Indian student spied on his Gay Roommate ??

 Indian Student Spied on his Gay Roommate ??

Dharun Ravi is the 19-year-old Indian American student charged with spying on his roommate. While the act of spying itself is the charge he faces, it is what he saw and reported via a social network, that led his roommate Tyler Clementi to commit suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge. Ravi and another college mate saw Tyler kissing another man via the webcam in his room. Ravi's trial is set to begin Friday with the selection of a 16-member jury. 

Ravi's roommmate Tyler Clementi had revealed his sexual orientation to his family just before he left to start college.A few days after the spying incident allegedly occurred, Clementi committed suicide.

Tragically around the time Clementi's belongings were found near the bridge, Ravi had sent him a message apologising for what he did.

Dharun Ravi seen here entering court with his father is charged with 15 counts of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, and hindering apprehension.

Spotted here with his lawyer, the jury for Dharun Ravi's trial is made up of eight men and eight women and opening statements in the trial will begin Friday.

The case is to be tried in court in New York. Prosecutors say Ravi spied on his former roommate, Tyler Clementi, at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey by watching Clementi in an intimate moment with another man in their dorm room from a webcam in a friend's room.

Ravi sat quietly through jury selection while his parents sat in the second row of the courtroom behind the defence table.

If convicted on the most serious charges of bias intimidation, Ravi would face up to 10 years in prison. Prosecutors would have to prove that Ravi targeted Clementi because he was gay.

Judge Glenn Berman talks with prosecutor Julia McClure (C) and defense attorney Steven Altman (R) during the jury selection phase of the trial of Dharun Ravi, a Rutgers University student charged with bias intimidation, in the Superior Court of Middlesex County in New Brunswick, New Jersey, February 22, 2012. Ravi was charged with bias intimidation, a hate crime punishable by 10 years in prison; invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence and... 

Dharun Ravi, a Rutgers University student charged with bias intimidation, leaves the Superior Courthouse of New Jersey in Middlesex County, in New Brunswick, N.J., February 21, 2012. Ravi was charged with bias intimidation, a hate crime punishable by 10 years in prison; invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence and a witness after he used a webcam to broadcast his roommate in a sexual encounter who later committed suicide. REUTERS/Mark ...