- Christian Adamek hanged himself on October 2 and died from his injuries two days later – a week after he streaked at his high school football game
- He was arrested and school district recommended he face a court hearing
- If convicted of indecent exposure, he’d have gone on sex offenders list
By Lydia Warren
PUBLISHED: 10:40 EST, 10 October 2013 | UPDATED: 10:50 EST, 10 October 2013
A popular 15-year-old student has committed suicide after he reportedly faced expulsion and being placed on the sex offenders’ register simply for streaking at a high school football game.
Christian Adamek, from Huntsville, Alabama, hanged himself on October 2, a week after he was arrested for running naked across the Sparkman High football field during a game.
The teenager died two days later from his injuries and on Wednesday, friends and family gathered at a memorial service as they struggled to comprehend the beloved student’s death.
A video of Adamek streaking during a game against a rival team was posted on YouTube hours after the event and students took to Twitter to call him a ‘legend’.
Loss: Christian Adamek, 15, hanged himself last week after he faced possible expulsion and criminal charges for streaking across his high school’s football field during a game the week earlier
‘Sparkman’s new slogan is gonna be “Welcome to Sparkman High School, Home of Christian Adamek”,’ one student wrote.
But school staff did not treat the situation so lightly.
Sparkman High Principal Michael Campbell told WHNT a day before the suicide attempt that the teen could face major repercussions because of his actions.
‘There’s the legal complications,’ Campbell said. ‘Public lewdness and court consequences outside of school with the legal system, as well as the school consequences that the school system has set up.’
Incident: Adamek, seen right, was filmed streaking across the school football field on September 27
In Alabama, indecent exposure is linked to the state’s sex offender laws, meaning that he could have found himself on the sex offenders register due to the streaking.
Campbell added that that the incident was not just a prank and needed to be treated seriously.
Sparkman High administrators even recommended that Adamek face a hearing in the Madison County court system to determine if formal charges would be filed, WHNT reported.
Adamek had also been disciplined by the school district but the details had not been made public.
The day before the suicide attempt, the principal had confirmed that Adamek was not at school and the teenager’s sister suggested on Twitter that Adamek faced expulsion, AL.com reported.
Popular: After the streaking, fellow students called Adamek, pictured, a ‘legend’ but the school district took it far more seriously, recommending that he had a court hearing and disciplining him
Missed: He is pictured with his mother, Angela, in his younger years. He also leaves behind a brother and sister
Campbell declined to comment on Adamek’s death but the Madison County school district issued a statement saying it had ‘received word that a Sparkman High School student has passed away’.
‘Our prayers and thoughts are with the family during this time of bereavement,’ the statement read.
The messages on Twitter have now turned from congratulatory to somber.
‘Praying for the Adamek family. Christian was so funny and nice. He will be missed by so many,’ one girl wrote.
The family – Adamek leaves behind his mother, Angela, and a sister and a brother – shared photos and memories online of the fun-loving teen, who was pictured posing and grinning at the camera.
At Wednesday’s memorial service, his Boy Scout Troop master, David Silvernail, said Adamek was a popular teenager who always had a smile on his face.
Questions: The principal of Sparkman High School in Harvest, Alabama has not commented on the suicide
‘There are two kinds of people in the world; ones that brighten the room when they walk in and those that don’t,’ he said.
‘He was one that brightened the room when he walked in. That’s what I’ll always remember about Christian.’
His mother, Angela, thanked her son’s friends and said they could learn from his life, AL.com reported.
‘Remember to smile, don’t be afraid to do something goofy and remember the consequences of those actions, ask for help when you need it, ask for help if you think your friends need it if you don’t know what to do, be quirky, be happy, be smart,’ she said.
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My thoughts and prayers go out to all that knew and adored Christian .. the ‘Authorities’ involved need to rethink their position and consider resignation – they have lost touch with their own childhood and the youth today to the point of detriment of our kids …. RIP Christian .. I pray many learn from this heart-breaking travesty
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The “officials” should be held accountable for his death. For frightening him into his actions, for trying to make an example of him, to frightening others into “Good behavior”. A childish prank is not grounds for a death penalty. His actions were misdemeanor disorderly conduct at best, to threaten him with a lifetime “Sex offender” record was going overboard, but then that is what school officials do best these days.
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So Miley Cyrus gets naked for her “Wrecking Ball” video and gets to host SNL and interviewed on the Today Show but a teenager who pulls a well-known and used prank and streaks naked is threatened with expulsion and being put on the sex offenders list and is driven to suicide.
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Sure, it makes perfect sense.
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This is the definition of ludicrous, and hypocrisy at it’s finest…This was a prank done in good spirit…nothing more. The farthest this should have went was maybe a 3 day suspension…The PC crowd has gone way too far, as well as religious zealots…and have outlawed being a kid for kids that have no choice but to be just what they are…it’s an unavoidable part of growing up. To all his family and friends I offer my heartfelt condolences, for those that perpetrated this completely unnecessary assault on this fun loving child, guilty of nothing more than enjoying a decades old satirical prank…SHAME ON YOU!!! And don’t you dare hide behind the Bible…for there is no rational defense to be found for you there!!! Your own “better than thou” ideals have cost your community dearly…Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!!!
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I am uncertain where religious zeal plays into this, aside from the anti-religious agenda’s perception of it. I will agree that the conservatives have gone way over the line here, but the rest of what you said has absolutely no basis in the discussion. It is little more than fabricated and judgmental assumption. Stick to the facts as they are presented and have a sensible debate. Do not use a tragedy to spew your opinion and hate instead. Thank you.
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