS CONCERNED

THAT SARAH WAS SAYING THINGS
ABOUT HER ON MySpace.

Narrator: A FEW DAYS LATER,

SARAH HEARS THAT MEGAN
HAS RETALIATED ONLINE.

THERE WAS A RUMOR
THAT WAS GOING AROUND

THAT MEGAN HAD CALLED SARAH
A LESBIAN.

Narrator: THE GOSSIP GOES
BACK AND FORTH IN CYBERSPACE,

BUT THE TWO GIRLS NEVER TALK
FACE-TO-FACE.

SOON AFTER, MEGAN RECEIVES
A MySpace FRIEND REQUEST

FROM A CUTE OLDER BOY
NAMED JOSH EVANS.

HE WAS 16.

HE WAS, LIKE, REALLY CUTE,
REALLY HOT,

AND SHE WAS SO EXCITED.

LIKE, SHE WAS ALWAYS
TALKING ABOUT HIM.

Tina: HE STARTED TELLING MEGAN
THAT SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL

AND JUST GAVE HER
THAT BOOST OF SELF-ESTEEM.

Narrator:
MEGAN AND JOSH TALK EVERY DAY.

SHE CONFIDES IN HIM
ALL HER FEELINGS,

EVEN NEGATIVE ONES

ABOUT GIRLS SHE'S ANGRY WITH
FROM HER OLD SCHOOL,

INCLUDING SARAH.

JOSH IS ALWAYS THERE
TO LEND AN EAR.

AND OVER THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS,

THEIR ONLINE RELATIONSHIP
BLOSSOMS.

HE TOLD MEGAN THEY WERE
BOYFRIEND AND GIRLFRIEND.

Narrator:
THEY HAVEN'T MET IN PERSON YET,

BUT LIKE MOST KIDS THEIR AGE,

THEIR CYBER-ROMANCE
IS AS MEANINGFUL AS ANY.

MEGAN HAD LEARNED TE AMO IN
SPANISH, WHICH IS "I LOVE YOU."

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD
SAY "TE AMO" BACK AND FORTH.

Narrator:
BY MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2006,

MEGAN HAS NEVER BEEN HAPPIER.

SHE IS FINALLY FREE
FROM BULLYING AT SCHOOL

AND IN A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP.

BUT SARAH IS STILL
SEETHING WITH ANGER

THAT MEGAN DUMPED HER
IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AND UNBEKNOWNST TO MEGAN, SARAH
IS PLOTTING TO MAKE HER PAY.

SARAH FELT THAT MEGAN,
ON PURPOSE,

WAS TRYING TO HURT SARAH BY NOT
BEING FRIENDS WITH HER ANYMORE.

SARAH WANTED TO HURT MEGAN.

Narrator: AFTER SCHOOL THAT DAY,
MEGAN LOGS IN TO MySpace,

AND A MESSAGE FROM JOSH
SHATTERS HER ENTIRE WORLD.

SHE WAS JUST LIKE,
"WHAT HAPPENED?"

LIKE, "WHAT DID I DO WRONG?"

SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND
SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN.

JUST EXPLODED.

Narrator: SARAH IS SECRETLY
PLOTTING REVENGE

AGAINST HER EX-BEST FRIEND
MEGAN.

MEGAN HAS NO IDEA.

SHE IS NOW FOCUSED ON JOSH,

HER ONLINE BOYFRIEND
AND ABSOLUTE DREAM GUY.

Woman #2:
MEGAN FINALLY HAS SOMEBODY

WHO LIKED HER AND TOLD HER
THAT SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.

AND SHE REALLY WAS,
LIKE, A LOT MORE UPBEAT.

Narrator: BUT FROM SUCH A HIGH,

MEGAN IS DEALT
A SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED BLOW

WHEN ON MONDAY,
OCTOBER 16, 2006,

SHE SEES A DEVASTATING POST
ON MySpace.

Tina: IT WAS A MESSAGE FROM JOSH
THAT SAID,

"I DON'T WANT TO BE FRIENDS
WITH YOU ANYMORE.

YOU'RE NOT A NICE PERSON.
NO ONE LIKES YOU.

NO ONE WANTS TO BE FRIENDS
WITH YOU."

Narrator: JUST LIKE THAT,
JOSH BREAKS UP WITH HER.

SHE WAS DEVASTATED.

Narrator: MEGAN RACKS HER BRAIN
TO FIGURE OUT

WHAT SUDDENLY WENT SO WRONG
AFTER A PERFECT FIVE WEEKS.

Tina:
WHY WOULD HE ALL OF A SUDDEN

FLIP AND CHANGE ON HER
LIKE THAT?

SHE WAS, LIKE,
BAWLING HER EYES OUT.

IT REALLY, REALLY HURT HER.

Narrator: BUT THINGS
WOULD ONLY GET WORSE FOR MEGAN

WHEN JOSH TURNS OTHER PEOPLE
AGAINST HER, TOO.

HE DIGS UP MEGAN'S
EARLIER MESSAGES

CONTAINING NASTY COMMENTS

ABOUT THE POPULAR GIRLS
FROM HER OLD SCHOOL.

THEN JOSH FORWARDS THEM
TO THOSE GIRLS.

Tina: THEN HE SAID,

"LOOK WHAT, YOU KNOW,
SHE'S SAYING THINGS ABOUT YOU."

AND THEN
THEY STARTED ATTACKING MEGAN.

Narrator: THE GIRLS BEGIN
CALLING MEGAN NAMES ON MySpace

FOR EVERYONE TO SEE.

AND IT DOESN'T STOP THERE.

WHEN OTHER KIDS IN TOWN
SEE WHAT'S BEING SAID,

THEY GET WHIPPED INTO A FRENZY
AND JOIN IN THE CYBERBULLYING.

Woman #1: "MEGAN MEIER'S FAT,
MEGAN MEIER'S NOT A GOOD FRIEND,

SHE'S A LIAR."

Tina: "YOU'RE A BITCH, YOU'RE
A SLUT, YOU'RE A [BLEEP] WHORE,"

TELLING HER
THAT NO ONE LIKED HER.

Narrator:
IT'S LIKE HER CHILDHOOD BULLYING
ALL OVER AGAIN,

BUT THIS TIME,
THE BARRAGE OF VICIOUS ATTACKS

CATCHES HER
COMPLETELY OFF GUARD.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT STARTED
SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL.

SHE WAS HYSTERICAL.

EVERYBODY AT HER OLD SCHOOL,
EVERYBODY AT HER NEW SCHOOL,

AND ALL THESE PEOPLE NOW
WERE AGAINST HER.

Narrator:
IT SEEMS EVERYONE HAS JOINED IN,

EVERYONE EXCEPT
MEGAN'S EX-BEST FRIEND SARAH,

WHO MYSTERIOUSLY SAYS NOTHING.

BUT THEN THE MEANEST AND MOST
DEVASTATING MESSAGE OF THEM ALL

APPEARS,

AND IT COMES FROM THE PERSON

MEGAN ONCE THOUGHT
CARED ABOUT HER THE MOST.

JOSH SAID, "THE WORLD WOULD BE
A BETTER PLACE WITHOUT YOU

AND HAVE A [BLEEP]
REST OF YOUR LIFE."

ALL OF A SUDDEN, I THINK,
FOR HER, IT CAME CRASHING DOWN.

IT SET HER OFF.

IT MADE HER THINK,
"NOBODY LIKES ME.

NOBODY CARES ABOUT ME.
I FEEL LIKE I'M JUST ALONE."

AND SHE JUST LOST IT.

I KNEW SHE WAS UPSET.
I KNEW IT HURT HER FEELINGS.

IT WAS JUST NOT SOMETHING

THAT I EVEN DREAMED
THAT MEGAN WOULD HAVE DONE.

Narrator:
MEGAN'S ONLINE BOYFRIEND JOSH
HAS JUST BROKEN UP WITH HER

AND CAUSED DOZENS OF KIDS
IN TOWN

TO PUBLICLY ATTACK HER
ON MySpace.

ALTHOUGH
HER EX-BEST FRIEND SARAH

SURPRISINGLY DOESN'T JOIN IN,

IT SEEMS EVERYONE MEGAN KNOWS
IS NOW CYBERBULLYING HER.

JUST EXPLODED.

IT WAS ALL FROM PEOPLE SAYING

ALL THESE HORRIBLE THINGS
ABOUT HER.

Narrator: IT'S ALL FALLING APART
FOR MEGAN,

AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS
CAN'T SEEM TO HELP HER.

MEGAN JUST PANICKED

BECAUSE SHE FELT THAT EVERYBODY
AT HER OLD SCHOOL,

EVERYBODY AT HER NEW SCHOOL,

THEY WERE GONNA START
BELIEVING THESE THINGS.

SHE INSTANTLY SAW THAT FLASHBACK
TO THE BULLYING,

AND SHE WAS PETRIFIED
OF THAT HAPPENING AGAIN.

I JUST THINK SHE JUST HIT
HER BREAKING POINT.

OH, MY GOD.
WHAT AM I GONNA DO?

WH-WHAT'S THE MATTER?
WHAT HAPPENED?

I WAS TRYING TO JUST GET HER
TO KIND OF CALM DOWN,

BUT IT WAS JUST SO OVERWHELMING,
SO CRUSHING FOR HER

THAT SHE LOOKED AT ME CRYING AND
STARTED TO RUN UP THE STAIRS.

PROBABLY 20 MINUTES WENT BY,

AND I JUST HAD
THIS HORRIBLE FEELING

THAT RAN THROUGH MY BODY.

I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN IT.

Narrator:
TINA RACES TO MEGAN'S BEDROOM

AND COMES FACE-TO-FACE
WITH A MOTHER'S WORST NIGHTMARE.

Tina: I SCREAMED.

MY HEART IS POUNDING,
LIKE COMPLETELY NUMB.

THE MOST HORRIBLE FEELING.

Narrator: MEGAN IS HANGING
FROM A BELT IN THE CLOSET.

Tina: I RAN OVER
TO TRY TO LIFT HER UP.

SHE WAS LIFELESS.

HER DAD RAN UPSTAIRS,

AND HE GOT HER DOWN
AND WAS STARTING CPR.

I'M RUNNING AROUND THE HOUSE,

LITERALLY SCREAMING AT THE TOP
OF MY LUNGS TO THE 911 OPERATOR.

OPERATOR:
What is your emergency?

TINA: My daughter
just hung herself!

Calm down.
What is going on there?

My daughter
just hung herself.

Oh, my God.
Please help me.

Please help me.

Tina: I REMEMBER JUST, LIKE,
LITERALLY PRAYING, LIKE,

"PLEASE.
PLEASE, I WILL DO WHATEVER.

PLEASE SAVE HER.
PLEASE HELP HER."

Narrator: BUT THERE'S NOTHING
ANYONE CAN DO.

JUST 20 DAYS SHY
OF HER 14th BIRTHDAY,

MEGAN MEIER DIES.

A COMPLETE PART OF ME DIED...

...ALONG WITH HER.

WALKING OUT OF THAT HOSPITAL
WITHOUT YOUR CHILD,

I MEAN, IT WAS...IT'S JUST --
YOU CAN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND IT.

I -- I STILL, TO THIS DAY,
LOOK BACK AND THINK --

I JUST DON'T KNOW
HOW IT HAPPENED.

Narrator: MEGAN'S EX-BEST FRIEND
SARAH FINDS OUT

AND SEEMS TO BE
IN COMPLETE SHOCK.

Woman #1: SARAH WAS GRIEVING
HEAVILY OVER IT.

I REMEMBER HER CRYING A LOT.

Narrator: NOW MEGAN'S PARENTS
ARE DESPERATE

TO UNDERSTAND THE EVENTS
LEADING UP TO MEGAN'S SUICIDE.

TINA STARTS BY QUESTIONING
WHAT HAPPENED WITH JOSH.

HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH MEGAN
HAD STARTED OUT SO WELL.

HOPING FOR ANSWERS, SHE DECIDES
TO CONTACT HIM ON MySpace.

I REMEMBER LOOKING
ON THE COMPUTER AND SEARCHING,

LOOKING FOR
THIS JOSH EVANS ACCOUNT.

Narrator: BUT JOSH'S
ENTIRE ACCOUNT HAS BEEN DELETED.

ALL OF A SUDDEN,
IT JUST WENT AWAY.

HOW IN THE WORLD DID HE JUST,
POOF, DISAPPEAR?

Narrator:
MEGAN'S PARENTS ASK ALL OF
MEGAN'S FRIENDS FOR INFORMATION,

BUT, STRANGELY,

THEY CAN'T FIND ANYONE
WHO HAS EVER MET JOSH IN PERSON.

WHAT WAS GOING ON? WHY DID
ALL OF THIS STUFF HAPPEN?

Narrator:
THEN, ON NOVEMBER 25, 2006,

TINA GETS SHOCKING INFORMATION
FROM AN UNLIKELY SOURCE --

THE MOTHER OF SARAH'S
NEW BEST FRIEND, JESSICA.

SHE SHOOK HER HEAD AND STARTED
HAVING TEARS ROLL DOWN HER FACE

AND SAID,

"I JUST NEED TO TELL YOU
THIS JOSH EVANS ACCOUNT'S FAKE."

Narrator:
THERE IS NO JOSH EVANS.

MEGAN'S BOYFRIEND WAS MADE UP

BY HER EX-BEST FRIEND SARAH
ALONG WITH HER MOTHER, LORI,

AND LORI'S WORK ASSISTANT
ASHLEY GRILLS.

I WOULD HAVE NEVER
EXPECTED THIS.

IF -- IF I DIDN'T KNOW,
I WOULD HAVE NEVER BELIEVED IT.

Narrator:
INCREDIBLY, THEY HAD CREATED
THE FICTIONAL JOSH CHARACTER

TO START A FAKE RELATIONSHIP
WITH MEGAN.

THEY KNEW
THAT MEGAN WAS BOY CRAZY.

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY A TRAP.

AND MEGAN WALKED RIGHT INTO IT.

Narrator:
ONCE MEGAN CARED ABOUT JOSH,

SARAH'S PLAN FOR REVENGE
WAS FINALLY SET IN MOTION.

THEY HAD HIM DUMP HER

SO SHE WOULD FEEL THE SAME HURT
AND REJECTION THAT SARAH HAD.

Tina:
IT WAS A WAY FOR THEM TO SAY,

"YOU DIDN'T WANT TO HANG OUT
WITH HER?

WE'RE GETTING YOU BACK."

BUT I DON'T THINK
THEIR ORIGINAL INTENTION WAS

"MEGAN'S GONNA TAKE
HER OWN LIFE."

Narrator:
STILL, WHAT HAPPENED TO MEGAN

HAD ITS ROOTS IN THE
CYBER ATTACK THEY HAD PLANNED.

AND I THINK FOR LORI,

SHE WAS TRYING
TO DEFEND HER DAUGHTER.

AND FOR SARAH,
I THINK SHE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,

"SINCE MY MOTHER IS IN ON THIS,
TOO, IT CAN'T BE THAT BAD."

I DON'T THINK
ANYONE EVER THOUGHT

THAT IT WOULD COME TO THIS.

Narrator: ALTHOUGH THEY DIDN'T
MEAN TO DRIVE MEGAN TO SUICIDE,

ULTIMATELY,
THEIR ACTIONS DID A PLAY A PART.

THE MEIERS REPORT
THE DREWS' DEADLY DECEPTION

TO THE AUTHORITIES.

LORI DREW IS CHARGED

WITH VIOLATING THE FEDERAL
COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT.

WE WENT TO TRIAL
IN NOVEMBER OF 2008.

THE JURY FOUND LORI DREW GUILTY
ON THREE MISDEMEANORS,

WHICH CARRIED A YEAR APIECE.

I ABSOLUTELY WANTED HER
TO FACE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THIS IS JUSTICE.

Narrator: BUT UNFORTUNATELY
FOR MEGAN'S FAMILY,

THE CONVICTION
IS LATER OVERTURNED.

IN THE EYES OF THE LAW,

IT IS ISN'T ILLEGAL TO MAKE UP
A FICTITIOUS ONLINE ACCOUNT.

THE JUDGE WOULD HAVE TO CONVICT
ANYBODY ELSE

WHO LIED
ON SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES,

SO, UNFORTUNATELY,
THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.

Narrator:
AS WORD OF THE CASE SPREADS,
THE COMMUNITY IS UP IN ARMS.

Tina: SOCIETY ITSELF
WAS ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGED,

AND THEY WENT AT THEM
WITH A VENGEANCE.

THEY CLOSED HER BUSINESS DOWN,

BRICKS WERE THROWN
THROUGH THEIR WINDOWS,

PEOPLE WERE HACKING INTO
THEIR CELLPHONES.

Woman #1: SARAH
WAS MORE ALIENATED THAN EVER,

AND THEIR LIFE
WAS JUST UNDER A MICROSCOPE.

EVERYONE WAS SO SWEPT UP
IN THE MEDIA FRENZY.

Narrator: THE DREWS
EVEN RECEIVE DEATH THREATS.

SARAH AND HER FAMILY
ULTIMATELY MOVE AWAY.

IN 2007, TINA STARTS
THE MEGAN MEIER FOUNDATION

TO TELL CHILDREN
SUICIDE IS NOT THE ANSWER

AND RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT
HOW FATAL BULLYING CAN BE.

MEGAN WAS THIS AMAZING,
WONDERFUL GIRL

WITH A GREAT SPIRIT.

I FEEL SO BLESSED TO BE A MOM

BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE
ALL OF THAT THROUGH A LIFETIME,

AND I WAS ABLE TO GET THAT
WITH MEGAN FOR ALMOST 14 YEARS.

SO, SHE WAS AN AMAZING KID.

Narrator: IN THIS CASE,

BEST FRIENDS MEGAN AND SARAH
WERE BOTH VICTIMS OF BULLYING.

AND IN THE END, TO SEEK REVENGE,
SARAH BECAME A BULLY HERSELF

AND HELPED
PUSH MEGAN OVER THE EDGE.

THERE IS DEFINITELY TWO SIDES
TO EVERY STORY,

AND THIS STORY'S, UNFORTUNATELY,
A TRAGIC ONE.