a question for my younger sister.?

Question

my sister is 16, her a her bestfriend got into a huge fight, her bestfriend told her she no longer wanted to be friends with her, because she is pregnant(please dont say anything bad about that is was an accident)they were friends for 11 years,so naturally my sister was crushed.she she went on myspace.com, but logged into her friends( the friend gave her the password) she changed the password and wrote some things in there,but everything was true,nothing was made up. so they talked over the computer today, but said sorry, and my sister agreed to give the password to her,my sister took all the bad stuff out of her myspace accont over a week ago. but her friends parents are saying what my sister did is identity theft and slander, and want her friend to take her to court for what happened. but her friend does not want to. my question is, how is that identity theft if her friend gave her the password?and how is it slander if she said nothing false? how long would they have to take

my sister to court, or report this? and can they even take action without their daughters concent?

Answer 1

They cannot take your sister to court if her friend does not want to. The "parents" need to grow up. It was nothing more than an immature teenage spat. It does not belong in court. If they do go to court I suspect the Judge will hand their heads to them.

Answer 2

OK. First of all, it's not theft if she gave the ID to your sister, so it doesn't qualify.
Second, it's not slander unless it was something false that was spoken (orally) about her friend, therefore MySpace does not qualify -- and it wouldn't be slander or libel because it was true.
And lastly, they would never have a case that would stand up in court, because there are no damages (to body, mind, money, reputation or anything else).
Take it for what it is -- a silly fight between two teenagers -- and leave it alone.

Answer 3

It is invasion of privacy and not libel (slander is verbal) if true, but some truths only friends know are not things anyone would like to see up on a web page. It might be breach of trust (re the password) but I think they are both too young to have that enforceable.

I understand her parents' anger, though, and that is enforceable enough in preventing a friendship of their child without court involvement.

Put it this way, your sister is pregnant. What if her friend went into her myspace and said all sorts of 'true' but provocative things about that?

I don't think there will be a law suit, though.

Answer 4

If the child is not an adult then the parents make the decisions for them legally. So it is not up to the friend on whether or not they go to court. Identity theft would be hard to prove on their part, especially if both girls acknowledge the password was given in good faith. But slander is viable and your sister would have to prove that was written is true. In the end it would just end up costing both families entirely too much money to go through this entire process though, so unless that family has money to blow I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Answer 5

Kind of a petty case, but here in America you can take anyone to court for almost anything. There's really nothing they can do but take you to civil court and even then what could they say. I'm mad because this girl got into my daughters myspace from the password my daughter gave her and said some things on it. That doesn't sound like a case to me.

Answer 6

The parents can do something on behalf of their aughter because she is not yet 18, however the fact that she gave her the password isn't theft, your right and same goes for the slander deal. Hopefully it wa just a childish fight and they wil both learn their lessons. Dont trust anyone and never give out your passwords. The parents just need to back off and let the fight it out.

Answer 7

If her friend gave her the password, then she gave her access to the page as if she were an administrator of the page. So she had the concent to do what she wished to the page.

It is not constituted as identity theft to immitate another on line. If that were the case, there would be a lot right here on Yahoo Answers. . .

Answer 8

What your sister did was wrong. I don't think they can make identity theft stick, bit if what she wrote was bad, they could get her for slander. It does not matter if it was true, as long as it was hurtful. And, yes, the parents can sue her without the daughter's consent since she is a minor and under their protection. By the way, I'm not sure i believe the part about the pregnancy being an accident. She knew what she was doing, and did not take precautions.

Answer 9

identity theft is stealing someone elses identity, personal info etc etc, she didnt do identity theft but shouldnt of done what she did, your'e sisters friend was probably worried about what people would say if she hung around with your sister as shes pregnant, and some kids can be really cruel torwards people like your sister, it is partly your sisters friend fault for giving her the password but also your sisters fault for having low morals and doing such a thing. i think both are at fault but court won't do much if anything t your sister as she had the password originally given by her friend.

Answer 10

That is BS. Identity theft? Are they retarded? I know this is America and people sue left and right for stupid things but this is ridiculous. Especially since it has to do with Myspace and your sisters friend gave her the password. I wouldn't worry about it. If your sisters friends parents want to waste their time and money on stupidity then let them. Nothing will happen to your sister, if anything and I doubt it, she will get probation or something equally as stupid as her crime. That is what is wrong with this world, instead of focusing on the real criminals, we focus on stupidity.

Answer 11

I can't imagine that any judge would hear a case like this - completely silly.
Your sister didn't gain any money from this myspace transaction so there is really nothing to sue over.

Your sister's friend's parents are just being goofy - my guess is they don't like your sister for some reason (maybe they blame her for their daughter getting pregnant - sounds stupid but parents can be irrational at times) and they are trying to create a wedge between your sister and her friend.

What your sister did wasn't very mature but if her friend forgives her then she should be happy with that - just tell her to avoid the girl's parents for awhile. It'll all blow over soon, they'll find something else to worry about - like their soon to be born grandchild.

good luck to you all!