"After approximately four weeks of flirtatious communications between Josh Evans and [Meier], Drew and her co-conspirators broke off the relationship," the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California said in a statement. "Within an hour [Meier] hanged herself in her room. She died the next day."
Drew was vilified after the incident, which drew international attention. In a February 2008 interview, she claimed to have been barraged with threatening calls after the story broke and her address and phone number were posted online.