Ex-Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi was sentenced to 30 days behind bars Monday, in connection with his March conviction on 15 criminal charges linked to live streaming his former roommate Tyler Clementi's sexual encounters, leading to the 18-year-old's September 2010 suicide.

Ravi, 20, appeared before Judge Glenn Berman in a New Jersey courtroom on Monday morning to hear his fate, which was far more lenient than the 10 year sentence that he could have received.

The former Rutgers student convicted on charges of spying and bullying his gay roommate and driving him to suicide claims that it was not his fault that Tyler Clementi jumped off New York’s George Washington Bridge.

“Even though I wasn’t the one who caused him to jump off the bridge, I did do things wrong and I was stupid about a lot of stuff,” Dharun Ravi, 20, revealed in an interview with ABC’s 20/20.

President Barack Obama addressed bullies and their victims Sunday while introducing To SPEAK UP Against Bullying, the Cartoon Network’s 30-minute documentary detailing the ills of the epidemic that’s captured the nation’s attention since the high-profile suicides of youth such as Rutgers student Tyler Clementi and Buffalo teen Jamey Rodemeyer.

“Bullying is not a rite of passage or harmless part of growing up,” the commander-in-chief said. “It’s wrong. Its destructive and we can all prevent it.”

It took a jury two days of deliberations to reach a guilty verdict on Friday in the trial of the former Rutgers student accused of spying and bullying his gay roommate, Tyler Clementi, who later killed himself.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, the 20-year-old Dharun Ravi was accused of live streaming his roommate Clementi's sexual encounters, which led to his suicide at age 18.

New Jersey prosecutors in the case against Dharun Ravi, the ex-Rutgers University whose live streaming of his roommate Tyler Clementi's sexual encounters led to his suicide at 18, say Ravi tried to cover up his indiscretions upon learning of Clementi's death.

Upon learning of Ravi’s web cam stream -- in which he allegedly teased Twitter followers to watch Clementi have a same-sex tryst -- Clementi,

At first glance, filmmaker Elliot London appears to be a strikingly handsome, charismatic young man living his dream of living and working in Hollywood -- and he is.

But when you look closer, you’ll find a deeply committed, 31-year-old native Aussie who, as a teenager, grew up frightened and ashamed in Rockford, Illinois because, like so many young people, he was hiding a secret -- he was gay.

A 3-minute film by up and coming out director Elliot London is on the verge of going viral.

Since its release on Valentine’s Day, almost 100,000 people have viewed this short on YouTube.

The video makes a statement about marriage equality, but with a surprising, and touching ending.

For weeks now, we've followed the journey of up-and-coming out filmmaker Elliot London and his dream of creating a short film called The Wedding Dance -- a story about marriage equality, but with a twist.

This week, in honor of Valentine's Day, the 3-minute film -- funded in part by Radar readers who generously donated to the project -- is finally being released, and you can watch its world premiere right here on RadarOnline.com!

Rosie O'Donnell has joined the chorus of voices advocating gay rights in the wake of Tuesday's overturning of the ban on same-sex marriage in California and news of yet another gay teen suicide tied to bullying, the latest a 14-year-old Washington middle school student Rafael Morelos.

O'Donnell Wednesday voiced her support of the Washington D.C.-based non-profit organization PFLAG National (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays); and Prayers for Bobby, the critically-acclaimed film detailing the real life story of Mary Griffith

The morning after she was voted off Dancing With The Stars, comic Margaret Cho appeared alongside her dance partner Louis Van Amstel on Good Morning America Wednesday, and talked about her three weeks of hustle and bustle for the ABC ballroom hit.

Cho said she's been traveling "all over the  world practicing on tour buses and laundry rooms" with Van Amstel, who she gave a spot in her (comedy)  routine.