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from www.nydailynews.com – A Rutgers University freshman killed himself after two classmates used a hidden dorm room camera to splash his sex life across the internet, sources told the Daily News.
A distraught Tyler Clementi, 18, left his wallet on the George Washington Bridge before plunging to his death in the Hudson River last Wednesday, sources said.
A Twitter post from one of the students accused of streaming the sexual encounter live on the internet indicated Clementi, a renowned high school violinist, was with another man.
“Roommate asked for the room till midnight,” read the post from Dharun Ravi, 18. “I went into Molly’s room and turned on my webcam. I saw him making out with a dude. Yay.”
The Twitter post went up Sept. 19 – three days before Clementi’s suicide.
At least two people spotted Clementi standing on the south walk of the bridge near the New York side at 8:50 p.m. The Ridgewood, N.J., teen left no note before jumping, the sources said.
His body was not yet recovered.
The stunning details emerged one day after authorities announced the arrests of Ravi and Molly Wei for cyber-voyeurism.
The pair used the hidden dorm room camera to stream their fellow student’s sex session, officials said.
Ravi, 18, was free Wednesday on $25,000 bail and co-defendant Wei, 18, was released on her own recognizance after the suspects surrendered to campus police.
The pair, who were high school classmates, were charged with two counts each of invasion of privacy for the Sept. 19 broadcast, said Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan.
Kaplan had no immediate comment about additional charges in the wake of Clementi’s death.
Ravi was additionally charged with two more invasion of privacy counts for trying to arrange the airing of a second session on Sept. 21, Kaplan said.
Ravi’s lawyer was not available Wednesday for comment.
The top count against each suspect carries a five-year jail term. The two students were on the Piscataway campus less than a month before their arrests.
Ravi pulled down his Twitter account, where he made a cryptic Sept. 22 reference to his roommate asking to have their room to himself.
Authorities declined to say how Ravi, of Plainsboro, N.J., and Wei, of Princeton, N.J., knew the 18-year-old victim, or whether the illegal broadcast involved anyone else.
Rutgers issued a statement saying it would not comment on any details of 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.”