NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) – The mystery man whose homosexual tryst with Tyler Clementi is at the center of a privacy invasion trial prepared to testify as early as Thursday against the former Rutgers student accused of using a webcam to spy on them in a dorm room.

He was one of the last people to see Clementi, 18, who committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge on September 22, 2010, just days after learning his Rutgers University roommate Dharun Ravi, now 20, covertly saw them kissing and encouraged others to do so too.

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) – A former Rutgers student became “overwhelmed with emotions” when she learned another student was missing and perhaps dead just days after she had covertly watched him kissing another man over a webcam video, she testified in court on Tuesday.

Molly Wei, who was originally charged with invasion of privacy in the case of a gay Rutgers student who killed himself, testified at the Middlesex County, New Jersey trial of Dharun Ravi as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) – A former Rutgers University student on trial for allegedly spying on the homosexual tryst of his roommate who later committed suicide did not have a problem with the roommate’s sexuality, a key witness in the case testified on Monday.

Molly Wei said Dharun Ravi, who faces the possibility of 10 years in prison, had mentioned that roommate Tyler Clementi was gay, but that Ravi “didn’t make a big deal out of it.”

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) – A Rutgers University student who committed suicide after his roommate used a webcam to spy on his homosexual tryst had sought a single dormitory room a day before killing himself, a New Jersey jury heard on Monday.

Tyler Clementi, 18, applied to Rutgers for a different room after learning that Dharun Ravi spied on him on September 19, 2010, and shared the video with other students in their dormitory.

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) – A Rutgers student who committed suicide after his roommate spied on his homosexual tryst with a webcam had sought a new roommate a day before killing himself, a jury heard on Monday in a New Jersey courtroom.

Tyler Clementi, 18, applied to Rutgers for a new roommate after learning that Dharun Ravi spied on him on September 19, 2010 and shared the video with other students in their dormitory.

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) – The trial of a former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to spy on his roommate’s homosexual tryst opened Friday with prosecutors saying he violated the “dignity and privacy” of the 18-year-old roommate, who later committed suicide.

Defense attorneys countered that Dharun Ravi, 19, behaved childishly but did not commit any crime. He faces 15 counts of invasion of privacy, witness and evidence tampering and bias intimidation, a hate crime, in New Jersey’s Middlesex County Court.

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) – Prosecutors kicked off opening statements on Friday in the trial of a former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to spy on his roommate’s homosexual tryst, saying he violated the “dignity and privacy” of his roommate who later committed suicide.

Defense attorneys countered that Dharun Ravi, 19, behaved childishly but did not commit any crime. He faces 15 counts of invasion of privacy, witness and evidence tampering and bias intimidation, a hate crime, in New Jersey’s Middlesex County Court.

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) – The case captured national attention over what seemed to be an obvious case of cyber-bullying. A former Rutgers University student used a webcam to spy on his roommate’s romantic tryst with another man in the days before the roommate’s suicide.

Now it comes to trial following an investigation that revealed much more nuance, challenging prosecutors to prove a hate crime under rarely tested circumstances.

NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – Stars, family and friends mourned Whitney Houston in a spirited Baptist funeral service at her hometown church on Saturday, a week after the death of the singer whose spectacular voice made her one of the biggest pop stars of her era.

Gospel and soul music greats, celebrities and family members swayed to gospel hits and delivered tributes both sung and spoken to the crowded New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, where Houston honed her wide vocal range as a young choral singer with her mother Cissy Houston, a backup singer for Aretha Franklin.

NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – Stars, family and friends gathered to mourn Whitney Houston at her funeral on Saturday, a week after the sudden death of the singer whose spectacular voice and best-selling albums made her one of biggest pop stars of her era.

Houston, who died in a Beverly Hills hotel room last week, recorded stirring love songs and vibrant dance tunes during a 30-year career that peaked with her 1992 signature hit “I Will Always Love You” and paved the way for a generation of singers that followed her.