News Rutgers freshman suicide after roommate broadcast gay sexual encounter online? - Page 34

**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.

DJ's left nut · 10-01-2010, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by vailpass

No different than shaving a guy's eyebrows off or hanging brain on the passed out chick and taking pictures of it. They weren't out to hurt the kid, they were out to get some laughs from everyone at the kid's expense. This is what is done in colleges all over the country every day. Hell this kind of stuff is the raison d'etre for certain fraternities.

Your demonizing these kids by trying to paint them as torturers and tormentors doesn't make it so.

You prank your friends.

You harass anyone else.

If some guy I know but am not friends with pins me down and shaves my ****ing eyebrows off, I'm taking a bat to the asshole. That's not a prank, it's grounds for an ass-kicking.

If my buddies do the same thing, I'm just gonna bide my time and get them back later.

This isn't a college chum tea-bagging his pal. This was a jackass with a quiet roommate that he was tormenting.

You trying to pass off the malicious conduct of a bully as 'just boys being boys' doesn't make it so.

DJ's left nut · 10-01-2010, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by patteeu

[T}he value in a punishment lies in deterring others. IMO, getting kicked out of school and possibly a conviction with no jail time is adequate to get that job done.

Or at least make sure they're college students so they can get off light.

After all, potential productive members of our society shouldn't be subject to the same sentencing guidelines as those shiftless high-school dropouts.

vailpass · 10-01-2010, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

You prank your friends.

You harass anyone else.

If some guy I know but am not friends with pins me down and shaves my ****ing eyebrows off, I'm taking a bat to the asshole. That's not a prank, it's grounds for an ass-kicking.

If my buddies do the same thing, I'm just gonna bide my time and get them back later.

This isn't a college chum tea-bagging his pal. This was a jackass with a quiet roommate that he was tormenting.

You trying to pass off the malicious conduct of a bully as 'just boys being boys' doesn't make it so.

It's clear we see the same thing differently. My hope and belief is that a judge and jury are not filled with the same venom you are.
IMHO young, intelligent college students with no criminal record will be viewed by the courts as exactly that and punished accordingly.

Chiefnj2 · 10-01-2010, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

You prank your friends.

You harass anyone else.

If some guy I know but am not friends with pins me down and shaves my ****ing eyebrows off, I'm taking a bat to the asshole. That's not a prank, it's grounds for an ass-kicking.

If my buddies do the same thing, I'm just gonna bide my time and get them back later.

This isn't a college chum tea-bagging his pal. This was a jackass with a quiet roommate that he was tormenting.

You trying to pass off the malicious conduct of a bully as 'just boys being boys' doesn't make it so.

After the first incident the victim said his roommate wasn't a bad guy.

DJ's left nut · 10-01-2010, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by vailpass

It's clear we see the same thing differently. My hope and belief is that a judge and jury are not filled with the same venom you are.
IMHO young, intelligent college students with no criminal record will be viewed by the courts as exactly that and punished accordingly.

And I hope they interpret and enforce the law as it was drafted.

To each their own.

**Rausch** · 10-01-2010, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

It was a prank where they saw the kid kissing someone.

This.

Invasion of privacy. There should be a number of charges and $$$ that could be had here.

But murder?

Are you ****ing kidding me?

YOU KILLED YOURSELF.

Pants · 10-01-2010, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by vailpass

What does the number of pages in a post have to do with anything?
Are you retarted or just and idiot? Friggin n00b.

Apparently he's much smarter than you, because he didn't need the hundreds of posts to come to the correct conclusion that invading someone's privacy on purpose and broadcasting something they want to keep very private is much, much more than a simple prank of shaving eyebrows. You on the other hand, couldn't come to the conclusion after the said hundreds of posts. Nothing new here, we all know your mental capacity limitations already.

vailpass · 10-01-2010, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Metrolike

Apparently he's much smarter than you, because he didn't need the hundreds of posts to come to the correct conclusion that invading someone's privacy on purpose and broadcasting something they want to keep very private is much, much more than a simple prank of shaving eyebrows. You on the other hand, couldn't come to the conclusion after the said hundreds of posts. Nothing new here, we all know your mental capacity limitations already.

Are you also retarted comrade?

Pants · 10-01-2010, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by vailpass

Are you also retarted comrade?

A real man knows when to admit he's wrong. Of course for you that would be all the time, so I'm going to quit blaming you for being such a one-trick pony puss.

vailpass · 10-01-2010, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Metrolike

A real man knows when to admit he's wrong. Of course for you that would be all the time, so I'm going to quit blaming you for being such a one-trick pony puss.

Wow, what a genous you are. I'm sorry for calling you a retart. Nothing gets by you.

Pants · 10-01-2010, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by vailpass

Wow, what a genous you are. I'm sorry for calling you a retart. Nothing gets by you.

Yes, using CP cliches in a terrible manner is extremely funny and gets your point across to boot! You fail, guy. FAIL.

P.S. Correct CP lexicon is "genious", dumbass.

vailpass · 10-01-2010, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Metrolike

Yes, using CP cliches in a terrible manner is extremely funny and gets your point across to boot! You fail, guy. FAIL.

P.S. Correct CP lexicon is "genious", dumbass.

Are you saying I'm and idiot? I made my bones while your mom was still sucking Bolshevik cock in exchange for yak milk and wart remover.

DJ's left nut · 10-01-2010, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rausch

This.

Invasion of privacy. There should be a number of charges and $$$ that could be had here.

But murder?

Are you ****ing kidding me?

YOU KILLED YOURSELF.

Give you all my casino cash if you can find anyone in this thread that believes he should be prosecuted for murder.

Pants · 10-01-2010, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vailpass

Are you saying I'm and idiot? I made my bones while your mom was still sucking Bolshevik cock in exchange for yak milk and wart remover.

You grew up in Iowa, guy. Milking cows and cock is probably exactly what your mom was doing. I'm not quite sure what 'making bones' means in Iowa and I don't think I want to find out.

vailpass · 10-01-2010, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Metrolike

You grew up in Iowa, guy. Milking cows and cock is probably exactly what your mom was doing. I'm not quite sure what 'making bones' means in Iowa and I don't think I want to find out.

Pro tip for you Latka: men don't call other men "guy". Maybe disenfranchised soviets go for that, but here in the States it just isn't done. Give my best to Simka.

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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