A Missouri woman indicted in a MySpace hoax which led to a 13-year-old girl's suicide is scheduled to appear for her arraignment in downtown Los Angeles Monday. Fox Interactive Media-owned MySpace is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.

Lori Drew, the 49-year-old woman who allegedly took part in the MySpace prank which led to the suicide of her teen neighbor girl, was charged with one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing protected computers without authorization to get information used to inflict emotional distress.

The woman of suburban St. Louis was allegedly involved in creating a fake MySpace account and contacting her teen neighbor Megan Meier. The 13-year-old thought she was chatting with a 16-year-old boy named "Josh Evans."

Through the fake profile, the woman allegedly sent Megan very cruel messages which determined her to hang herself inside her home on October 2006. In one of the messages, Drew said that the world would be better off without Megan.

Megan Meier hanged herself at home in October 2006, allegedly after receiving the cruel messages. Drew has denied creating the account or sending messages to Meier.

The woman will enter a plea in federal court and then her case will be assigned to a judge and be given a trial date, said U.S. Attorney's spokesman Thom Mrozek according to The Associated Press.

Law experts said the case will very probably break new ground in Internet law as the defense attorney announced he will legally challenge the charges.

The fact that this is the first time the federal statute on accessing protected computers has been used in a social-networking case was confirmed by U.S. Attorney Thomas P. O'Brien.

"Here it is the flow of information away from the computer. It's a very creative, aggressive use of the statute. But they may have a legally tough time meeting the elements," said Rebecca Lonergan, a former federal prosecutor who now teaches law at the University of Southern California.