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Jul 23, 2008 4:20 pm US/Pacific

Dismissal Sought In Myspace Suicide Case

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― An attorney for a Missouri woman charged in connection with a MySpace hoax that allegedly led a 13-year-old girl to commit suicide has filed motions in Los Angeles to dismiss the federal case.

Attorney H. Dean Steward says motions were filed Wednesday on behalf of Lori Drew of the St. Louis suburb O'Fallon.

Drew has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and accessing computers without authorization.

The motions claim the indictment violates constitutional due process, fails to state an offense as required by federal rules of criminal procedure and alleges no crime but is instead vague.

U.S. attorney's spokesman Thom Mrozek says a government response is due in three weeks.

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