Opening statements began in the trial of 19-year-old Dharun Ravi (DAHR’-uhn RAH’-vee). He faces 15 criminal counts, including invasion of privacy, bias intimidation and charges that allege he tried to cover his tracks.
The case touched off a national discussion about bullying of young gays after Ravi’s roommate Tyler Clementi killed himself in September 2010, days after the alleged spying.
Prosecutor Julia McClure told jurors Friday in her opening statement in Ravi’s trial that he began telling friends he was unhappy to have a gay roommate soon after he got his first-year housing assignment from Rutgers in August 2010.
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