Dharun Ravi Trial: Key Witness Molly Wei Defends Ravi In Tyler Clementi Suicide Case

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A key prosecution witness in the trial of a former Rutgers University student accused of watching his roommate's intimate encounter via webcam testified Monday that she agreed to keep it a secret because it was so shocking to see the images – but that it wasn't under wraps for long.

"First of all, it was shocking. It felt wrong. We didn't expect to see that. And now that what we did, it was like we shouldn't have seen it," Molly Wei said told jurors. "We didn't want people to know what had happened."

But within minutes, she testified, she and defendant Dharun Ravi were online chatting with friends about seeing two men kissing. And within the hour, Wei said, she agreed to show a few seconds of the video stream to four other women who visited her dorm room.

Still, she said, Ravi did not intend to humiliate his roommate.

Ravi's roommate, 18-year-old Tyler Clementi, jumped to his death from New York's George Washington Bridge in September 2010, days after the spying and the gossip about it online and in their dorm.

Ravi, who turns 20 on Tuesday, faces 15 criminal counts, including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation. To convict him of bias intimidation, the most serious charge he faces, prosecutors would have to persuade jurors that Ravi acted out of bias toward gays.

Wei, 19, was charged initially but entered a program that will allow her to keep her record clean if she meets a list of conditions, including doing community service, working or attending school full-time. She also agreed to cooperate with authorities and testify truthfully in Ravi's trial.

She said she has completed about 250 of the 300 hours of community service required.

There is one requirement that was changed for her. She was to go through a program on cyberbullying or dealing with people with "alternative lifestyles." Since no program like that was offered in Middlesex County, she instead saw a psychologist.

Unlike other more casually dressed college students who have testified so far in the trial, Wei wore a black business suit. And unlike the others, she kept her voice audible even during the most uncomfortable moments.

She said that she invited Ravi, whom she had known since middle school, to her dorm room for a snack a few minutes after 9 p.m. on Sept. 19, 2010. When Ravi tried to go back, she said, Clementi told him that he wanted the cramped dorm room to himself for a few hours. So Ravi returned.

Within a few minutes, she said, he used her computer to view live images from his webcam. It was then, she said, that she saw about two seconds of Clementi and an older man kissing.

Even though she said they initially agreed not to talk about what they had seen, she asked Ravi to tell a friend about it during an online chat that began at 9:20 p.m. And within minutes, word got around the dorm.

She said she agreed to turn the webcam back on at the request of a woman who was among a group dropped by her room.

"It was the exact same image, except that they had taken their tops off," she said. "As soon as they saw it, I turned it off."

Ravi's defense lawyer, Steven Altman, asked a series of questions about Ravi's intentions.

_ "Dharun never told you he wants you to go around telling everybody about what you saw on those two seconds Sunday night?"

_ "Dharun never told you he wanted to make Tyler uncomfortable?"

_ "Dharun never told you he wanted to intimidate Tyler?"

To each, she answered, "No."

Wei was expected to be back on the witness stand for more cross-examination on Tuesday.

Also Monday, jurors heard from university official William O'Brien that Clementi requested a room change about 30 hours after the alleged spying – and a day before he killed himself.

O'Brien, associate director of residence life at Rutgers, told jurors that his staff did not see Clementi's request for a new roommate until after he was reported missing from campus.

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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)

Comments

[nik101]

10:19 AM on 03/15/2012

There is no doubt Ravi invaded Tyler's privacy. The rest is stupid kid stuff which exists because of immaturity and parents who didn't teach their son to play nice.
Tyler's suicide was not due to one singular thing. His mother was very upset when he came out a week before he went to school. Tyler's older brother is gay. I think this threw her for a loop. Tyler was questioning his religion and beliefs. He was a loner with no real support from friends. He was making his way at Rutgers, which must have been daunting. Instead of joining a gay/lesbian group on campus, he opted to have an older, albeit 30 year old man, come on campus that he met on the internet. Tyler did not find out where he should belong. He struggled long before he met his room mate at Rutgers. Certainly Ravi's behavior didn't help.

[Iron100]

10:49 PM on 03/01/2012

looks like she had a nose job ooking at her earlier pictures

[wisdom4you]

04:29 PM on 02/28/2012

I could beat this one in court:
#1 you cannot tell me that now a days people have no clue that web cams exist;
#2 in particular when the 'people' are in college;
#3 what on earth would make any one think that Clementi had not been recording his love affair for later memory? I mean, who does 'not' keep photographs of their lovers, or, now a days electronicly?
#4 Check ALL of the records and my grand bet is, where it will be found Clementi had visited homosexual porn sites;
#5 And in particular, the co-defendant, the church which Clementi got his beliefs from in the first place, is very obviously what caused his self demise, therefore the religion must also be put on trial as a criminal accessory;
#6 I may be wrong on this one, but, having lived in New Jersey myself, my recall is suicide is a crime, therefore Clementi was a prior criminal;
#7 In NJ, fraud is a crime; therefore again Clementi faking he was hetrosexual was also a crime;

Again then, Clementi did not commit suicide by reason of what Ravi did, Clementi committed suicide by sole reason of what his religious beliefs had been.

And before you idiots can ask me, I could care less about an individual's sexual orientation, my interest is in law and the crimes of so called religions.

Since when is telling the truth a crime in this country?

[Jason N]

11:46 AM on 02/29/2012

#1 you cannot tell me that now a days people have no clue that web cams exist

Your point?

#2 in particular when the 'people' are in college

Oh I see, gay people are "people"... Cute but transparent phobe.

#3 what on earth would make any one think that Clementi had not been recording his love affair for later memory? I mean, who does 'not' keep photographs of their lovers, or, now a days electronicly?"

"#4 Check ALL of the records and my grand bet is, where it will be found Clementi had visited homosexual porn sites"

Which is legal.... again, your point?

#5 And in particular, the co-defendant, the church which Clementi got his beliefs from in the first place, is very obviously what caused his self demise, therefore the religion must also be put on trial as a criminal accessory;

Lol... wow... wow....

#7 In NJ, fraud is a crime; therefore again Clementi faking he was hetrosexual was also a crime

Wow... no you are this ignorant...

"Again then, Clementi did not commit suicide by reason of what Ravi did, Clementi committed suicide by sole reason of what his religious beliefs had been."

Hey genius, NO ONE is charged with Clementi's suicide. Might want to read something before making your obvious bias against gay people known.

Ummm... are you high, or just this ignorant?

[wisdom4you]

03:11 PM on 02/29/2012

JANSON N: 1 & 2 POINT yourself included know if you see a computer it has a webcam, even children over age 8 know that, in which case 'people' in society in general by common knowledge know this, in turn, college students having a higher knowledge then the average 'person', would in fact have this knowledge, in which case Clementi, being a homosexual or not, just being a college student, would have this knowledge. Your concealing your religious position did not work either, that is, you are in fear of homosexuals, you being a homophobe, per se, you insultingly do not believe homosexuals are 'people.

#4 By going to porn sites, which is legal, never the less in juxtapose being Clementi's concealing he was a homosexual.

#5 what do you find so funny about truth?

You are not from NJ, I am, NJ prosecutors will prosecute utter and total legal nonsense for no other reason than they intend to eventually become politicians.

Sense it is obvious that you have no knowledge of law and or legal processes whatsoever, and or so called religious dogma, the whole point IS, no one CAN be criminally charged with Clementi murdering himself ... murder is a crime DUH!

At no time can anyone be criminally charged when someone else makes a personal decision to commit a crime, due to the total lack of intent under the law. Ravi's 'intent' certainly had not been for Clementi to commit a felony crimes ... DUH!

[GotchaHun]

12:03 PM on 03/02/2012

Is that you Darhun's Auntie?

[wisdom4you]

03:31 PM on 03/02/2012

gotchaHun ... no, she is deceased.

[joemondo]

10:48 AM on 02/28/2012

In addition to charges against Ravi for violating Clementi's privacy, there are multiple charges of witness and evidence tampering after the police became involved.

The night that Clementi committed suicide, Ravi deleted some of his past tweets and added new ones, including “Everyone ignore that last tweet. Stupid drafts.” Ravi claimed that he had accidentally published a stored draft.

Later, when Wei was being questioned by police Ravi texted her to Wei was being interviewed by Rutgers police. During a break in questioning, she received a text from Ravi to collaborate on what story they'd tell:

RAVI: Did you tell them we did it on purpose?
WEI: Yeah . . well that we didn’t know
what we were gonna see
Where is tyler . .
RAVI: Because I said we were just messing around with the camera. He told me he wanted to have a friend over and I didn’t realize they wanted to be all private.
WEI: Omg dharun why didnt u talk to me first i told them everything

[Gonzo36]

11:23 AM on 02/28/2012

You mean an 18 year old got scared and changed a few tweets? And then he actually spoke to his friend!!! The horror!! String him up! Tar and feather!

[joemondo]

11:44 AM on 02/28/2012

I mean a legal adult tried to falsify the documented record of his actions.

No need to tar and feather anyone: just enforce that statutes.

[joemondo]

10:41 AM on 02/28/2012

The Defense will no doubt say on the first occasion Ravi did not know he'd be spying on a sexual encounter.

But there can be no such defense on the second occasion, when Ravi tried to set up a viewing.

At 6:39 pm Ravi tweeted “Anyone with iChat, I dare you to video chat me between the hours of 9:30 and 12. Yes, it’s happening again.”

Alissa Agarwal told police she heard Ravi “bragging” about his plan to broadcast Clementi’s date. Prosecutors allege that, at 7:44 P.M., Ravi used Agarwal’s computer to check the iChat connection with his own computer.

[Michael Morrison]

11:47 AM on 02/28/2012

Ravi's new roommate keeps booting him from the apartment so that he can be alone with strangers. Ravi uses his laptop to see what's happening in his own room.

[Jason N]

12:11 PM on 02/28/2012

He asked twice. BOTH time Ravi used a computer to remotely access his webcam, knowing full well what Tyler wanted the room for.

[joemondo]

12:15 PM on 02/28/2012

There's no "booting". Tyler asked his roommate for some private time, which Ravi agreed to.

Ravi knew what he was trying to spy on in the second event, if not in the first. That violates NJ state statute. You can't legally try to spy on someone's sexual encounters and try to broadcast it, even if you share the living space.

[ladiesbane]

09:11 AM on 02/28/2012

Extensive records left by the accused, some of which he tried to eradicate, show that he is not homophobic; he just picked on what he (correctly) saw as a tender spot in a victim.

Ravi is an egomaniacal snob. There is boringly excessive documentation showing Ravi ranting about how he loathes and despises poor people, ugly people, and those he doesn't think are as intelligent as he is, all of whom he considers inferior, disgusting, and unworthy of civil treatment.

Ravi is very skilled in computer technology, and researched Clementi as soon as he found out about the roommate assignment. Correspondence shows he condemned Clementi as poor, ugly, and unbrilliant, and documented Ravi's plan to harass Clementi before they had ever met.

But Clementi's vulnerability sounds as if it was ingrained by his parents. Their reactions to learning he was gay make me wonder if they raised him in a homophobic environment.

Ravi's spoiled arrogance was also cultivated by his parents, though only he is responsible for his actions. Though the Clementis raised a fractured child, the Ravis raised a brute who bragged about tormenting a vulnerable person. His lies, tantrums, and remorselessness also show that he was not used to being called on his misbehavior.

But to understand the entirety of what led to Tyler's suicide, we need to look at both sets of parents. Not to mention the upbringing of cowards like Molly Wei, who didn't have the moral fiber to condemn her friend Dharun's bullying.

[Gonzo36]

10:39 AM on 02/28/2012

I agree with much you have said except for two things. Ravi may be an egomaniacal snob. I think that is very obvious. But there is no documentation that shows any plan to harass Clementi. None. Not one word about it.

The second is to say only Dharun bullied Clementi and not Wei. First of all, it wasn't bullying in any way. Bullying must be over the course of a much longer time period- not just a few days. In addition, it was WEI who turned on the camera a second time to watch, even though she knew at that time what was going on. Ravi wasn't even in the room at that time.

[joemondo]

11:03 AM on 02/28/2012

"But there is no documentation that shows any plan to harass Clementi."

No including texts inviting people to join a viewing party to spy on Clementi?

Also, you're welcome to whatever definition of "bullying" you want to make up, but don't expect others to comply.

[joemondo]

11:11 AM on 02/28/2012

To help you out, here's the NJ statutes on bullying, in Rutgers student material:

"Harassment, intimidation or bullying" means any gesture, any written, verbal or physical act, or any electronic communication, whether it be a single incident or a series of incidents, that is reasonably perceived as being motivated either by any actual or perceived characteristic, such as race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or a mental, physical or sensory disability, or by any other distinguishing characteristic, that takes place on
school property, at any school-sponsored function, on a school bus, or off school grounds as provided for in section 16 of P.L.2010, c.122 (C.18A:37-15.3), that substantially disrupts or interferes with the orderly operation of the school or the rights of other students and that:
a. a reasonable person should know, under the circumstances, will have the effect of
physically or emotionally harming a student or damaging the student's property, or placing a student
in reasonable fear of physical or emotional harm to his person or damage to his property;
b. has the effect of insulting or demeaning any student or group of students; or
c. creates a hostile educational environment for the student by interfering with a student's education or by severely or pervasively causing physical or emotional harm to the student.
L.2002, c.83, s.2; amended 2007, c.129, s.1; 2010, c.122, s.11.

N.J.S.A. 18A:37-14

[David Sahadi]

08:50 AM on 02/28/2012

Sounds like this girl should also be up on criminal charges. Another piece of garbage

[bridgeman]

07:45 AM on 02/28/2012

If the guy didn't jump (which I am still trying to figure why he would) would this be news?

This was an invasion of privacy...be careful how much you cheer the prosecutors on in this case.

I think they are over steering....big time.

This is a tragic story...but I smell PC all over this.

[Jason N]

11:17 AM on 02/28/2012

"If the guy didn't jump (which I am still trying to figure why he would) would this be news?"

News? Maybe, maybe not. Would he be charged still? Yes.

[Gonzo36]

12:07 PM on 02/28/2012

No way the police would have been called for this incident, let alone charged if Tyler didn't jump off a bridge. No way.

[Ivytwine97]

07:43 AM on 02/28/2012

I wish the worst for this person.... Who invited people over to watch someone else in bed and then says... I did not mean to do it.. He should be locked up and Wei is worse..

[jaymes h]

06:45 AM on 02/28/2012

He belongs in jail, where he can become some one's "jenny-mae" -- then he will know real regret for his actions.

[Gwens]

06:26 AM on 02/28/2012

They should both go to jail where others can watch them and what it is like.

[David Sahadi]

08:52 AM on 02/28/2012

Wow, that is a great punishment, wish I had thought of that. Good going

[SouloAngels]

05:50 AM on 02/28/2012

Ravi did the first act, knowing he was going to spy on a sexual encounter, but what this hideous girl did was even worse, her actions led that poor kid to just give up and commit suicide. Why they ever gave this piece of ... any kind of deal is beyond me. She needs the same shunning that she attempted to do on Tyler. They are both monsters, but what's interesting is these two had been friends for so long, this was easy and fun for them to do. I agree she's lying to save herself and her friend.

[fredimessina]

05:46 AM on 02/28/2012

Wei and her attorneys did the smart thing. She pleaded out because there is is clear evidence that at the very least they both are partially responsible for this death. Even if he is found not guilty, this will follow him for the rest of his life. People will always question his character. His name will forever be associated with this death.

[Joanne B]

03:59 PM on 02/28/2012

I don't know why the poor kid killed himself..wish he woulda just left Rutgers :-(

[Cassandrawept]

02:29 AM on 02/28/2012

I don't believe Wei. Shame on her.

[Owlwriter16]

02:21 AM on 02/28/2012

Lets not forget there is a second victim of Ravi's ill-conceived prank--the man Tyler shared intimacy. Is Ravi to be prosecuted a second time if this case fails? Why is he not a plaintiff? Perhaps his testimony will bring some focus on exactly how costly Ravi's disregard for his privacy. He wanted to get laid not end up the center of an unprecedented legal battle. Poor guy. Hopefully he can effectively testify to the terror and harm such invasion of his privacy wrought--and how his life has been irrevocably changed by the incident..

[lilpeg]

08:19 AM on 02/28/2012

The 2nd victim is to be a witness. He should testify and then turn and file a nice big fat civil suit against Ravi, so that even if Ravi does not go to jail, he will have to pay for a long time. From what I've read Ravi was very aware of others' financial status, hit him where it hurts and send him to jail.
What is unfortunate about this is that Ravi and Wei were probably just being jerks!!!