Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi’s suicide is simply tragic. Clementi committed suicide, leaping from the George Washington Bridge, after his roommate
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and a friend allegedly recorded him during a private sexual encounter with a man and broadcast it over the internet.
Was cyber bullying the main factor in Tyler Clementi’s suicide?
The Today show examines the Clementi case and talks about privacy in the internet age.
Clementi, an 18-year-old Rutgers University freshman, went missing on September 22 after leaving a post on his Facebook page saying “jumping off the gw bridge sorry.”
Two students, Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei, both 18, have been arrested for invasion of privacy – they secretly placed a camera in Clementi’s dorm room, recorded the event, and then broadcast it online. They face up to five years in prison if convicted.The death of a Rutgers University freshman stirred outrage and remorse on campus from classmates who wished they could have stopped the teen from jumping off a bridge last week after a recording of him having a sexual encounter with a man was broadcast online.
"Had he been in bed with a woman, this would not have happened," said Lauren Felton, 21, of Warren. "He wouldn't have been outed via an online broadcast and his privacy would have been respected and he might still have his life."
Gay rights groups say Tyler Clementi's suicide makes him a national example of a problem they are increasingly working to combat: young people who kill themselves after being tormented over their sexuality.
A lawyer for Clementi's family confirmed Wednesday that he had jumped off the George Washington Bridge last week. Police recovered a man's body Wednesday afternoon in the Hudson River just north of the bridge, and authorities were trying to determine if it was Clementi's.
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