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**jAZ** · 09-29-2010, 11:34 PM

Wow. Prank gone waaay wrong.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...gers_post.html

Rutgers freshman is presumed dead in suicide after roommate broadcast gay sexual encounter online

Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 5:42 PM
Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger

PISCATAWAY — A Rutgers University freshman appears to have killed himself by jumping off the George Washington Bridge after his roommate broadcast live images of the 18-year-old having a sexual encounter with another man on the internet, according to campus and law enforcement sources.

Tyler Clementi, 18, of Ridgewood, is presumed dead after his car, cell phone and computer were found near the George Washington Bridge last week, law enforcement sources said. His wallet was found on the walkway adjacent to the New York-bound lanes. In a statement released this afternoon, Clementi’s family confirmed the suicide and said his body has not been found.

Dharun Ravi, 18, of Plainsboro, and Molly Wei, 18, of Princeton, were charged with two counts each of invasion of privacy for setting up a camera in a dorm room on Sept. 19 and using it to view and transmit a live sex scene, said Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan.

Paul Mainardi of Woodbury, the Clementi family's attorney, said Ravi and Clementi were roommates at Rutgers.

Ravi's Twitter feed on that date referred to seeing his roommate have sex with another man in their room on the Piscataway campus, classmates said.

"Roommate asked for the room till midnight. I went into molly's room and turned on my webcam. I saw him making out with a dude. Yay," Ravi said on his Twitter page in a Sept. 19 entry posted at 6:17 p.m.

Two days later, Ravi posted another entry directing his nearly 150 Twitter followers to iChat, an internet messaging service with a live video feed.

"Anyone with iChat, I dare you to video chat me between the hours of 9:30 and 12. Yes it's happening again," Ravi wrote in the Sept. 21 post.

Ravi's Twitter feed has since been taken down. But the entries survived in a cached version of the page still available through Google's search engine this afternoon.

Prosecutors said Ravi and Wei set up a camera on Sept. 19 and broadcast live images of Clementi having a "sexual encounter." Ravi is also accused of trying unsuccessfully to broadcast a second sex scene Sept. 21.

The Clementi family released a statement this afternoon. "Tyler was a fine young man, and a distinguished musician. The family is heartbroken beyond words. They respectfully request that they be given time to grieve their great loss and that their privacy at this painful time be respected by all," it said.

"The family and their representatives are cooperating fully with the ongoing criminal investigations of two Rutgers University students," the statement said.

Clementi was an accomplished violinist who had received a college scholarship from the Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra for his musicianship and leadership.
The violinist left a lasting impression with some in the Bergen County town, said Hiro Kagei, 17, who played in the orchestra with the teenager. A solo Clementi played in a concert last year "blew the audience away," he said.

"Now that he’ dead, it’s sad to think we won’t hear something like that anymore," Kagei said.

On the Rutgers campus, classmates described Clementi as quiet. At a mandatory dorm meeting called the day he was reported missing, only three students said they had spoken to Clementi since they moved into the dorm last month, according to students who were at the meeting.

Ravi and Wei — who were classmates at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North before enrolling at Rutgers this fall — did not respond to e-mail requests to comment Tuesday. Steve Altman, Ravi’s attorney, also declined to comment.

Ravi surrendered to Rutgers police Tuesday and was released on $25,000 bail, the prosecutor’s office said. Wei surrendered to the campus police Monday and was released on her own recognizance.

Under New Jersey’s invasion-of-privacy laws, it is a fourth degree crime to collect or view images depicting nudity or sexual contact involving another individual without that person’s consent, the prosecutor said. It is a third degree crime to transmit or distribute the images.

If the students are convicted on a third degree offense they could face up to five years in prison each under state law. Conviction on a fourth-degree crime could lead to probation or up to 18 months in prison.

FAX · 09-30-2010, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Laz

they deserve every inch of a beating

there are crimes
then there are MEAN,EVIL spirited crimes

ummm? Who should pay a bigger price, the dude with a oz of pot in his pocket or these two twisted asshats?

i'll take twisted asshats for $2000, Alex

Amen.

This was so far out of line it's mind boggling. Cruel, heartless and stupid.

FAX

DJ's left nut · 09-30-2010, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by The Meat Dragon

you could have chosen someone better than me on this site to be so envious of...

I'm sorry that hot girls like to have sex with me...

I apologize.

I know, it sucks...all girls are dtf these days...but the same 10% of the guys get all of the action!

It isn't fair!

But hey, I can't help the fact I have undeniable wit. I'm sorry. I'm sure you are a better typer and read more online journals than I do...nothing to be ashamed of!

You certainly have me pegged.

Hootie · 09-30-2010, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

It's in the archives.

I did not invent the moron. He was pounding his chest over these 'exploits' well before I was much more than a mere lurker.

people go to college for different reasons

you went for those great years of WoW and sitting and class and being unnoticed...

I went to skip class, party, and make friends!

TO EACH THEIR OWN!

**Donger** · 09-30-2010, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Metrolike

@ another thread being derailed by Hootie.

Indeed. The boy should work for Amtrak with such a gift.

DJ's left nut · 09-30-2010, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by The Meat Dragon

but hey DJ...I know you're the voice of reason and extremely intelligent...so please, my main man...

tell me what you do for a living...please...I want to know what I should shoot for...

I eagerly await.

Don't worry, kiddo.

You'll never reach it. It requires a couple of degrees and I'm pretty sure you haven't the wherewithall to make it through so much as community college.

Hootie · 09-30-2010, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Metrolike

@ another thread being derailed by Hootie.

this thread was derailed by me??!?!?

please check your facts...

**Donger** · 09-30-2010, 11:06 AM

Oh, and has anyone else noted how this Ravi person looks disturbingly like C. Thomas Howell in Soul Man?

BIG_DADDY · 09-30-2010, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laz

they deserve every inch of a beating

there are crimes
then there are MEAN,EVIL spirited crimes

ummm? Who should pay a bigger price, the dude with a oz of pot in his pocket or these two twisted asshats?

i'll take twisted asshats for $2000, Alex

That was some sick shit you posted there dude. You want the guy beaten while he's being ****ed in the ass. That turn you on or something? How did you even put that together as an appropriate punishment in your mind? We are on the same page when it comes to drug legislation. The analogies in this thread are ridiculous and without merit.

Hootie · 09-30-2010, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Don't worry, kiddo.

You'll never reach it. It requires a couple of degrees and I'm pretty sure you haven't the wherewithall to make it through so much as community college.

Come on man...

Tell me what you do for $$$, and then post a picture of your S.O.

Then I'll do the same.

Or we can post our last 3 girlfriends? 5? 10?

But I'm sure your cubicle job and hand is much more respectable than my dead end bartending job and super hot girlfriend...your life rules!

**Mr. Kotter** · 09-30-2010, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laz

they deserve every inch of a beating

there are crimes
then there are MEAN,EVIL spirited crimes

ummm? Who should pay a bigger price, the dude with a oz of pot in his pocket or these two twisted asshats?

i'll take twisted asshats for $2000, Alex

So, the jump from absolutely stupid, and possibly isolated, act by a college student based on a horrible lapse judgement to "twisted asshat"....deserving of a all-out beating, is a short one, then?

Wow. I sincerely hope you don't aspire to be a judge.

Hootie · 09-30-2010, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Thank God, Hootie has weighed in.

Those of you that took his side on this particular issue can now re-evaluate your positions based on the company you keep.

Though in fairness, he may be right, prisons are probably better reserved to career bartenders in their late 20s that rape drunk girls.

YEAH DONGER...

YOU'RE SO SMART DUDE...

YOU GET BLOWJOBS IN FRONT OF YOUR GIRLFRIENDS MOTHER ALL THE TIME BUT KEEP GOING BECAUSE YOU'RE THE MAN!!!

I DERAILED THIS THREAD!!!

THIS WAS ALL ME!

I PM'D DJ AND TOLD HIM TO POST THIS NONSENSE!

YOU GUYS ARE SO SMART!!!!

DJ's left nut · 09-30-2010, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Metrolike

@ another thread being derailed by Hootie.

Eh, that was my doing.

I just can't help but get a kick out of threads where Hootie comes in and provides us with his moral compass.

It's a pretty strong indicator of which side of any given issue a halfway decent human being should probably be on.

We pretty much already know what he's going to say, yet along he comes spewing yet more bartender wisdom.

Hootie · 09-30-2010, 11:11 AM

This was my fault! My response was so deserving of a personal attack by Mr. Cubicle man!

http://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showpost....&postcount=117

I really derailed it right there!!!!

It really deserved this! This was my fault!

http://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showpost....&postcount=118

**Donger** · 09-30-2010, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Meat Dragon

YEAH DONGER...

YOU'RE SO SMART DUDE...

YOU GET BLOWJOBS IN FRONT OF YOUR GIRLFRIENDS MOTHER ALL THE TIME BUT KEEP GOING BECAUSE YOU'RE THE MAN!!!

I DERAILED THIS THREAD!!!

THIS WAS ALL ME!

I PM'D DJ AND TOLD HIM TO POST THIS NONSENSE!

YOU GUYS ARE SO SMART!!!!

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful, Hootie.

DJ's left nut · 09-30-2010, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Meat Dragon

Come on man...

Tell me what you do for $$$, and then post a picture of your S.O.

Then I'll do the same.

Or we can post our last 3 girlfriends? 5? 10?

But I'm sure your cubicle job and hand is much more respectable than my dead end bartending job and super hot girlfriend...your life rules!

My job can be found with a relatively quick search of the archives. Don't you worry about my office, it's just fine.

And I married up, as Stevieray can attest.

There are some rabbitholes that aren't worth chasing idiots down. This is one of them.

09-29-2010, 11:34 PM
jAZ Supporter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Tucson, AZ Casino cash: $9817493	Rutgers freshman suicide after roommate broadcast gay sexual encounter online? Wow. Prank gone waaay wrong. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...gers_post.html Rutgers freshman is presumed dead in suicide after roommate broadcast gay sexual encounter online Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 5:42 PM Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger PISCATAWAY — A Rutgers University freshman appears to have killed himself by jumping off the George Washington Bridge after his roommate broadcast live images of the 18-year-old having a sexual encounter with another man on the internet, according to campus and law enforcement sources. Tyler Clementi, 18, of Ridgewood, is presumed dead after his car, cell phone and computer were found near the George Washington Bridge last week, law enforcement sources said. His wallet was found on the walkway adjacent to the New York-bound lanes. In a statement released this afternoon, Clementi’s family confirmed the suicide and said his body has not been found. Dharun Ravi, 18, of Plainsboro, and Molly Wei, 18, of Princeton, were charged with two counts each of invasion of privacy for setting up a camera in a dorm room on Sept. 19 and using it to view and transmit a live sex scene, said Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan. Paul Mainardi of Woodbury, the Clementi family's attorney, said Ravi and Clementi were roommates at Rutgers. Ravi's Twitter feed on that date referred to seeing his roommate have sex with another man in their room on the Piscataway campus, classmates said. "Roommate asked for the room till midnight. I went into molly's room and turned on my webcam. I saw him making out with a dude. Yay," Ravi said on his Twitter page in a Sept. 19 entry posted at 6:17 p.m. Two days later, Ravi posted another entry directing his nearly 150 Twitter followers to iChat, an internet messaging service with a live video feed. "Anyone with iChat, I dare you to video chat me between the hours of 9:30 and 12. Yes it's happening again," Ravi wrote in the Sept. 21 post. Ravi's Twitter feed has since been taken down. But the entries survived in a cached version of the page still available through Google's search engine this afternoon. Prosecutors said Ravi and Wei set up a camera on Sept. 19 and broadcast live images of Clementi having a "sexual encounter." Ravi is also accused of trying unsuccessfully to broadcast a second sex scene Sept. 21. The Clementi family released a statement this afternoon. "Tyler was a fine young man, and a distinguished musician. The family is heartbroken beyond words. They respectfully request that they be given time to grieve their great loss and that their privacy at this painful time be respected by all," it said. "The family and their representatives are cooperating fully with the ongoing criminal investigations of two Rutgers University students," the statement said. Clementi was an accomplished violinist who had received a college scholarship from the Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra for his musicianship and leadership. The violinist left a lasting impression with some in the Bergen County town, said Hiro Kagei, 17, who played in the orchestra with the teenager. A solo Clementi played in a concert last year "blew the audience away," he said. "Now that he’ dead, it’s sad to think we won’t hear something like that anymore," Kagei said. On the Rutgers campus, classmates described Clementi as quiet. At a mandatory dorm meeting called the day he was reported missing, only three students said they had spoken to Clementi since they moved into the dorm last month, according to students who were at the meeting. Ravi and Wei — who were classmates at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North before enrolling at Rutgers this fall — did not respond to e-mail requests to comment Tuesday. Steve Altman, Ravi’s attorney, also declined to comment. Ravi surrendered to Rutgers police Tuesday and was released on $25,000 bail, the prosecutor’s office said. Wei surrendered to the campus police Monday and was released on her own recognizance. Under New Jersey’s invasion-of-privacy laws, it is a fourth degree crime to collect or view images depicting nudity or sexual contact involving another individual without that person’s consent, the prosecutor said. It is a third degree crime to transmit or distribute the images. If the students are convicted on a third degree offense they could face up to five years in prison each under state law. Conviction on a fourth-degree crime could lead to probation or up to 18 months in prison.
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