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15-year-old Christian Adamek from Hunstville in Alabama has committed suicide after he faced being put on a sex offenders list for streaking at a high school gridiron game.
According to AL.com, he hanged himself on October 2 and died two days later.
A week earlier, he had been arrested by cops after running naked across the field during a high school gridiron game on September 27.
Under Alabama law, Christian faced being placed on the sex offenders register if found guilty of indecent exposure.
Video of his streaking was put on YouTube, attracting enthusiastic comments calling him a “legend” from his fellow students at Sparkman High, but has since been removed.
School officials, who were furious over the incident, threatened the teen with expulsion and legal action for indecent exposure - which under Alabama law would put him on the sex offender’s register.
Writing on Facebook, Adamek’s sister implied that he had been expelled, and the school confirmed he had not attended classes after the incident.
His death prompted an outpouring of shock and grief from Adamek’s friends and fellow students on twitter.
“RIP Christian Adamek, you’re a legend”, wrote Savannah Ledbetter
“Praying for the Adamek family! Even tho I didn’t know Christian I can tell that everyone loved him! You will be missed!” wrote Twitter user Amandajo.
“Our prayers and thoughts are with the family during this time of bereavement,” school officials said in a statement.
At Wednesday’s memorial service, his mother Angela Adamek thanked Christian’s friends and urged them to stay positive and ask for help when they need it.
