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Accused Tyler Clementi Bully Tried To Cover Up Incriminating Tweets, Police Say

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March 7 2012, Published 9:30 a.m. ET

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By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

New Jersey prosecutors in the case against Dharun Ravi, the ex-Rutgers University whose live streaming of his roommate Tyler Clementi's sexual encounters led to his suicide at 18, say Ravi tried to cover up his indiscretions upon learning of Clementi's death.

Upon learning of Ravi’s web cam stream -- in which he allegedly teased Twitter followers to watch Clementi have a same-sex tryst -- Clementi, a musician, took a fatal plunge off the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River, bringing the movement against the bullying of gay teens into the country's consciousness.

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Police said Wednesday that Ravi tweeted September 22, 2010: "Roommate asked for room again. It's happening again. People with ichat, don't you dare videochat me from 9 to 12," in an attempt to draw attention to Clementi's romantic encounter with another male.

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Then, in an what prosecutors claim was an attempted smokescreen, Ravi tried to intimate he never actually intended to send the first tweet, writing: "Everyone ignore the last tweet. Stupid drafts