Rutgers student tried to apologise to gay roommate for videoing him...but he had already killed himself
Saturday, August 13, 2011
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But the shy violinist from Ridgewood had likely already killed himself by the time they were sent.
The text messages, instant messages and other documents emerged during the trial this week.
Regarding being caught by Ravi in his dorm with the man, Tyler said in an instant message with a friend: 'That would be so awk tho lol ... him walking in.'
Although Ravi, from Plainsboro, New Jersey, didn't walk in, he was allegedly using a webcam to watch the encounter from a different room and Tweeting about it.
A few days later, on September 22, Tyler, then 18, jumped off the George Washington Bridge in a suicide that made national headlines.
Talking about coming out to his parents, in another instant message with a friend, he said: 'It’s a good thing dad is ok w/it or I would be in serious trouble/ mom has basically completely rejected me.'
According to the Star Ledger, details of the growing tension between the roomates over his sexuality were revealed today in hundreds of pages of documents released in a court filing by Ravi’s attorney.
Ravi is charged with 15 counts including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation for targeting Tyler because of his sexual orientation.
His attorney has asked Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman to dismiss all charges against him.
If convicted on the most serious charges, Ravi - who is now 19 - could face up to ten years in prison.
According to the Star Ledger, the court also heard that the 19-year-old used his computer skills to deduce his new roommate was gay as soon as Rutgers sent him his name.
He used Tyler’s e-mail address to learn he had frequented web pages for gay men.
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