DARDENNE PRAIRIE — Lori and Curt Drew are leaving their quiet Dardenne Prairie neighborhood. Closing day on the sale of their home on Waterford Crystal Drive is Friday, Lori Drew said today.
Drew, 49, would not say where she and her husband are moving.
“We’re going temporary for the next few days,” she said. “I honestly don’t know where we’re going after that.”
When pressed to elaborate, she declined comment.
Two workers were loading household items into a red moving truck parked in the
Drews’ driveway this afternoon. The living room had been largely cleared out and the open garage door revealed a mostly empty garage.
The Drews’ ranch-style home’s original asking price when it was put on the market in June was $234,900. Real estate listings show the asking price had
been lowered to $229,900.
A federal judge in Los Angeles is expected to rule on whether to dismiss
charges of conspiracy and illegally accessing MySpace computers “that she used to inflict emotional distress on a child.” Drew’s trial date is still set for
Oct. 7.
Prosecutors say Drew and others schemed to gain the trust of 13-year-old Megan Meier, a former friend of Drew’s daughter, inventing a teenage boy to befriend
Meier on the social networking website MySpace. Then they used information they
gained to humiliate Meier, prosecutors said, eventually leading or contributing
to her suicide.
Asked her feelings on leaving the Dardenne Prairie neighborhood, Drew said,
“It’s 50-50.”
Somehow I am confused. I read all about this awhile back and thought this entire thing happened in Missouri or somewhere in the midwest, so why the judge in LA?