The parents of the Rutgers University student who killed himself after two fellow students allegedly used a Web cam to spy on him during a tryst with another man intend to sue the school.
Joseph and Jane Clementi, parents of Tyler Clementi, filed notice Friday. They must wait six months to file the lawsuit over their son’s Sept. 22 death, which became the rallying point of a national outcry over the bullying of gay people.
Clementi, an 18-year-old violinist in his first weeks of college, killed himself by jumping off the George Washington Bridge days after a roommate and another student allegedly used a Web cam to peek at his liaison.
Rutgers spokesman E.J. Miranda said in a statement that the school is not to blame.