The Story of a Suicide
Ian Parker on Tyler Clementi, the gay Rutgers student who committed suicide after discovering that his roommate, Dharun Ravi, was taping his sexual encounters.
Tyler Clementi's tragedy became an international parable about teen computing, teen sex, and teen unkindness—complete with Taiwanese cartoons depicting sex under blankets. But Ian Parker finds a more unsettling story: the difference between what actually happened in that Rutgers dorm room and the narrative that emerged.