Dharun Ravi : Former Rutgers Student Found Guilty For Spying on Gay Roommate

The trial against Dharun Ravi has ended as jurors found the former Rutgers student guilty.

After three days of deliberations, Ravi was found guilty on invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, attempted invasion of privacy, tampering with physical evidence, hindering apprehension or prosecution, witness tampering and tampering with physical evidence.

Three of the counts can carry possible jail time.

Dharun Ravi was charged with 15 counts for using a web cam to spy on his gay roommate’s encounter with another man in his college dorm.

Ravi was alleged to have rigged the room, so he can access the camera from any remote location.

On September 19, 2010, he took that ability and spied on his roommate in classmate and friend, Molly Wei’s room. He was charged with making a second attempt to spy on his roommate two days later.

Tyler Clementi jumped off the George Washington Bridge on Sept. 22, 2010.

The trial reached national attention because of the issue it has raised against cyber-bullying, misuse of social media, and anti-gay bias.

Ravi is scheduled to be sentenced on May 21.

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