Note : Dharun Ravi 's lawyer says he was very cooperative with Ravi . In text messages , a former Rutgers University student touted that `` people are having a viewing party '' to watch what he expected would be surreptitious webcam footage of his roommate being intimate with another man , according to testimony Monday . They say Ravi spied and intimidated his roommate , who later killed himself . Ravi messaged his webcam would show the roommate 's encounter with a man . The defense notes Ravi texted the next day that the ` ` ' party '' plan was ` ` a joke ''
Note : Dharun Ravi 's lawyer says he was very cooperative with Ravi . They say Ravi spied and intimidated his roommate , who later killed himself . Ravi messaged his webcam would show the roommate 's encounter with a man . The defense notes Ravi texted the next day that the ` ` ' party '' plan was ` ` a joke ''