The roommate, Ravi de Dharun and another student were initially charged with invasion of privacy. The indictment, accusing Mr. Ravi to act with antigay reasons, exposes barely a potential of at least 5 to 10 years in prison if he is sentenced, as opposed to the probation which would have likely resulted in Mr. Ravi have been recognized guilty solely on the earlier counts.
The grand jury also charged Mr. Ravi, 19, with a cover-up. The Prosecutor's Office of the County of Middlesex said it had removed a Twitter post which alerted others to look at a second meeting Mr. Clementi planned with human - identified in the indictment as "M.B." - and replaced by a post "intended to mislead the investigation." Prosecutors, said that Mr. Ravi had also tried to persuade the not witnesses.
The investigation that led to the 15-count indictment was held quietly for several months, as the suicide of Mr. Clementi focused national attention on the victimization of young gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people. Public characters including Ellen DeGeneres and President of Obama spoke about the tragedy. New Jersey legislators enacted right the most difficult of the nation against bullying; and there were many neighbourhoods calls for prosecutors to bring charges of bias.
Lawyers said the case could be closely monitored and could have ripple effects. "Pricing this as a crime of bias can send a message to prosecutors that deal with similar cases in other States of the particularly adverse consequences of this type of crime," said Suzanne b. Goldberg, Director of the Columbia Law School Center for equality between the sexes and the right to sexuality.
After he discovered that his roommate had spied him, authorities say, Mr Clementi, a violinist midshipman of Ridgewood, New Jersey, is passed from the George Washington Bridge on 22 September.
Prosecutors said Wednesday that the events which led to accusations of bias intimidation dated August 6, the day Mr. Ravi learned the name of her future roommate - identified in the indictment as "T.C.", since the invasion of privacy is designated a sexual offence. The same month, Mr. Ravi used his Twitter account to announce that he had found on his roommate was gay.
"The grand jury charged that the invasion of privacy and the attempt to invade the privacy of T.C. and M.B. were intended to intimidate because of their sexual orientation," prosecutors said in a statement.
Mr. Ravi co-defendant, Molly Wei, who lived in the same dormitory and was also charged with invasion of privacy, was not indicted. The Attorney, Bruce j. Kaplan, said that the case against it has remained active but would be not presented to a grand jury "for" the time, suggesting that she could testify against Mr Ravi.
Prosecutors say that Mr. Ravi that live-transmitted the meeting on 19 September.
A message from Twitter that day by Mr. Ravi summarizes the sequence of events: "roommate asked for the room until midnight." I went in the room of molly and turned on my webcam. I saw him do with a dude. Yay. ?
Mr. Ravi was also charged with additional counts of attempted invasion of privacy for having attempted to perform a similar transmission live two days later. This attempt was rejected after Mr. Clementi found the camera aims to his bed.
The Office of the Prosecutor, said Mr Ravi, who remains free on $ 25,000 bail, could be arraigned in the next few days, but no date had been fixed. Delighted to Mr. and Mrs. Wei retired Rutgers last fall. their lawyers did not respond to telephone messages seeking comment.
The parents of Mr. Clementi, Joseph and Jane Clementi, who said the months last in a statement that they were not seeking "severe punishment" for the defendants, responded to the new charges in their strongest words to date.
"The indictment grand jury sets out cold and calculated acts against our son Tyler by her the former college roommate", they said in a statement. "If these facts are true, because they seem to be, then it is important to our system of criminal justice establish clear accountability Act.".
Their lawyer, Paul Mainardi, pointed out that the charges do not relate to the death. "The point is that it should not take a suicide costs like this to be brought," said Mr. Mainardi.
Attorney General of New Jersey, Paula t. Dow, called the indictment "an important step in this heartbreaking case." Steven Goldstein, President of Garden State equality, a gay-rights of the defence group, said "bullies potentials will now be think more difficult before demolishing the student life another."
On the campus of Busch at Rutgers, which pleased Mr. and Mr. Clementi lived, students offered views divergent accusations of bias. "No there was no sex band;" It was more like he simply read in the room, "said Enrico Cabreto, 19, a first year. "It is only being accused cause of all advertising."
Daniel Granda, 18, also a first year, disagreed. "He has not he jump, but in doing what it does, it has paved the way for what happened next," he said.
Nate Schweber contributed reporting.
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