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Phoebe Prince Facebook Update: Three Charged Plead Not Guilty

by Amy Judd | April 6, 2010 at 12:36 pm

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In the Ongoing Case of the Phoebe Prince Facebook Bullying Suicide Story, Three Charged Plead Not Guilty

Sean Mulveyhill, 17, Kayla Narey, 17 and Austin Renaud, 18, who are all charged in connection with the suicide death of Massachusetts teen Phoebe Prince, plead not guilty to related charged on Tuesday April 6.

The three did not personally attend the Hampshire Superior Court session in Northampton Massachusetts, but entered the plea through their lawyers.

These three are not the only ones charged in connection with the death of Phoebe Prince; nine people have been charged in total, all of whom were former schoolmates of Prince and are teenagers.

The others charged are Flannery Mullins, 16, Ashley Longe, 16, Sharon Chanon Velazquez, 16 and three other females who have not been named.

Phoebe Prince Facebook Bullying Nightmare

Phoebe Prince was just 15 when she hung herself in her home on January 14 2010 after coming home from school and suffering a day of 'intense bullying'. Prince was not only bullied at school but also was a victim of cyber bulling when it extended to her Facebook page and text messages.

Sean Mulveyhill, 17, was Prince's former boyfriend and he has been charged with statutory rape, criminal harassment, violation of civil rights resulting in bodily injury and disturbance of a school assembly. After the couple broke up, Prince was subjected to intense bullying and name calling, as well as things being thrown at her and receiving threatening text messages from a group of 'mean girls' who thought her relationship with Mulveyhill was 'unsuitable'.

Phoebe Prince's tragic death has started talks again of an anti-bullying bill, where anti-bullying would be part of the school curriculum and bullies would be required to be reported to the police.