Pair says they saw no gay sex on Web feed

PISCATAWAY, N.J., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- The pair charged with invading the privacy of a student who committed suicide in New York didn't see anything sexual on a secret Web feed, attorneys said.

The secret Web broadcast that shows Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi in a sexual encounter with another man was viewed on one computer, and didn't show Clementi and his partner having sex, friends and attorneys told The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger in interviews published Sunday.

Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei, both 18, are charged with invasion of privacy for allegedly using the Web camera to watch Clementi in a gay sexual encounter in his dorm room on the Piscataway, N.J., campus in September. Clementi eventually jumped off the George Washington Bridge.

"When the forensic evidence from all the seized computers is revealed, the truth will come out," said Steve Altman, Ravi's attorney. "Nothing was transmitted beyond one computer and what was seen was only viewed for a matter of seconds."

The two watched the live Internet feed on Wei's computer in her room, attorneys and friends said. It showed Clementi and another man only embracing and kissing, they said.

"I'm unaware of any evidence of sexual contact," said Rubin Sinins, Wei's attorney. "The statute defining sexual contact refers to nudity and private parts, and, to my knowledge, nothing like that was seen. I'm also unaware of any evidence that any video was recorded, reproduced or disseminated in any way."

Prosecutors are considering whether to upgrade the charges against Ravi and Wei to bias crimes because Clementi was gay, The Star-Ledger said.