Molly Wei, a friend of Mr. Ravi who joined him in spying on Mr. Clementi,
was originally charged in the case. Her charges were dropped in exchange for
testifying for the prosecution, performing 300 hours of community service
and attending counseling for cyberbullying.
During the trial, Ms. Wei said that three days before Mr. Clementi leapt to
his death, she twice watched him on her laptop computer kissing another man
inside the dorm room that he shared with Mr. Ravi.
Ms. Wei said Mr. Ravi was concerned that his iPad might be stolen from the
room because Mr. Clementi had asked him to leave for a few hours while he
was alone with a man, whom Ms. Wei recalled Mr. Ravi describing as “an
older, shabbier-looking guy.” From Ms. Wei’s room across the hall, they
turned on Mr. Ravi’s webcam and for a few seconds saw Mr. Clementi kissing
the other man before they turned off the camera.
Ms. Wei, who had known Mr. Ravi since middle school, testified that she had
never before seen two men kissing. She said that despite being “freaked out
” over viewing “something we shouldn’t have seen,” she later turned Mr.
Ravi’s webcam back on to show the scene to her roommate and three female
friends.
Ms. Wei testified that Mr. Ravi had told her that he suspected his roommate
was gay.
