On Mar 2, 8:56 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Rutgers webcam trial: Secret witness M.B. enters courtroom
>
> NEW BRUNSWICK — The man who was with Tyler Clementi in his dorm room
> when Clementi's roommate viewed them via webcam has just entered the
> courtroom to testify in New Brunswick this morning.
>
> Identified only as M.B., he is wearing a blue striped button-up shirt
> and black pants. He is clean-shaven and has short black hair. He
> smiled for a moment while talking to his attorney, Richard Pompelio,
> but he appears noticeably nervous.
>
> During the time that M.B. was intimate with Tyler Clementi, he noticed
> there was a webcam pointed at Clementi's bed, M.B. testified today.
>
> "Being in a compromising position and seeing a camera lens just kind
> of stuck out," M.B. testified, adding that if someone was sitting at
> the desk where the webcam was, it would be pointed in a different
> direction.
>
> "I just noticed it because I happened to glance over," he said. "There
> was a camera lens glancing directly at me."
>
> M.B. and Tyler Clementi met on a social networking site at the end of
> August 2010, and they met in person for the first time on Thursday,
> Sept. 16.
>
> They spoke mostly in instant chats and text messages, he said.
>
> There is a heavy media presence in the standing-room courtroom. The
> Clementi family is sitting in the front row behind the prosecution
> table, next to Pompelio. M.B. entered shortly after 9 a.m. and sat
> next to Pompelio.
>
> Today is the first time M.B., who has been identified only by his
> initials because he does not want his identity known, is speaking
> publicly. The judge just ordered that he is not to be photographed and
> his testimony not be recorded. He is considered a victim in the case.
>
> Clementi and M.B. were seen kissing in Clementi's dorm room on Sept.
> 19, 2010, when Clementi's roommate turned on his webcam from a
> friend's laptop.
>
> Now the roommate, Dharun Ravi, is on trial in Middlesex County and
> faces charges of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation and hindering
> apprehension.
>
> Prosecutors allege that Ravi intentionally set up the webcam to
> humiliate his gay roommate, but his lawyer contends that Ravi is not
> prejudiced.
>
> Ravi's lawyer, Steve Altman, has also emphasized that M.B. appeared
> disheveled and out of place in a college dormitory. Students have
> testified that he looked "shady" and "shabby."
>
> Altman says Ravi turned on the webcam only because he wanted to check
> on his expensive computer equipment and didn't trust his roommate's
> guest.
>
> Clementi committed suicide a few days after the alleged spying,
> sparking a national dialogue on cyber-bullying and harassment of gay
> teenagers. Ravi is not charged in connection with Clementi's death.
>
> Today is the sixth day of testimony in the trial, which is expected to
> last three to four weeks.
>
> More:http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/rutgers_webcam_trial_secret_...
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy
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