The mother of a girl who committed suicide after being bullied is taking legal action to gain "justice" for her daughter's death.
Attorneys representing Tricia Norman, including former Florida governor Charlie Crist, told ABC News that they they're currently weighing whether to bring legal action against the school board or the parents or the two girls who were allegedly responsible for intense cyber bullying that reportedly led to 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick's death. The two are currently awaiting a Friday hearing that will determine the next step in a case that has made headlines nationwide.
Norman appeared with her attorneys David Henry, Matt Morgan and Charlie Crist in downtown Tampa, Fla., to announce their intentions to bring a lawsuit against the people they felt contributed to her death.
"It lets wrongdoers know that society will not accept that sort of conduct," attorney David Henry said. "It does set the parameters."
"I wish it was known before, but I'm grateful for it now, because we might be able to save other kids and other parents from going through this," Norman announced in regards to the bullying that was said to have happened both on the Internet and in real life.
Henry said that these kinds of cases try to set an example while simultaneously sending a certain message.
"We sometimes use the saying, that a lawsuit is sometimes like throwing a pebble in a pond," he expounded. "The ripple effect. We intend in this case, to throw a boulder."
Police told Florida news station WDAM that Tricia Norman's daughter Rebecca killed herself by jumping off of a tower at an abandoned cement plant near her home in central Florida.
The two girls who reportedly bullied Rebecca, ages 12 and 14, were arrested last week. They face charges of aggravated stalking charges. The Polk County Sheriff's office reported that the two "terrorized" Sedwick, and didn't show much remorse for her death.
"Yes, I bullied Rebecca and she killed herself, but I don't give a f***," one suspect, 14-year-old Guadalupe Shaw, allegedly posted on Facebook.
According to CBS News, Norman has been charged in the past with writing bad checks, fraud and probation violation. Records showed that Norman has operated under a few aliases, including Tricia Craig, Tricia Howard and Tricia Jones.
