October 29, 2010
2 students withdraw after Rutgers suicide
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 1 MIN.
Two Rutgers University freshmen, accused of secretly broadcasting a classmate's sexual encounter online, have withdrawn from the school. The classmate later committed suicide.
Attorney Steven Altman says that means Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei will not face university disciplinary hearings.
Altman, who represents Ravi, told The Home News Tribune of East Brunswick his client plans to attend school somewhere else.
Wei's attorney, Rubin Sinins, told The Star-Ledger of Newark his client feared for her safety.
Ravi and Wei have been charged with invasion of privacy.
Authorities say Ravi used a webcam to capture his roommate, Tyler Clementi, having a sexual encounter with another man.
Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge days later.
Prosecutors are considering hate crime charges.
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.
