Bush’s parents, Donna and Larry Bush, said their daughter never intended to seriously harm Michael and that she should not have been charged as an adult and subjected to the online attacks she has endured. The girl struggles academically and has poor judgment, they said.
“This boy has more brains than Lauren [and the 15-year-old girl] put together,” said Donna Bush, a hospital lab associate who described her daughter as remorseful. “She hugs me and says, ‘I am sorry.’ ” When her mother asks about what happened, the girl sobs.