PHOTO: Star-Ledger
Former Rutgers University student Molly Wei testified that Dharun Ravi was "freaking out" when he spied on his roommate kissing another man in their Rutgers dorm room via a webcam, reports the Star-Ledger. Only three days later, 18-year-old Tyler Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge after learning that he had been spied upon.
Wei and Ravi were both arrested in September 2010 after allegedly spying on Ravi's roommate on Sept. 19, 2010 by activating a webcam in Ravi's room from Wei's computer, in a room across the hall. They saw Ravi's roommate, Tyler Clementi, for a few seconds kissing a man in their room. "He just opened a chat box with himself," Wei said of Ravi. "After that popped up an image of Tyler and his guest."
She said they both were surprised and shocked when they saw the two kissing, fully clothed. Wei said it was the first time she had ever seen two men kissing. "Initially we were saying how we couldn't tell anyone what had just happened," Wei said. When asked why not, she said "It shouldn't have happened, we saw something that we didn't expect to see and it just felt weird."
But "within the hour," Wei agreed to show some of the video stream "to four other women who visited her dorm room," reports the AP.
Wei also testified that she received "frantic" text messages from Ravi during the time she was questioned by police about the alleged webcam spying of Tyler Clementi's gay tryst.
"Did you tell them we did it on purpose? What did you tell them when they asked why we turned it on? I said we were just messing around with the camera," Ravi said in messages.
Dharun Ravi faces15 criminal counts—including invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, witness tampering, hindering arrest and hate crime charges. Wei agreed to a plea deal and to testify against Ravi, who allegedly used Wei's computer in her dorm room to activate his webcam via Skype.
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They knew what they were doing from JUMP! Why would Ravi even be opening a chat with himself? That makes NO sense AT ALL! He knew Tyler had someone in the room and probably positioned his webcam, then went to Wei's room to spy on Clementi. I'm NOT buying any of that BS!
Posted by: Isis | 27 February 2012 at 21:40
How would Ravi feel if someone was spying on him. He knew what they were doing so now is time to face up to what happen. A life was lost that is something he will have to live with the rest of this life.
Posted by: Justme | 28 February 2012 at 06:49
Next time these two kiss other people and/or have sex with other people they should film it and show it to other people for their enjoyment. They are lying hypocrites and I hope they get the punishment they deserve.
I just wish Clementi had been stronger and meaner and nastier. He would be alive today. And I am in no way criticizing him. His death is heart-breaking.
Posted by: Jerry | 03 March 2012 at 08:28
Well hopefully they will be taping Ravi in his prison cell with Bubba...
Posted by: Charles | 05 March 2012 at 08:59