Michigan mom accused of viciously cyberbullying her own daughter for a year and a half
· Dec 18, 2022 · NottheBee.com

A Michigan woman was arrested on Monday for allegedly "cyberbullying" her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend for almost 18 months.

Kendra Gail Licari, 42, was charged with two counts of stalking a minor, two counts of using a computer to commit a crime, and one count of obstruction of justice after allegedly attempting to frame one of her daughter's peers for harassment, the Blaze reports:

David Barberi, an Isabella County prosecutor, told the media that law enforcement had compiled nearly 350 pages of harassing text and social media messages sent to the two victims, who allegedly received up to 12 such harassing messages a day. Barberi claimed that Licari would often disguise herself online by using slang and abbreviations frequently used by members of younger generations.

Barberi described Licari's messages as "demeaning, demoralizing, and just mean."

"When the case first came into our office, it was bizarre and almost hard to believe," Barberi said. "Someone else coined the term, it wasn't myself, but they called it a version of ‘cyber munchausen syndrome,' in a sense that this seems to be the type of behavior where you're making somebody feel bad or need you in their life because of this behavior."

Police say Licari eventually made a full confession, but they still do not know what her motive was.

Licari had been a girls' basketball coach for Beal City schools until at least last December, but she had been replaced at the end of the season. It is unclear whether that job or any residual tension she may have experienced after she was asked not to return could have prompted the alleged harassment.

Licari is scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 20 and could receive up to 10 years in prison for the "using a computer to commit a crime" charges and up to five years for the "stalking a minor" and "obstruction of justice" charges.


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