Teen Finds Out Anonymous Internet Bully Who Harassed Her For A Year Is Actually Her Mom

Due to allegations that she catfished and cyberbullied her own teenage daughter for an entire year, a mother from Michigan has been charged with criminal offenses.

Kendra Gail Licari, of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, was charged earlier this week as a result of an investigation that lasted a year and was sparked by a complaint of cyberbullying to Beal City Schools.

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Licari collaborated with the kid's mother and school authorities to identify potential offenders because her daughter and the boy her daughter was seeing at the time were the targets of the harassment.

Although Licari was coaching girls' basketball at her daughter's school when the lawsuit was filed in December, Isabella County Prosecutor David Barberi claimed the texts started as early as 2021.

The attacks occurred off-campus and without the use of school equipment, and soon district authorities were at a loss for how to find the offender.

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In January 2021, the district requested assistance from the police, and by April 2021, even the FBI's cybercrime section was involved.

After being able to block the IP addresses used to send the messages, the federal agency discovered they were connected to Licari.

According to Barberi, the mother is suspected of using virtual private networks (VPNs) to conceal her whereabouts and even making it appear as though the messages were coming from locations where other teenagers were present.

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She attempted to make the texts appear to be from another youngster by using slang and abbreviations. 

A total of 349 pages of abusive text and social media communications were compiled by the prosecutor's office.

Licari was confronted after being located and is said to have offered a complete apology for her actions. 

It's unclear why she chose to attack her daughter, though.

The mother, 42, was charged with two charges of stalking a child, two counts of criminal computer usage, and one count of obstructing the administration of justice. 

The mother allegedly tried to use a different youngster as blame for her activities during the investigation, according to the second accusation.

After being charged, Licari was released on a $5,000 bond. 

She might spend years in prison since stalking a kid and perverting the course of justice are both five-year felonies while using a computer to commit a crime carries a 10-year sentence.

On December 29, Licari is due in court for a hearing to decide whether there is enough proof to send her to trial.

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In April 2023, a Michigan judge ordered Licari to spend 19 months to five years in prison for stalking a minor.

Licari had pled guilty to the stalking charge, and in exchange, Isabella County Prosecutor David Barberi dropped the three additional charges.