New York ( CNN ) -- A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Friday in the case of a former Rutgers University student who allegedly used a web cam to stream footage of his roommate 's sexual encounter with another man . Dharun Ravi faces a 15-count indictment , which includes hate crime charges , in connection with the death of his roommate , Tyler Clementi . Clementi killed himself after the incident , jumping from the George Washington Bridge between New York and New Jersey . Last month , Ravi turned down a plea deal that would have allowed him to avoid jail time . `` You want to know why he 's rejected the plea ? '' his attorney , Steven Altman , said in December . `` Simple principle of law , simple principle of life -- he 's innocent . He 's not guilty . `` Ravi is a citizen of India who was studying in the U.S. legally . The deal offered by Middlesex County prosecutors would have required Ravi , 19 , to undergo 600 hours of community service , counseling and to dispose of any information that could identify the man that Clementi was with . Prosecutors also offered to help Ravi avoid deportation , though they said they could not guarantee it . A second student charged in the scandal , Molly Wei , 19 , reached a plea deal and that requires her testify against Ravi . In May , Wei pleaded not guilty to two counts of invasion of privacy , according to a statement from the Middlesex County Prosecutor 's Office . Less than a month after Clementi 's suicide , President Barack Obama released a taped video message condemning bullying .
CNN will go to trial in 19 over a 15-count indictment involving hate crime charges . He has turned down a plea deal that would have allowed him to avoid jail time . His roommate , Steven Altman , later killed himself , jumping from the George Washington Bridge . The plea deal would have required 600 hours of community service , among other things .