Rutgers may be the largest public university in New Jersey, but allegations against two freshmen in the school imply a need for a lesson in class.
Dharun Ravi, of Plainsboro, and Molly Wei, of Princeton, both 18, each face two counts of invasion of privacy for secretly placing a camera in another 18-year-old student's dorm room and livestreaming that student's sexual encounter on the Internet.
Authorities say Ravi faces another two counts of invasion of privacy for allegedly trying to use the hidden camera to tape the same victim in a previous encounter two days before the second one hit the web.
Wei surrendered to cops in New Brunswick on Monday and was released on her own recognizance. Ravi turned himself in this morning and was released on $25,000 bail.
College police initially launched an investigation after finding out a hidden camera had been placed in the victim's Piscataway dorm room without permission. Police later filed charges against Wei and Ravi.
According to New Jersey law, illegally collecting or viewing images showing sexual contact involving another individual without that individual's consent is a fourth-degree crime. It's a third-degree crime to transmit or distribute such images. The penalty for the latter offense carries a possible prison term of up to five years.