- 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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This is so sad. To think that he felt his life was ruined because of a silly prank. I think someone must have really threatened this young man for him to take such a drastic, tragic step. God bless his family and friends. I’m so sorry for their loss. You can tell just by his pictures that he was a joy to be around. I know he’ll be missed. Again, my sympathies to all those who loved him.
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First let me say that I am sorry that a 15 year old man had to end his life cause of some fun that kids do at that age. I am sorry for the lost to the family and friends that he had and backed him in all he done. Now let me say this, there is know way that this young man would have ever been a sex offender. Streaking is not a sex crime in order for it to be a sex crime he would of had to have a physical contact with a victim. Yes he may have had a felony on his record at the most. So sad such a good looking young man had to end his life on such a little thing. I will keep you all in my prayers…..Troy N. Houghtaling Sr.
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We live in one messed up country. A teenager streaks a high school football game. Oh, the horror! I’m sure at least a dozen people were struck blind and a few spontaneous abortions must have happened. As well as a few orphans going deaf – some gold fish must have died too. For this extremely serious lapse of judgement (he was a kid for goodness sake!) the Big Bad School Principle was going to expel his popular naked ass and recommend he go on some badly managed sex offender list – he must have performed lightning cunnilingus on a few underage cheerleaders when he was streaking around too. What is wrong with this asinine school district?!?
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“‘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.’”
Nice transgression of justice, Principal Campbell.
The precedent has long been that there can be school consequences or prosecution, but not both because “in loco pernetis” means either the school is liable for their failure to guide, hence the principal should face charges … or they are cops and can’t be used to impose a de facto double-jeopardy in violation of the US Constitution.
Would you like to revise your statement?
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