Allegedly two 18 year old students at Rutgers University filmed a fellow 18 year old, Tyler Clementi, having sexual intercourse with another male in his dorm room, and streamed it online for others to watch.
Molly Wei and Dharun Ravi are accused of secretly putting a webcam in the dorm room of Tyler Clementi. Tyler after finding out about the incident, which may have outed him as a homosexual, subsequently jumped off of the George Washington Bridge to his death. Dharun Ravi who is believed to be the mastermind behind the plan, was released on a bond of $25,000, while Molly Wei may have been an accomplice. She was released from jail on her own recognizance.Although Dharon Ravi, who is scheduled to graduate from Rutgers University in 2014, erased his Twitter account, achieves of it can still be viewed. One of his tweets, made on September 22nd, said the following, “Anyone with iChat, I dare you to video chat me between the hours of 9:30 and 12. Yes it’s happening again.” This was after a tweet he made two days prior stating, “Roommate asked for the room till midnight. I went into molly’s room and turned on my web cam. I saw him making out with a dude. Yay.”
Clemnti jumped to his death on the 22nd. Both teens face up to 5 years in prison if convicted. Rutgers University released the following statement related to the case, “The university takes these matters seriously and has policies to deal with student behavior,” said spokeswoman Sandra Lanman. “Under federal law, the university cannot comment on specifics.”
