{"id":29089,"date":"2017-09-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/family-speaks-out-after-bullied-schoolgirl-takes-her-own-life\/"},"modified":"2017-09-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T00:00:00","slug":"family-speaks-out-after-bullied-schoolgirl-takes-her-own-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/family-speaks-out-after-bullied-schoolgirl-takes-her-own-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Speaks Out After Bullied Schoolgirl Takes Her Own Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The family of an Adelaide schoolgirl who took her own life last week has spoken out about the online bullying she suffered.<\/h3>\n<p>Libby Bell, 13, died suddenly last Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cLibby was such a bright spark,\u201d her uncle Clint Gow-Smith told FIVEAA on Tuesday. \u201cShe certainly had an aura about her\u2026 her million dollar smile is the best way to sum up Libby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re struggling to comes to terms with it, to be honest. But her parents are being so brave.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Clint said Libby had been bullied for a \u201ccouple of years\u201d, but one incident at a fast food restaurant last year particularly stood out.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cLibby was sitting in the takeaway outlet\u2026 someone filmed it,\u201d Clint said. \u201cIt was obviously a bit of a setup. A few girls, one girl in particular, threw a drink over Libby then a fight broke out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was quite relentless over a period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>LISTEN:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/340917430&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you or someone you know needs help, call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or the Kids Help Line on 1800 55 1800.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/Sam-Jacobs-Posts-Touching-Tribute-After-His-Brother-Passed-Away\"><strong>SAM JACOBS POSTS TOUCHING TRIBUTE AFTER HIS BROTHER PASSED AWAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/Robbo-Reveals-Why-Sam-Newman-Insulted-Him-During-TV-Segment\"><strong>ROBBO REVEALS WHY SAM NEWMAN INSULTED HIM DURING TV SEGMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family of an Adelaide schoolgirl who took her own life last week has spoken out about the online bullying she suffered. Libby Bell, 13, died suddenly last Monday. \u201cLibby was such a bright spark,\u201d her uncle Clint Gow-Smith told FIVEAA on Tuesday. \u201cShe certainly had an aura about her\u2026 her million dollar smile is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":13957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[244,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-29089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-david-and-will","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Family Speaks Out After Bullied Schoolgirl Takes Her Own Life - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/family-speaks-out-after-bullied-schoolgirl-takes-her-own-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Family Speaks Out After Bullied Schoolgirl Takes Her Own Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The family of an Adelaide schoolgirl who took her own life last week has spoken out about the online bullying she suffered. 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