Kelly Heyboer and Sue Epstein report: More than a year after Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi was seen kissing a male date on a webcam, the public still doesn’t know the identity of the other man in the high-profile case. But the young gay man lives in terror his name will leak out and “the…
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Judge won’t dismiss charges in Tyler Clementi case
Associated Press reports: A judge in New Jersey won’t dismiss charges against a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate’s intimate encounter with another man. The judge ruled on Friday that prosecutors provided adequate evidence to a grand jury for 19-year-old Dharun Ravi to be accused of invading…
Grand jury hands down 15-count indictment against roommate of Tyler Clementi
Tom Haydon reports: The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office today announced a 15-count indictment has been filed against a student alleged to have secretly viewed images of Tyler Clementi having an intimate encounter with another man just days before Clementi committed suicide. The defendant, Dharun Ravi, 19, of Plainsboro faces two counts each of invasion of…
Tyler Clementi’s parents want roommate prosecuted, not severely punished
Kelly Heyboer reports: Six months after their son’s suicide, the parents of Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi said for the first time yesterday they do not want his former roommate to receive a “harsh punishment” for allegedly using a webcam to spy on the freshman’s intimate encounter with another man. But the family does want…