News Rutgers freshman suicide after roommate broadcast gay sexual encounter online? - Page 8

**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.

bluehawkdoc · 09-30-2010, 10:16 AM

"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."

Shaun Smith is going to be pissed off... Training opportunity lost.

|Zach| · 09-30-2010, 10:17 AM

Kotter isn't a big fan of facts in matters like this just. Just silly emotional rants.

T-post Tom · 09-30-2010, 10:23 AM

Tragic. (Clementi staging his suicide would be the ultimate revenge. His family would have to be clued in if he cared for them at all.)

|Zach| · 09-30-2010, 10:24 AM

Students Say Roommate Had 'No Intention' of Spying on Tyler Clementi

http://gawker.com/5652167/students-s...tyler-clementi

Police believe they may have found the body of Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers student who jumped to his death after a roommate spied on him having gay sex. Meanwhile, some Rutgers students are saying Clementi's roommate's actions were misinterpreted.

Tyler's roommate, Dharun Ravi, turned on his computer's webcam and apparently spied on Clementi while he was hooking up with another man. After Clementi found out, he ended up throwing himself off the George Washington bridge. And while many Rutgers students are reportedly outraged over the invasion of privacy, the campus paper quotes others who knew Ravi saying that the whole thing was a misunderstanding:

Students said Clementi asked his roommate Ravi to leave the room so that he could have time alone with a guest on the evening of Sept. 19.
A strange, older male later arrived at the room, they said. Ravi went to Wei's room, where he used a computer to access footage of the room from his webcam, they said.

Ravi had no intention of witnessing any kind of intimate encounter between the two, but rather wanted to see if anything unusual was taking place inside his room, as he was not familiar with Clementi's guest, they said.

One student said Ravi is "a good guy who made a poor decision," which may well be true. The student also said that as soon as Ravi saw what was going on, he closed the window on his computer and stopped watching it. There's no way to know whether that's true.

DJ's left nut · 09-30-2010, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by |Zach|

Students Say Roommate Had 'No Intention' of Spying on Tyler Clementi

http://gawker.com/5652167/students-s...tyler-clementi

Police believe they may have found the body of Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers student who jumped to his death after a roommate spied on him having gay sex. Meanwhile, some Rutgers students are saying Clementi's roommate's actions were misinterpreted.

Tyler's roommate, Dharun Ravi, turned on his computer's webcam and apparently spied on Clementi while he was hooking up with another man. After Clementi found out, he ended up throwing himself off the George Washington bridge. And while many Rutgers students are reportedly outraged over the invasion of privacy, the campus paper quotes others who knew Ravi saying that the whole thing was a misunderstanding:

Students said Clementi asked his roommate Ravi to leave the room so that he could have time alone with a guest on the evening of Sept. 19.
A strange, older male later arrived at the room, they said. Ravi went to Wei's room, where he used a computer to access footage of the room from his webcam, they said.

Ravi had no intention of witnessing any kind of intimate encounter between the two, but rather wanted to see if anything unusual was taking place inside his room, as he was not familiar with Clementi's guest, they said.

One student said Ravi is "a good guy who made a poor decision," which may well be true. The student also said that as soon as Ravi saw what was going on, he closed the window on his computer and stopped watching it. There's no way to know whether that's true.

Yes, I'm sure telling people the time/station to tune in for the next show was completely accidental.

This makes me dislike the guy even more.

This wasn't an accident, quit covering your ass. Admit you're a ****stain and take your punishment like a man.

Otter · 09-30-2010, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Having Pez on a table isn't wronging someone.

If, however, he knows that someone has an aversion to Pez as well as some relatively obvious emtional issues (c'mon, who secludes themselves like that?) and he starts hurling Pez at the kid in the middle of the hallway in front of dozens of peers, then he deserves to be punished to the full extent of the assault.

Some of you guys keep posting pictures of clowns and I demand justice!

**The Franchise** · 09-30-2010, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Yes, I'm sure telling people the time/station to tune in for the next show was completely accidental.

This makes me dislike the guy even more.

This wasn't an accident, quit covering your ass. Admit you're a ****stain and take your punishment like a man.

This.

Duck Dog · 09-30-2010, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

No....she's not.

Yeah, that is not a hot asian chick, at all.

**The Bad Guy** · 09-30-2010, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Laces Out Dan

I dont agree with the jail sentence.

He can't control whether the guy committs suicide or not. The guy obviously had some problems for him to do something like that.

To be honest I'd be pissed of as hell if my roomate wanted me to leave the room so him and some dude could perform homosexual acts in my room while I was gone. That's just gross.

Why am I not surprised?

So if you had a daughter, and someone was basically peeping in her window, that's ok?

Duck Dog · 09-30-2010, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by |Zach|

Students Say Roommate Had 'No Intention' of Spying on Tyler Clementi

http://gawker.com/5652167/students-s...tyler-clementi

Police believe they may have found the body of Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers student who jumped to his death after a roommate spied on him having gay sex. Meanwhile, some Rutgers students are saying Clementi's roommate's actions were misinterpreted.

Tyler's roommate, Dharun Ravi, turned on his computer's webcam and apparently spied on Clementi while he was hooking up with another man. After Clementi found out, he ended up throwing himself off the George Washington bridge. And while many Rutgers students are reportedly outraged over the invasion of privacy, the campus paper quotes others who knew Ravi saying that the whole thing was a misunderstanding:

Students said Clementi asked his roommate Ravi to leave the room so that he could have time alone with a guest on the evening of Sept. 19.
A strange, older male later arrived at the room, they said. Ravi went to Wei's room, where he used a computer to access footage of the room from his webcam, they said.

Ravi had no intention of witnessing any kind of intimate encounter between the two, but rather wanted to see if anything unusual was taking place inside his room, as he was not familiar with Clementi's guest, they said.

One student said Ravi is "a good guy who made a poor decision," which may well be true. The student also said that as soon as Ravi saw what was going on, he closed the window on his computer and stopped watching it. There's no way to know whether that's true.

Bull ****ing shit.

Duck Dog · 09-30-2010, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Laces Out Dan
I dont agree with the jail sentence.

He can't control whether the guy committs suicide or not. The guy obviously had some problems for him to do something like that.

To be honest I'd be pissed of as hell if my roomate wanted me to leave the room so him and some dude could perform homosexual acts in my room while I was gone. That's just gross.

You realize that the jail sentence isn't because he killed himself, right?

Hootie · 09-30-2010, 10:36 AM

the way I look at it...

Jail is for criminals and those who are a hazard to society...

Does anyone really think, despite the poor judgment displayed, the two of them are hazards to society?

Really?

Stupid? Yes.
Deserving of prison time? Hell no.

DJ's left nut · 09-30-2010, 10:39 AM

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.

Hootie · 09-30-2010, 10:42 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.

mid 20s

|Zach| · 09-30-2010, 10:43 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.

That's a pretty serious allegation.

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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bluehawkdoc Starter Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kansas Casino cash: $5717130	"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." Shaun Smith is going to be pissed off... Training opportunity lost.
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\|Zach\| For The Glory Of The City Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $3146768	Students Say Roommate Had 'No Intention' of Spying on Tyler Clementi http://gawker.com/5652167/students-s...tyler-clementi Police believe they may have found the body of Tyler Clementi, the Rutgers student who jumped to his death after a roommate spied on him having gay sex. Meanwhile, some Rutgers students are saying Clementi's roommate's actions were misinterpreted. Tyler's roommate, Dharun Ravi, turned on his computer's webcam and apparently spied on Clementi while he was hooking up with another man. After Clementi found out, he ended up throwing himself off the George Washington bridge. And while many Rutgers students are reportedly outraged over the invasion of privacy, the campus paper quotes others who knew Ravi saying that the whole thing was a misunderstanding: Students said Clementi asked his roommate Ravi to leave the room so that he could have time alone with a guest on the evening of Sept. 19. A strange, older male later arrived at the room, they said. Ravi went to Wei's room, where he used a computer to access footage of the room from his webcam, they said. Ravi had no intention of witnessing any kind of intimate encounter between the two, but rather wanted to see if anything unusual was taking place inside his room, as he was not familiar with Clementi's guest, they said. One student said Ravi is "a good guy who made a poor decision," which may well be true. The student also said that as soon as Ravi saw what was going on, he closed the window on his computer and stopped watching it. There's no way to know whether that's true.
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