Rutgers Students Who Recorded Clementi Drop Out
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Two Rutgers University freshmen, accused of secretly broadcasting a classmate's sexual encounter online, have withdrawn from the school.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.
Gallery: Tyler Clementi Suicide
Ravi and Wei have been charged with invasion of privacy.
Collecting or viewing sexual images without consent is a fourth-degree crime. Transmitting them is a third-degree crime with a maximum prison term of five years.
Authorities say Ravi used a webcam to capture his roommate, Tyler Clementi, having a sexual encounter with another man.
Clementi, 18, later jumped off the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River.
© 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report. 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.
Gallery: Tyler Clementi Suicide
Ravi and Wei have been charged with invasion of privacy.
Collecting or viewing sexual images without consent is a fourth-degree crime. Transmitting them is a third-degree crime with a maximum prison term of five years.
Authorities say Ravi used a webcam to capture his roommate, Tyler Clementi, having a sexual encounter with another man.
Clementi, 18, later jumped off the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River.
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- They dropped out? They weren't "kicked out"?? These two monsters should be in prison. Let's hope they get the harshest sentence possible for manslaughter. I'd worry about my safety too, if I was either of these two heartless goons!
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- Rather cowardly. If either feared for their safety they should have talked to the staff. And honestly, what school is going to admit these two until any legal issues have been dealth with.
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- Amazingly gutless cowards....
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