kendra licari why did she do it

Kendra Licari cyberbullied her own daughter, Lauryn Licari, and Lauryn's boyfriend for over a year, an act for which she served a prison sentence. The motivation behind her actions appears complex, rooted in her own past trauma. Kendra disclosed in a Netflix documentary "Unknown Number: The High School Catfish" that she experienced a sexual assault at the age Lauryn was during the bullying and was very scared as her daughter hit her teenage years. She claimed her harassment started as an attempt to identify an original anonymous harasser targeting her daughter and to protect Lauryn, but her behavior spiraled out of control. Kendra described the harassment as "an escape" from her reality, revealing she was in a very bad mental state during that time. Despite this, she seemed not to fully grasp the consequences of her actions or the severity of the harm caused, even stating she was not worried about Lauryn hurting herself from the messages. Some experts have suggested her behavior exhibited elements similar to Munchausen syndrome by proxy, where harm is inflicted to maintain closeness, though this is not a confirmed clinical diagnosis for her case. Kendra has expressed disappointment and blamed resurfacing previous trauma for her actions.