Lindsay decided to end her life in May 2023 because of the school bullying she suffered when she was 13 years old.
Nine months later, her mother, Betty G., denounced in
Le Journal du Dimanche
(JDD), the cyberharassment which continues to target the memory of her daughter since her suicide.
“On social networks, anonymous accounts continue to insult Lindsay, to share photos of her accompanied by unspeakable messages
,” testifies the mother who feels
“completely abandoned.”
“I can’t stand this situation anymore”
“The cyberbullying that pushed my daughter Lindsay to commit suicide has never stopped
,” notes the mother who says she is
“morally exhausted.”
Last Sunday, Lindsay's friends showed Betty photos of the bathroom walls at their school where insults were still written.
“I filed a complaint again on Thursday, but I noticed a helplessness which ended up making me despair
,” she laments.
“I can’t stand this situation any longer. Neither the cyberharassment that follows Lindsay to her grave and prevents me from sleeping, nor that which distresses so many families in France
,” continues the mother in the pages of the
JDD
.
Furthermore, Betty is desperately awaiting approval for her association in tribute to her daughter, “Les Ailes de Lindsay”.
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“I have the impression that nothing moves, nothing changes and that no one can do anything. Also abandoned by the courts: I have no date, no news, nothing,”
she continues, adding that she fears for her two sons aged 5 and 10.
“They don't have access to social networks, but I live with the fear in my stomach: the fear that a friend will show them a message, that they will come across it and read what is written about Lindsay
,” she confides. .
78 accounts deleted
Lindsay's mother does not give up her fight but feels abandoned by certain politicians she had contacted.
“
When I stopped speaking in the media, the story no longer interested anyone.
There is individual monitoring, but that doesn't solve anything.
I didn't dare write to them, I was afraid of disturbing them, and I ended up doing it in the last few days because I was at the end of my tether
,” she says, specifying nevertheless that Brigitte Macron immediately called her and that Gabriel Attal told him that he was
“following the file”.
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“He also told me that 78 accounts had been deleted in recent weeks. Do you realize the extent of this harassment? I am grateful to them for this support, but I know that it is not a solution
,” she maintains among our colleagues.
“This is our only chance to reverse fear”
“I have no news from the judges, the authors of these messages remain unpunished, and the government is giving in to the American and Chinese groups who own the social networks that I incriminate
,” affirms the mother who is going to do
“what is necessary.” its power"
, that is to say launching triple criminal, financial and media action.
To support her fight, she says she has launched an “appeal” for
“all families who suffer harassment”
.
“Let them join us, because it is our only chance to reverse fear
,” she maintains.
“So I know what my mission is from now on: to succeed in winning against these giants who allow the ordeal of our children.”