Kim Zetter
Security

Hairdresser: Drew Thought MySpace Hoax Made a 'Funny Story'

LOS ANGELES — Shortly after 13-year-old Megan Meier began corresponding with a new MySpace friend called "Josh Evans," Lori Drew walked into a hair salon with a "funny story" about the unfolding hoax, Drew’s hair dresser testified Thursday. In the first full day of testimony in Drew’s computer fraud trial, hairdresser Christina Chu described a […]

LOS ANGELES -- Shortly after 13-year-old Megan Meier began corresponding with a new MySpace friend called "Josh Evans," Lori Drew walked into a hair salon with a "funny story" about the unfolding hoax, Drew's hair dresser testified Thursday.

In the first full day of testimony in Drew's computer fraud trial, hairdresser Christina Chu described a 2006 hair appointment in which Drew -- daughter in tow -- boasted that she'd worked with her assistant to set up a fake MySpace profile for the purpose of getting back at Megan for a fight she'd had with her daughter, Sarah.

"Mom, stop, you're embarrassing me," Sarah said, according to Chu.

Chu, who had a teenage child of her own, was so upset by the story that she had to retreat to the back of the salon, she testified, but not before telling Drew that what she was doing was wrong.

After Meier's death, on the day of her wake, Drew showed up again to have her hair done. Chu asked Drew why she was going to the wake, given her role in the cyber bullying. Drew's response, Chu said, was, "It's not like I pulled the trigger."

On cross examination, defense attorney H. Dean Steward quizzed Chu on why she didn't report the two conversations to the police or FBI after Megan's suicide. Chu didn't become a witness in the case until the FBI phoned her up for the first time last Thursday, even though she has a relative in the Bureau.

Chu answered that she thought her boss at the salon had been in touch with the FBI and prosecutors. "I understood that she was taking care of it."