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Vicious rumors about Phoebe Prince and her family are being spread

Posted on Saturday, May 01, 2010 at 10:45 PM

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A vicious raft of rumors and innuendos about Phoebe Prince and her family are circulating in South Hadley and being peddled to the media, IrishCentral.com has learned.

This website has been approached by a well-known blogger who claims to have information from school files in South Hadley and to have spoken to teachers there.

The information being peddled is extremely damaging to the Prince family, and there is no evidence whatever, other than alleged conversations with teachers, to back it up.

Phoebe Prince hung herself on January 14 after prolonged bullying at the local high school. Six students have been charged in her death.

In one of his letters, the blogger states that teachers have given him the information from school files, and that the information has been confirmed to him.

The person concerned claims that he has handed the information on to The New York Times, Drudge Report and other leading outlets, and that stories will be published imminently.

However, IrishCentral has learned that no such stories are planned in at least two of the media outlets mentioned.

The latest effort to blacken the reputation of Phoebe Prince and her family is clearly being done in an attempt to influence the trial of the six defendants accused of harassing and bullying her before her death.

In addition, as we reported last week exclusively, there have been death threats and at least one attempt to injure Darby O'Brien, the spokesman for the Prince family who is a public relations consultant in South Hadley.

In one instance O'Brien revealed that a car had mounted the pavement while he was walking his dog and narrowly missed him.

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StevieWeavie | May 22, 2010, 08:04 AM EDT

This only goes to show how sick and twisted many people are today. There are serious mental health issues today that stems from many things that we will not go into. It's bad enough that this family has to deal with the death of their child and family member but to deal with the sick repercussions of the metally deranged is heartbreaking.

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Liamkeyes | May 11, 2010, 04:56 PM EDT

I hope that Justice will be served on the bullies.

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Lin1945 | May 05, 2010, 11:10 PM EDT

This vicious attack on the Prince family sounds pretty common, sad, wrong but found in the evil hearts of the bullies, their families and their friends. It is one reason I wish the trial would begin sooner. America owes an apology to Ireland for not taking care of their precious Phoebe. We can only hope that justice will prevail and that the school administrators and superintendent are removed and a new life and new journey can begin the healing in September.

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Megan30 | May 03, 2010, 08:47 PM EDT

South Hadley High School has been known for being a bullying school for years. People from the surrounding communities all know about the evil lurking under the guise of townies. Do not send your children to South Hadley schools. Do not visit South Hadley. Close the town down. It's a pus filled swollen anal wart in Massachusetts.

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Megan30 | May 03, 2010, 08:35 PM EDT

The South Hadley forum of Masslive.com is filled with the friends and relatives of the bullies of Phoebe Prince. There is one specific poster who feigns concern for Phoebe then infers that Phoebe brought it on herself. South Hadley is a nasty town. Don't ever move there. South Hadley's bullying problems have ongoing for decades. The epitome of evil.

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galway2001 | May 03, 2010, 08:33 PM EDT

don't they have laws in liberal mass.

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joejones | May 03, 2010, 01:58 PM EDT

All truths will eventually be revealed, and everyone should be happy because it seems everyone who blogs on this case knew Phoebe personally.

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joejones | May 03, 2010, 01:54 PM EDT

Unbelievable, now I know the media is biased and only makes me think that someone is protecting someone from information being leaked to the public!

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joejones | May 03, 2010, 01:52 PM EDT

Are only one sided posts allowed?

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leinadmoolb | May 03, 2010, 01:43 PM EDT

''A vicious raft of rumors and innuendos about Phoebe Prince and her family are circulating in South Hadley and being peddled to the media.'' Vicious? Raft? Circulating? Peddled? Not, Niall!

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joejones | May 03, 2010, 01:42 PM EDT

How come my post wasn't published? There was nothing inappropriate stated in it?

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leinadmoolb | May 03, 2010, 01:41 PM EDT

Let me guess who that blogger could be? Perez Hilton or Michael Crook, who have no credibility whatsoever. South Hadley is looking worse and worse the more we learn about Phoebe Prince. Now, someone wants to smear her. First Darby O’Brien was a target and now this. That won’t work well and will backfire on the South Hadley 6 and do more damage to them.

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leinadmoolb | May 03, 2010, 01:26 PM EDT

Niall, I must confess. I am the alleged "well-known blogger' who emailed you some information that I was hoping you would track down as a journalist and try to confirm if possible. I am not a real blogger and my blog gets 2 visits per year.

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leinadmoolb | May 03, 2010, 01:22 PM EDT

i hope this comment clears things up. You totally mis-characterized my email to you, and you should have replied to me first and asked what i meant. You never replied. Next time, reply to me. I am on your team here.

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leinadmoolb | May 03, 2010, 01:21 PM EDT

I live 5000 miles away on a small island in the western Pacific. I am on Phoebe's side here. I hope the bullies get punished. I am on Mr O'Brien's side and Phoebe's mom and dad's side

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