- 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 makes me angry. Many high school kids have streaked at games etc. No one should be put or threatened by anyone to be put on a sex offender list. He knows it would have ruined his life. I feel so bad for him and for his family. Shame on the school officials that threatened it. And law enforcement also. What has America come to? I cannot even begin to express how horrible and ridiculous people have gotten about things like this. This is truly sad. I hope the people who threatened him lose sleep at night and repent.
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I was sexually abused by an actual sex offender….not some kid who played an age old prank. The sex offender website should be used to inform us about real perverts and dangers to society, not to ruin a young boy’s life.
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Teenage sex offenders are comitting suicide on a frightning basis all across America, see the sample pages on amazon “An American Horror Love Story” true story of 2 teens lovers who tried to comiit suicide-faIled- how the town-gaurdian angels came to thier rescue
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I suggest – seriously- that those in the community who see the Alabama law as repressive and who would like to show a mass support memorial of this student: PERFORM FLASH MOB STREAKS AT AREA EVENTS!! Will entire communities in Alabama be placed on sex offender registries?!?! Hopefully they who do NOT participate will be the ones who this time contemplate shame to the extent of self extinction!!
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Shame on this school and the district school system. I hope the parents sue when they have had time to grieve. Yes what he did was wrong but it needed to be dealt with in a caring way. Did they not ask why this 15 year old did this – I assume he had never done anything like it before. It is a disgrace that those who are supposed to care for, and understand, the young condemned this young man to death.
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Let’s try posting again…….
I hardly think that streaking constitutes expulsion and criminal charges. This is a tragic ending to a young persons life…… Shame on you school officials for over-reacting. I agree there are consequences to every action but expulsion, criminal charges and sex offender registry is over the top!
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Shame Shame Shame on those school officials….
They should held accountable for the boys death…
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