The family of a college student who committed suicide after learning that his roommate secretly recorded his tryst with another man says they are hopeful that the guilty verdict will serve as a warning to cyber bullies.
Reaction in the legal and gay communities was mixed Friday to a guilty verdict against a former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's romantic encounters, with some saying it will be a “precedent-setting” nationwide and othe … Full story
The verdict returned Friday against Dharun Ravi, a former Rutgers University student who spied on the sexual tryst of Tyler Clementi, a roommate who later committed suicide, made for fast and furious conversation on the Web. Full story
Tyler Clementi with his mother Jane. Clementi, 18, a freshman at Rutgers, jumped off the George Washington Bridge in September, 2012.
Iowa State' Jarvis West runs a kickoff into the end zone in the second quarter of the Pinstripe Bowl NCAA college football game against Rutgers, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, at Yankee Stadium in New York. The touchdown did not count as Iowa State was penalized on a flag on the play.
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 30: Scott Vallone #94 of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights runs for the endzone afte recovering a fumble against the Iowa State Cyclones during the New Era Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium on December 30, 2011 in the Bronx Borough of New York City.
Rutgers' Derrick Randall and Myles Mack try to block a shot by Florida's Bradley Beal during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Piscataway, N.J., Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. Rutgers won in double overtime, 85-83.