. >> reporter: 12-year-old haley bennett's facebook page was full of hateful messages like shut up already. you smell bad. and no one pities you. a depressed bennett posted, i hate myself. a heart display of cyber bullying. except it was all fake. 15-year-old freshman jessica barbara said she made up the girl and created the phony know to raise awareness about bullying as part of a class project. jessica also made this six-minute youtube video showing the fictional haley bennett facing physical violence and torment day after day until she finally committed suicide. the video ened with the message, speak up, speak out. bullying is 100% preventable. >> i was so excited. i would work on it so hard for the two days straight that i work on it. just to make sure it was done and made sure it had a good message in it. >> reporter: but jessica's good message got a bad reaction of jessica's family says that a concerned parent saw the facebook page and not realizing it was fake, call police who contacted the school. the family says school officials then suspended jessica for five days. even after she

haley bennett is clearly not a real person. it's clearly a video. >> it was very upsetting. to school and she's getting so many praises from all over. we've even heard from people down in australia that have spoken to her on facebook. it's crazy. it's great. >> how did the school explain the suspension to you? >> well, i think what started it was with the facebook parent had read this and didn't go far enough to read that it was fake. as adults i don't think we understand facebook as much as children do. they must have got scared and they called it and school said it caused a commotion. >> i tell you, raising awareness, has the ruckus from the school overshadowed what you were trying to do or highlighted in the end what you were trying to do which is to say bullying is happening in the hallways? >> i think that it kind of highlighted it a bit because the parent who calls in and they're not to blame but they did what my video is intending, speak up and speak out. they called it in because they were concerned about a child who is being bullied and they did speak up and speak o

. >> 12-year-old haley bennett's facebook page was full of hateful messages like "shut up already" "youosted "i hate myself." a heartbreaking display of cyber-bullying, but it was all fake. 15-year-old jessica said she made up the girl and create aid phony account to raise awareness about bullying as part of a class project. jessica also made this six-minute you tube video of this girl facing violence and turmoil day after day until she finally committed suicide. it ended with a message -- speak up and speak many out. i >> i was so excited. i worked on it to make sure it was done and make sure it had a good message in it. >> but jessica's good message got a bad reaction. jessica's family that a concerned parent saw the facebook page and not realizing it was fake called police who contacted the school. the family said school officials then suspended jessica for five days even after she explained it was an anti-bullying project telling her, she says, she created a disruption at the school. >> couldn't believe i was getting in trouble that i was something i worked so hard on, and the only