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Premium Episode #37 - Tyler Clementi (Patreon)

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2025-08-02 08:27:47
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When 18-year-old Tyler Clementi began his freshman year at Rutgers University in 2010, he was eager to embrace his newfound independence. Before the semester began, Tyler applied for campus housing and was randomly assigned a roommate – another 18-year-old freshman named Dharun Ravi. But within weeks of moving in, their lives would become the focus of news headlines, sparking a national conversation about cyberbullying, LGBTQ+ rights and the devastating consequences of digital humiliation.

Team:

Anonymous Host - narration

Milly Raso - research, writing, creative direction

Mike Migas - production, music

Anthony Telfer - audio editing

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SalBee

Oh this is so depressing. May Tyler RiP and Dharun get not one moment of peace for the rest of his life. He has absolutely no remorse and absolutely no accountability.

Hannah Smith

What an absolute tragedy. Poor Tyler. What a set of childish idiots doing this.

AR

god this is so bleak. i made the mistake of googling dharun during the middle of the episode so i could see what he looked like, stumbled across a mention of his sentence, and nearly kneejerk threw my laptop across the room. FUCK that judge. god.

Akerfeldt 40

Dharun is definitely a closet homosexual. What an absolute waste of oxygen he is.

James Johnson

While I was listening to this, I kept seeing the face of someone just like Ravi that I knew in high school. He was a homophobic piece of garbage then, and he still is. Very sad story. Thanks for doing another great job of telling the story, Cf.

Alex M

Tyler was such a nice and talented guy, taken away by the actions of an immature, insecure bully. And he showed no remorse or even responsibility, no justice was done here.

Andrea Johnson

The portrait you paint of Tyler in the first 15 minutes really shines. (I have to pause and listen to the rest later - I don't want to get all sad and angry right now). He reminds me of several friends I had as a young person. Well done selecting the details to convey a real personality.

Kelly Matthews

I feel sick. And sad. Poor Tyler. His poor family. Dhuran doesn't appear to have shown any remorse whatsoever. I agree that it may be that he can't feel empathy or remorse. Scared for other people that have him in their lives. Tyler is incredibly strong to have gone through the amount that he had already. I wouldn't be able to withstand that and he is a much better person than people like Dharun. May we treat our fellow human beings better than this. ❤️Broken💔

Kelly Matthews

Also, is there a way to make this a non premium episode? I think it's way too important to be just for subscribers. Feeling very strongly about this. Perhaps it could be released as an example of the type of material that premium listeners get? So many people need to hear this. Hear Tyler being humanised in such a beautiful way and the damage this is can do to people.

Kelly Matthews

I know what you mean. I'm feeling so strongly against Dharun, but I'm hoping desperately that be does actually have some humanity and does good on the future. But I may be naive.

Eileen

It will be released in the main feed at some point in the future, that's what they do.

Kelly Matthews

Thanks so much for letting me know. That's fantastic :)

Brock

Sorry that someone’s death and their story wasn’t as interesting as you’d hoped for. What a horrible thing to say.

Ali

What a sad story 💔. Second the call for this episode to be released to the whole community, particularly in the current political climate

Annie G

Heartbreaking stuff. No words.

Megan

What a thing to say and then have the gall to defend it. As a gay person myself, you should be shaking in your boots for your children because this kind of hate is ramping up again in this country. The twists and turns you so crave are coming. Hopefully it will be exciting enough for you. This was an excellent episode. Poor Tyler deserved better. He was loved and cared for, and my heart breaks for him. Casefile did a great job with this episode.

George Marston

For a queer trans person, this episode was an incredibly tough listen. Tyler's mother's message at the end does give me hope. But I wish more people could understand how their actions and attitudes affect their queer family before it turns into a personal tragedy. Every one of these tragedies is personal to someone, and we should have empathy for people whether they are family, friends, or anyone else.

Green Thumb

What a heartbreaking horrible tragedy. Thoughts and prayers to the Tyler family. Can we go back to murder now?

Olive

All episodes become public. This is just an early release. 💗

Brock

What an extraordinary episode. Milly, Casey and team - the way you started this episode, talking about how wonderful Tyler was as a person was truly a prime example of why Casefile is held in such high regard. This was exemplary story telling and this is a story that needed to be heard and there would’ve been no better Podcast team to cover it with such sensitivity, dignity and respect. The only feedback I would give is this episode is to valuable a listen to have it as a Premium episode. There is so much benefit that would come from having this story released to the main feed and in the ears of hundreds of thousands of people — especially in the current climate of LGBTQ+ attacks and treatment across the world.

Brock

Absolutely agree Ali, while it would be eventually released to the main feed, there is so many benefits to releasing it to the main feed next week as a standard episode.

Brock

Did the exact same thing after he said “I’m hot as fuck”. 1, no you’re not mate. 2, literally thought “fuck that judge”.

Brock

I think you’re short a few “me’s”.

Mandy G

My god, this broke my heart. And then…..the addition at the end regarding our current US administration rolling back protections for the LGBTQIA community. It’s just so sickening.

Rissi Watson

this is heartbreaking, I don’t know if I’m more mad or sad. great context telling and such an important subject. thank you for covering this

Morborg

Great story, very sad of course. Hard to listen to…only because all of us have had to deal with narcissists and people unable of empathy.

Alyce Warren

Listening to this makes me so mad. Why are people so intolerant?

Jillian Zyla

What an incredibly tragic and heartbreaking episode. Thank you for the beautiful portrait of Tyler at the start of the episode. It is so beautifully written. I too would love to see this on the main feed sooner rather than later, it is a story that needs to be shared. Thank you Casefile for your work in sharing this with us

Manuel

For someone so blatantly homophobic, Dharun sure put a lot of effort into peeping on his gay roommate. What completely baffles me is that nobody in his circle told him to stop or how wrong his behavior was. It seemed they were all on board with it and that makes me sick.

Megan

WTF is wrong with these people? Why were so many people interested in how Tyler liked to fuck? Gross. Dharun and his peers are all shitty human beings.

Maria center

Curious what happened to him today? He’s probably a CEO of somewhere :-(

Patrick Gadoury

Milly Raso. Great episode. This is the sort of research and writing makes casefile the best in class podcast. I'm a survivor of suicidal ideation, taking it day by day, and I make my living writing (though, I won't plug my pen name here). It's clear to me that you personally understand the subject and heartache this case puts forward, and you did so without making it a PSA, "writing in casefile style". Can't wait for the next Raso episode.

Suicide Sauce

Hey George, I'm mostly just the resident troll here but I am also a queer trans person and I wanted to say that I see you and I love you. We're all in this together.

Suicide Sauce

Hey kids, Suicide Sauce here jumping in to remind you that if you live in the US and you feel you are in a mental health crisis for any reason, you can call OR TEXT 988 any time day or night to be connected to a crisis management hotline. You're not alone out there, and you deserve to feel safe, happy, and comfortable. So many people love you-- even people you've never met. You, YES YOU! You are a joy to this world.

Suicide Sauce

Hey Patrick, I see you and I love you :) Day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute, whatever it takes to hang on. You're doing great.

AR

resident over-commenter here, and I'm also another queer enby standing in support. we will get through this terrible era together.

George Marston

I appreciate the kind words. Solidarity is our best hope of survival.

Eline Mols

The thing that i just don't understand is where the hate towards minority groups (LGBTQ+, POC) comes from. Is this taught by one's family and or surroundings? Is there fear for different, non-traditional values? This whole topic goes further than just my comment but I cant comprehend that some folks or groups hate others only based on color or orientation and just cant see people as fellow humans. Greetings from a dutch queer

RubySpook

I'm gobsmacked 😢

RubySpook

The awful "mean girls" behaviour bewilders me

Jays

Casey, I've listened to CF for almost a decade. One of my favourite things has always been your inclusive and affirming approach to such intense topics, ESPECIALLY the content forewarnings. But recently...? What happened? I can understand not mentioning it in a fore warning if it's only brief but an -entire episode- surrounding a person's suicide absolutely needs a content warning. This is really not... Okay. People asking for content warnings aren't asking for the world to tiptoe around them they're simply asking for a bit of consideration. Why do episodes that involve domestic violence and discussions of violence against children still receive a content warning but ones that involve suicide do not? Please, can you please consider including the suicide/self harm content warning again? Please.

Jaclyn Saylor

Greetings from an American queer! I don't know how I didn't end up like them, but my family tried to teach me hate at a really young age. Like, they'd talk about death to black people using racial slurs, and would just be really crazy about it, violent and disgusting. They even moved the family away to somewhere where we were in abject poverty JUST to get away from black people. When I was like 5 and started meeting black people, I suddenly felt this huge sense of shame about the things my family were saying. But none of my other siblings felt that way - they internalized it and agreed with it. Even decades later, they're all the same, unable to believe any of their life issues are caused by themselves or their upbringing (my dad took all of my brothers out of school to make them work for him for free), and they blame it all on either black people or immigrants. It is so deeply ingrained in them that you can't speak to them about anything else, that's all they think about! It's like a cult. I don't speak to any of them anymore for that and many other reasons. However, when I was a kid experiencing all of this - homeschooling was way less common. Now, in the US, anyone can homeschool, and they do without setting up any real education for their kids. What if I, and other kids who come from a similar upbringing, had never met the people that my parents held such hatred for? Would I have been able to withstand that toxic belief and find my own way? So, I think it's even worse now than when I was a kid. Education is no longer valued in the US. So many now believe that racism, homophobia, and xenophobia are opinions that shouldn't be confronted anymore than a belief of peanut butter over nutella, and that doing so is an affront on their freedom of speech.

Maressa Calder

It’s a true crime podcast. If people are sensitive to such things, then they really shouldn’t be listening to the show in the first place.

Jays

Wow what a sheltered response. I envy your ignorance, I truly truly do 😞

Andreea

Ok but whats wrong with putting a warning tho?

Jays

Right? If it doesn't apply to you, skip it, if it does it saves a lot of people a lot of unexpected pain, sorrow and retraumatisation