WA Girl, 12, Sentenced for Facebook Cyberstalking
In a story that demonstrates the viciousness that underlies girl-on-girl bullying, a Juvenile Court judge has sentenced a 12-year-old Seattle girl to 6 months of probation and 20 hours of community service for Facebook cyberstalking classmate Leslie Cote.
Cote, who has given the media permission to use her name to raise awareness of cyberstalking, was reportedly the subject of vulgar messages and wall posts.
Convicted of felony computer trespassing and cyberstalking, the 12-year-old defendant, along with a friend, accessed Cote’s Facebook account where they repeatedly posted lewd photos and called her a “slut,” reports The Seattle Times.
They also managed to gain access to her instant messaging account, which Reuters reports they used to send random messages soliciting sex on Cote’s behalf.
Both sources indicate that the girls had, until recently, been friends. They had a “falling out.”