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Dharun Ravi Trial Update: Opening Arguments In Roommate Webcam Spying Case

First Posted: 02/24/2012 9:32 am Updated: 02/25/2012 11:35 am

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Opening statements Friday in the trial of a formers Rutgers student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man focused on whether the defendant was malicious or just an 18-year-old boy acting his age.

First Assistant Middlesex County Prosecutor Julia McClure told jurors that Dharun Ravi deliberately planned to invade Tyler Clementi's privacy "and to deprive him of his dignity."

Ravi's defense lawyer, Steven Altman, said that wasn't true: "He may be stupid at times," Altman said. "He's an 18-year-old boy, but he's certainly not a criminal."

Nineteen-year-old Ravi faces 15 criminal charges, including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation, a hate crime punishable by up to 10 years in state prison.

The case spurred a national conversation about how young gays are treated when news of it broke in September 2010 after Ravi's roommate, Tyler Clementi, committed suicide.

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In her half-hour opening statement, McClure did not mention Clementi's suicide.

But she said that Ravi's actions were intended to victimize his roommate.

"They were planned to expose Tyler Clementi's sexual orientation and they were planned to expose Tyler Clementi's private sexual activity," she said.

Altman said his client saw only seconds of images of Clementi and another man hugging.

"Dharun never intimidated anybody, you'll see that," Altman said. "He never transmitted any images. He never harassed his roommate, he never ridiculed his roommate, he never said anything bad about his roommate."

That's a position McClure tried to dispel preventatively. "The defendant's acts were not a prank, they were not an accident and they were not a mistake," she said. "They were mean-spirited, they were malicious and they were criminal."

She also said that Ravi began telling friends that he was unhappy he'd have a gay roommate soon after he received his Rutgers housing assignment in August 2010.

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  • Dharun Ravi sits in court during his sentencing in New Brunswick, N.J., Monday, May 21, 2012. Ravi, a former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to watch his roommate kiss another man days before the roommate killed himself, was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail. A judge also gave 20-year-old Dharun Ravi three years of probation. (Mel Evans, AP)

  • Philip Nettl, Dharun Ravi, Sabitha Ravi

  • Dharun Ravi, center, listens to a court officer with his attorneys Philip Nettl, left, and Steve Altman, during his sentencing in New Brunswick, N.J., Monday, May 21, 2012. Ravi, a former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to watch his roommate kiss another man days before the roommate killed himself was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail. A judge also gave 20-year-old Dharun Ravi three years of probation. (Mel Evans, AP)

  • Joseph Clementi,Jane Clementi

    Tyler Clementi's parents, Joseph Clementi and Jane Clementi, look on during a sentencing hearing for Dharun Ravi, in New Brunswick, N.J., Monday, May 21, 2012. Ravi, a former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to watch his roommate, Tyler Clementi, kiss another man days before Clementi killed himself, was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail. A judge also gave 20-year-old Dharun Ravi three years of probation. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

  • As fellow defense attorney Steve Altman, third left, listens, attorney Philip Nettl, left, speaks on behalf of Dharun Ravi, second left, as Middlesex County First Assistant Prosecutor Julia McClure, second right, and Assistant Prosecutor Chris Schellhorn, right, listen during a sentencing hearing for Ravi in New Brunswick, N.J., Monday, May 21, 2012. Ravi, a former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to watch his roommate kiss another man days before the roommate killed himself, was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail. A judge also gave 20-year-old Dharun Ravi three years of probation. (Mel Evans, AP)

  • Dharun Ravi, center, is helped by his father, Ravi Pazhani, second right, as they leave court around in New Brunswick, N.J., Friday, March 16, 2012. Defense attorney Philip Nettl follows, second left. Ravi, a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's love life has been convicted of bias intimidation and invasion of privacy. A jury found that he used a webcam to spy on roommate Tyler Clementi. Within days, Clementi realized he had been watched and jumped to his death from New York's George Washington Bridge in September 2010. (Mel Evans, AP)

  • This undated file photograph provided by Joseph and Jane Clementi shows their son Tyler Clementi at a family function. Opening arguments took place on Feb. 24, 2012 in the trial of a former Rutgers University student found guilty of using a webcam to spy on his roommate Clementi's intimate encounter with another man. (Clementi Family / AP)

  • Several hundred supporters rally in front of the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., Monday, May 14, 2012, on behalf of Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student convicted of bias intimidation for using a webcam to see his roommate kissing another man. The 20-year-old was convicted in March and faces up to 10 years in prison. The case garnered national attention because his roommate, Tyler Clementi, killed himself in September 2010, just days after the spying. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

  • Jane Clementi hugs a family member following the verdict in the trial of Dharun Ravi, on Friday, March 16, 2012 at the Middlesex Superior Court in New Brunswick, N.J. Ravi, a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's love life has been convicted of bias intimidation and invasion of privacy. A jury found that he used a webcam to spy on roommate Tyler Clementi. Within days, Clementi realized he had been watched and jumped to his death from New York's George Washington Bridge in September 2010. (AP Photo/The Star-Ledger, Jerry McCrea, Pool)

  • Renuka Desai, of Edison, N.J., holds a sign and a flag as she joins several hundred supporters at a rally in front of the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., Monday, May 14, 2012, on behalf of Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student convicted of bias intimidation for using a webcam to see his roommate kissing another man. The 20-year-old was convicted in March and faces up to 10 years in prison. The case garnered national attention because his roommate, Tyler Clementi, killed himself in September 2010, just days after the spying. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

  • Sabitha Ravi, center, talks outside the New Jersey Statehouse about her son, Dharun Ravi, in Trenton, N.J., Monday, May 14, 2012. Supporters rallied on behalf of Dharun, the former Rutgers University student convicted of bias intimidation for using a webcam to see his roommate kissing another man. The case garnered national attention because his roommate, Tyler Clementi, killed himself in September 2010, just days after the spying. Ravi Pazhani, right, and Satish Mehtani, left, watch. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

  • Nachhatar Singh, right, and Gill Harjit wait to join several hundred supporters outside the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., Monday, May 14, 2012, on behalf of Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student convicted of bias intimidation for using a webcam to see his roommate kissing another man. The case garnered national attention because his roommate, Tyler Clementi, killed himself in September 2010, just days after the spying. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

  • Dharun Ravi, center, is helped by his father, Ravi Pazhani, right, as they leave court around noon in New Brunswick, N.J., Friday, March 16, 2012. Ravi, a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's love life has been convicted of bias intimidation and invasion of privacy. A jury found that he used a webcam to spy on roommate Tyler Clementi. Within days, Clementi realized he had been watched and jumped to his death from New York's George Washington Bridge in September 2010. (Mel Evans, AP)

  • Dharun Ravi, former Rutgers student found guilty of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man, leaves Middlesex County Court on Dec. 9, 2011 in New Brunswick, N.J. Ravi rejected a plea deal that would have kept him out of prison and sought to prevent his deportation, accepting the gamble of a trial. Tyler Clementi, 18, committed suicide days after the alleged spying in September 2010. Ravi, 19, is not charged in connection with Clementi's death. (Noah K. Murray, AP)

  • Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman talks to the jurors after their verdict in the trial of Dharun Ravi, on Friday, March 16, 2012 at the Middlesex Superior Court in New Brunswick, N.J. Ravi, a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's love life has been convicted of bias intimidation and invasion of privacy. A jury found that he used a webcam to spy on roommate Tyler Clementi. Within days, Clementi realized he had been watched and jumped to his death from New York's George Washington Bridge in September 2010. (AP Photo/The Star-Ledger, Jerry McCrea, Pool)

  • Dharun Ravi, former Rutgers University student listened to his attorney Steve Altman as he rejected a new plea offer at Middlesex County Court on Dec. 9, 2011 in New Brunswick, N.J. Ravi was found guilty of using a webcam to spy on his roommate, Tyler Clementi, during an intimate encounter with another man. Clementi, 18, committed suicide days after the alleged spying in September 2010. (Noah K. Murray, AP)

  • In this May 6, 2011 photo, Molly Wei, the former Rutgers student charged with Dharun Ravi with invading the privacy of Tyler Clementi, looks at the prosecutors during her appearance before Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman at the Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J. (Frank H. Conlon, AP)

  • Jane Clementi, right, and her husband, Joseph Clementi, left, attend a symposium on use and misuse of social media at Rutgers University on Nov. 14, 2011, in Piscataway, N.J. Their son, Tyler Clementi, was in his first weeks as a student at Rutgers in September 2010 when he killed himself after a roommate used a webcam to spy on Clementi's intimate encounter with another man. The family has started a foundation in their son's honor to address cyberbullying. (Julio Cortez, AP)

  • In this Dec. 9, 2011 photo, Jane Clementi looks at family photographs at her home in Ridgewood, N.J. Jane Clementi, the mother of Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers student who killed himself after his roommate used a webcam to spy on his intimate encounter with another man, says that he had a lot on his mind just before he went to college. His mother says that in one conversation a few days before Tyler left for college he told her that he was gay, had doubts about his religious beliefs and was sad that he did not have close friends. (Mel Evans, AP)

  • In this Oct. 1, 2010 photo, Rutgers University students sign condolence cards at Rutgers in New Brunswick, N.J., for the family of fellow student Tyler Clementi. Rutgers University has planned a silent vigil to remember Clementi, who committed suicide after his sexual encounter was secretly streamed online. (Mel Evans, AP)

  • U. S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., speaks at a statewide town meeting in memory of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi on Oct. 6, 2010 at the Rutgers University Student Center in New Brunswick, N.J. (Bill Kostroun, AP)

  • New Jersey Sen. Barbara Buono, D-Edison, stands with other lawmakers on Oct. 25, 2010, in Trenton, N.J., as she answers a question about a bill they introduced to toughen the state's anti-bullying laws after the widely publicized suicide of Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi. The bipartisan group of lawmakers touted the "anti-bullying bill of rights" targeting public schools and colleges. (Mel Evans, AP)

  • In this Dec. 9, 2011 photo, Joseph Clementi looks at his wife, Jane Clementi, as they sit in Ridgewood, N.J. (Mel Evans, AP)

  • People walk outside Davidson Hall "C" Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, in Piscataway, N.J. The death of Tyler Clementi, 18, a Rutgers University freshman living in the dorm, has stirred outrage and remorse among classmates who said they wished they could have stopped the teen from jumping off a bridge after secret video of his sexual encounter with a man was streamed online. Clementi's roommate, Dharun Ravi, was found guilty of invading Clementi's privacy. (Mel Evans, AP)

  • In this Dec. 9, 2011 photo, Jane Clementi answers a question as she sits with husband Joseph Clementi as they talk about their son Tyler, in their home in Ridgewood, N.J. The parents of Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers student who killed himself after his roommate used a webcam to spy on his intimate encounter with another man, say that he had a lot on his mind just before he went to college. (Mel Evans, AP)

  • In this Oct. 3, 2010 file photo, people participate in a candlelight vigil for Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi at Brower Commons on the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick, N.J. Clementi jumped off the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River on Sept. 22 after intimate images of him with another man in his dorm room were broadcast online. (Reena Rose Sibayan, AP)

  • In this May 23, 2011 file photo, Joe Clementi, top left, and his wife, Jane, right, sit inside Judge Glenn Berman's courtroom at the Middlesex County Courthouse during a hearing for Dharun Ravi, in the webcam-spying case involving the suicide of their son Tyler Clementi, in New Brunswick, N.J. Joe and Jane Clementi said Friday, March 23, 2012, that a jury got it right last week by convicting their son's roommate, Ravi, of hate crimes and other offenses. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

  • In a March 9, 2012 file photo, Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student who was found guilty of hate crimes for using a webcam to view his roommate at Rutgers University kissing another man, waits before court proceedings in New Brunswick, N.J. In a legal filing Tuesday, May 1, 2012, Ravi's lawyers asked a judge to overturn the jury's conviction. They said the jury convicted Ravi in March despite evidence that he was not guilty of invading the privacy or intimidating roommate Tyler Clementi, who killed himself days after the webcam was used. (AP Photo/The Star-Ledger, John Munson, Pool, File)

The case was so well known that it took four days to seat a jury of 16 - including four alternates. Just before opening statements, one more juror was excused after telling the judge that he needed to change an answer he'd given in a questionnaire. The judge didn't offer any further explanation.

The main alleged crime happened just weeks after Clementi, a violinist from Ridgewood, and Ravi, an Ultimate Frisbee player from Plainsboro, moved into their dorm room at Rutgers.

Clementi's parents said he told them he was gay in the days before he left for Rutgers. But court filings show that Ravi already knew that from Clementi's web postings.

Authorities say Ravi used the webcam on his computer to check on Clementi when he'd asked to have the room to himself so he could have company.

Ravi posted a Twitter message about it: "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."

Initially, another first-year Rutgers student, Molly Wei, of Princeton Junction, was also charged in the case. But she entered a pre-trial intervention program last year that allows her to avoid jail time and emerge without a criminal record if she meets a list of conditions for three years. She also agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in their case against Ravi.

Two nights after the first alleged spying incident, authorities say Ravi tried to do the same thing when Clementi asked him to stay away from the room again.

A day after that, Clementi jumped from the George Washington Bridge, leaving behind a terse Facebook status updated: "Jumping off the gw bridge, sorry."

Testimony began late Friday morning by delving into text messages, tweets and online chats from Clementi and Ravi.

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04:09 PM on 03/08/2012
Good gawd, what's the crime here? 15 counts? You're kidding me. Andrew Cunanan was up for fewer number of charges. How can you deprive someone of their dignity by "outing" them when they infact admit to the public on a computer forum that he is out there already? Using a camera in your own room? That's nothing different than a surveillance camera, there's plenty everywhere you go. Expectation of privacy in someone's elses room? Hardly, Ravi could just as eaisly came back to his room to pick up his car keys or study aids. What a sham. This trial is a political witch hunt to appease a political voting block.
12:18 PM on 03/01/2012
He is from India. In India bullying is part of college life. They call it "ragging". Juniors are subjected to untold humiliations by seniors. Hazing, chain slapping, sexual abuse etc etc. He is part of the same culture. He thinks he can get away with that behavior in US too. People like him will create the same criminal environment in AMERICA they have back home in their Engineering and Medical colleges in India. THIS HAS TO BE STOPPED AT EVERY COST.
03:09 PM on 02/29/2012
Even in the second so called attempted viewing the prosecution has to prove that Ravi had to have known that some sort of sexual behavior was going to occur outside of just kissing. Ravi’s tweet didn't imply that that anything outside of kissing was even occurring. Also Tyler knew the room was no longer secure but engaged in activity with his lover regardless so prosecution cant really say that Tyler had no expectation of being observed even with the webcam disabled.

For the bias intimidation the prosecution would have to prove "intimidation" and that specifically ravi targeted him for intimidation because he was gay. Honestly Tylers own words dont allude to anything close to intimidation and from what i have read of ravi's actions it does not paint a picture of some sort of campaign of "malicious" ridicule. At worst Ravi’s chatter amounts to at most gossip of the "I saw X do this" variety and if Tyler was in the closet at his dorm, openly inviting an older man to his room doesn’t seem to suggest he was ashamed of it.

As for those of you who say Ravi should have plead guilty because he was being promised community service and no deportation I suggest you read the following case:

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-11th-circuit/1155714.html

The case lays out that even if the prosecution promised Ravi no deportation, that promise is not binding. (case is from 96 and not form NJ I could be wrong)
03:01 PM on 02/29/2012
After reading the laws on both bias intimidation and invasion of privacy, it doesn't seem to me Ravi is guilty of either:

http://www.samsachs.com/crimlaws/2c_14-9.php - Invasion of privacy
http://www.njlaws.com/bias_intimidation.htm - Bias intimidation

From the looks of it this case puts a lot of weight on whether the prosecution can convince a jury a) Ravi knew in advance Tyler and his lover were engaging in sexual activity and b) that two men kissing constitutes sexual behavior or exposing of intimate parts.

I think Molly Wei's testimony really hurt the prosecutions case when she stated that Ravi and her were a shocked by what they saw (i.e the kissing) and that it was only on the second viewing that Wei did herself without Ravi being present that she and a group of girls saw them (tyler and his lover) topless.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/02/molly_wei_testifies_in_dharun.html

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/02/molly_wei_testifies_she_was_sa.html
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Feudalism..the original Christian coalition.
10:09 PM on 02/28/2012
I hope he gets the maximum penalty.
07:17 PM on 02/27/2012
A Pig Mna. He should have his ball hair shaved off and fed to a Japanese turtle at Nobu.
08:17 PM on 03/08/2012
I like your style:) This man is directly responsible for someone's death, how can he not be guilty?
12:00 PM on 02/27/2012
Based on things Clementi chose to share with others via his web postings, it doesn't seem like Ravi prompted his suicide. If Ravi was what caused it, why wouldn't Clementi have mentioned it to anyone? Ravi's just a college kid doing what college kids do - teasing his roommate. If it was anyone else engaging in promiscuous behavior with a boy or a girl, it wouldn't have been any different.
03:51 PM on 02/26/2012
TYLER CLEMENTE killed himself because:

1) HIS MOTHER REJECTED HIM FOR BEING HOMOSEXUAL
"It’s a good thing dad is ok w/it or I would be in serious trouble/ mom has basically completely rejected me," Clementi wrote in another instant messaging chat with a friend.

2) THE STUD THAT HE WAS CAUGHT ON CAM WITH DUMPED HIM.

RAVI IS AN INNOCENT SCAPEGOAT.
05:11 PM on 02/26/2012
As the parent of two Rutgers students I couldn't agree more. I'm not condoning what Ravi did but the real culprit in the sad saga is the disgusting mother. She never accepted her child. Ironic that her other son is also gay. Too little too late Mrs. Clemente. It's her cross to bear and if Mr & Mrs Clemente had an ounce of compassion for basically a good kid doing a stupid thing they would recommend community service of some kind and let Ravi eventually become a productive member of society. Sending him to jail will not bring Tyler back.
05:26 PM on 02/26/2012
Ravi may or may not be a scapegoat, but he is certainly not innocent in this. He spied on his roommate, allowed other people to spy on him, and invaded his roommates privacy.

That's not innocence.
05:57 PM on 02/26/2012
ooohhh Ravi spied on his roommate...how shocking?!?

Ravi spied on Clemente and other Boys on several occasions...seems like Ravi liked to watch Boys fool around...DO THE MATH.

REALITY IS: Clemente was not upset over Ravi's spying- he killed himself because his MOTHER REJECTED HIM!
06:10 PM on 02/26/2012
"ROOMMATES" don't have "PRIVACY".

RAVI DIDN'T HAVE PRIVACY and CLEMENTE mocked it:
“He knows I’m gay and wow he changes his pants inside of his closet,” Clementi told a friend in a chat about his new roommate. “[I]t’s the most awk thing you’ve ever seen.”

RAVI IS A CONVENIENT SCAPEGOAT for the ANTI-BULLY(anti-critiicism)AGENDA.
03:18 AM on 02/26/2012
A "boy's will be boy's!" defense for an 18 year old man? No way, uh-uh.
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12:53 AM on 02/26/2012
this guy needs to meet baba in jail!
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...what a wonderful world this could be!
12:49 AM on 02/26/2012
Ravi brought this on himself. Bullies destroy lives. Examples need to be made; Convict, incarcerate, deport. Stiff sentence might give potential future perps second thoughts.
05:59 PM on 02/26/2012
the only BULLY was TYLER CLEMENTE'S MOMMY.

and the ANTI-BULLY BULLIES that are EXPLOITING A SUICIDE TO PUSH A FALSE NARRATIVE.

RAVI IS INNOCENT.
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01:29 PM on 02/27/2012
Deport? Racist much?
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03:03 PM on 02/27/2012
We have enough indigenous criminals. When foreign nationals break US laws and are convicted, after sentence is fulfilled, yes, DEPORT! These defendants have no US citizen rights. If that's racism, so be it!
12:23 PM on 02/28/2012
Deport? Racist much?

TOTALLY!

if Ravi were a cute White Boy he'd be receiving a whole different kind of Press.

If Clemente were Heterosexual this wouldn't even be NEWS.

this DESPERATE PROSECUTION of Ravi is all about SCAPEGOATS, BIGOTRY & APPEASEMENT.
03:26 PM on 02/25/2012
Sad day for Tyler's parents. Dharum should have never put the photo on the internet. Yet, is Dharum really responsible for the Tyler jumping off the bridge?
12:09 AM on 02/26/2012
That's NOT what he is being tried for !!! Geezus......!!!!
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12:50 PM on 02/25/2012
Does anyone else out there believe that if Dharun Ravi saw Tyler Clementi having straight sex we wouldn't be having a trial right now?
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03:10 PM on 02/25/2012
I don't believe if Clementi were straight that Tyler would have invaded his privacy.
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04:04 PM on 02/25/2012
Please - It happens all the time on campus. Only the gays make an issue of it.
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05:50 PM on 02/25/2012
Correct. I think Mr Ravi is a lot cleverer, cunning, and scheming than many are giving him credit for. He felt he could not request or demand a change of a roommate, perhaps due to housing discrimination laws, etc. So broadcasting these encounters of Mr. Clementi and inviting others to view them, thereby spreading a reputation, was Mr Ravi's way of persuading Mr Clementi to leave. The "apology" note sent by Mr Ravi afterwards is merely a clever attempt to cover up his actions.

Hence the charge of "bias intimidation" being brought against Mr Ravi by the prosecution, and rightly so.

Incidentally, Judge Glenn Berman who is presiding over the case ended up doing some of the prosecution's work, and discovered an error at the indictment stage that mistakenly classified the hindering charge as third-degree. The judge himself upgraded it to second-degree (now carrying prison time), though he later said that if the defendant was found guilty on the upgraded second-degree, he "might" not sentence him to jail time on that count. Some goof-up by the Prosecution!

Also in answer to Dana: Had it been straight sex, it should equally merit litigation. A clear legal precedent must be set to discourage similar such incidents from happening in future, regardless of orientation.
12:14 AM on 02/26/2012
Certainly could have been tried for secretly videotaping.....it is ILLEGAL !!!!!! Even spying without videotaping. If you college students are doing that it is ILLEGAL. We hope you are prosecuted you deviants !!!! You have no sense of right or wrong.
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08:25 AM on 02/26/2012
If that's true then the kid who secretly filmed his mother when he came out to her is also illegal and needs to go to jail as well. A college student operating his computer remotely is not illegal, enabling his camera is not illegal. There's no privacy in a shared room. This is only a case because one stugent is gay. This wouldn't be a trial if he were straight.
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