Student files libel suit over fake Facebook page

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-- -- fourteen year old girl from Georgia and her family are suing her classmates for cyber bullying.

They claim -- -- set up a fake page for the girl on FaceBook.

Apparently featured a profile pictured offered doctored to make her look well larger than she is by a long shot.

And a lawsuit claimed the page included racially offensive and sexually explicit posts.

The parents say police and school officials told -- there was little they could do.

So they sued for libel.

We were kids bully instead on the playground now apology -- imports.

I am still my -- than anybody else because.

It killed that we want to protect our child and we -- protect other children.

Well they say they're hoping to raise awareness about cyber bullying get more laws on the books to help police it.

Back to lawyers -- -- -- this is tough because.

Any time you make a big spectacle around -- child.

The child -- set up for more ridicule.

All year though on his parents are suing because somebody -- -- I mean if this is sort of feeds on itself so it's it's a tough decision anyway it goes back to the schoolyard like the dad said even then when you got -- in the schoolyard or you're the one whose mom came into yard.

And had a plea out of trouble is the same kind of thing -- when we were kids bowling was once more tangible.

And now I mean there -- laws and every state and -- get articulate them to try to address is -- -- with limited budget.

Budgets cops and DA I mean what we need them to focus on rape robbery burglary murder.

In a cyber bullying is not really on top priorities.

Well it actually should be -- because lord only knows where it leads to for the bully our.

And the bullying when it starts at -- -- such a young age.

But you're so right that this doesn't solve the problem it probably makes that the problem worse and as we all know in a litigation.

Now she can be deposed -- all kinds of discovery.

Lord only knows what comes out of this unfortunately if there were statutes on the book that actually had keep like in Wisconsin it's a misdemeanor to do this kind of thing you can be prosecuted him.

Jonathan it's all too easy to do that's the problem when -- and something needs to change so -- kind of -- pull them.

It is something he would get a try something because you know.

They used to stuffy in the locker I can remain stuffed into -- locker.

But at the -- in last very long and if you believe you so you can see long did you kind of fought your way out of it though -- kind of a better guy for it.

But this a little girl and there's domestic public the parents of the kids who put all this stuff I'm thinking maybe give them don't you remember how well it involves you know this is wrong more than plausible and get them involved it's an intentional -- their insurance -- -- -- -- cover it runs much of development of them involve -- -- -- things that'll get them involved thing watch the clock to our look at the --

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