( CNN ) -- The parents of a Rutgers University student who committed suicide after his roommate and another student allegedly broadcast online his sexual encounter with another man have notified the school they may sue . Jane and Joseph Clementi say the school should have done more to prevent the death of their son , Tyler . On Friday , they notified the university that they were filing a `` notice of claim , '' meant to uphold their right to bring a lawsuit in the coming months , Rutgers spokesman E.J . Miranda said Wednesday . `` Subject to further investigation , it appears that Rutgers University failed to act , failed to put in place and/or failed to implement , and enforce policies and practices that would have prevented or deterred such acts , and that Rutgers failed to act timely and appropriately , '' the notice said . A copy of the notice was provided to CNN by the university . Rutgers university responded to the notice with a statement saying that while it shares `` the family 's sense of loss of their son , who was a member of our community , '' it also recognizes `` that a grieving family may question whether someone or some institution could somehow have responsibility for their son 's death . '' The university is not responsible for his suicide , it said . The body of Tyler Clementi , 18 , was recovered from the Hudson River in September , more than a week after he jumped from the George Washington Bridge , which spans the Hudson River separating New York from New Jersey . Clementi jumped from the bridge after two other Rutgers students allegedly used a web camera to capture a sexual encounter between him and another man and streamed it online . Dharun Ravi , 18 , who was Clementi 's roommate , and Molly Wei , 18 , have been charged with invasion of privacy . Their lawyers have asserted their innocence . Last month , Clementi 's family consented to the use of his name on a piece of anti-harassment federal legislation known as the `` Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act . '' The proposed law would require schools that receive federal student aid `` to create policies prohibiting the harassment of any student , '' said New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg .
Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi committed suicide in September . He jumped off a bridge after his sexual activity with another man was streamed online . Tyler 's parents have notified the school they will sue the school . Rutgers says it is not responsible for the student 's death .