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Rutgers University honors Tyler Clementi 16 years after his death

Clementi took his own life after his roommate secretly recorded him and a date he had over, which led to online harassment over his sexuality.

Sean Bates

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Nov 9, 2026, 10:19 PM

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Rutgers University honored the late Tyler Clementi with a performance by the school's glee club on Friday.

He was a freshman at the school in 2010.

RELATED: Rutgers to mark 10th anniversary of Tyler Clementi’s death with virtual symposium

Clementi took his own life after his roommate secretly recorded him and a date he had over, which led to online harassment over his sexuality.

A special edition of Crime Files about Clementi's case and its impact will air on News 12 in a few weeks.

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FILE – In this Dec. 9, 2011, file photo, Jane Clementi, right, the mother of Tyler Clementi, looks at family photographs in her home in Ridgewood, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

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