A bill inspired by the case that would make it a crime to coerce someone to commit suicide has been refiled at the Statehouse. The bill, called Conrad's Law, makes it a crime to intentionally coerce or encourage a person to commit or attempt to commit suicide by using physical acts or mental coercion that manipulates "a person's fears, affections or sympathies." It is punishable by up to five years in prison.
Michelle Carter was released on good behavior from the Bristol County House of Corrections on January 23rd, 2020. Michelle was considered to be a model inmate.
Elle Fanning will star in Hulu's upcoming limited series The Girl From Plainville based on an Esquire article by Jesse Barron. The show reportedly revisits the widely debated "texting suicide" case. Barron and Erin Lee Carr, director of I Love You, Now Die, will serve as consulting producers.