- 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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Engineering Evil 
He broke the law. He should [have] face[d] the relevant charges. None of you would have batted an eye lid if he hadn’t have strung himself up…..
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I’m sorry… this comment is a prime example of the closed-minded ignorance that pushed the boy to kill himself. If this boy WAS convicted of being a “sex-offender,” I’d have gladly gone to that godforsaken state myself and protested that stupidity, even if only to convince myself that idiots like you don’t hold the power.
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Agreed
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“godforsaken state” in the same sentence as calling someone else’s comment “closed-minded ignorance”. #irony
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Is sex offender registry entry relevant? Are you drunk?
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I would have. I don’t believe the registry is for things like this, and to terrorize a teen who has no concept that he probably will not ever end I on the registry for this act is half the tragedy. We are supposed to love and support one another -not get into pissing contests with youth .
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Comments like yours have given Americans the shitty reputation across the world.
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The Principal should have seen this event for what it was, a youthful expression of the joy of life. Streaking was once so common there was even a humorous song written about it by Ray Stevens. Streaking has come into vogue again and many sporting events are getting to view the full Monty on the run. It’s a hoot and a holler for a minute or so and then back to the game. Changing it into something that would destroy that young mans life is the real crime and real culprit is the Principal.
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America has imprisoned more people for smaller offenses than any other nation in the history of the world including modern day Russia China North Korea Iran Libia and Iraq. This is a fact. Intolerance of this kind on the part of Americas prudish and out of control “Authorities”. thier abject fear of the slightest sign of descent is reminiscent of the inquisition, of Communism and of Fascism, Its horrifying to behold.. Trying to turn this humerouse prankster into a sexual offender should have been the only criminal offense involved, Shame on the officials responsible, they are school bullies of the very worst kind, those who are empowered with mandates and badges. I ask that they be fired.
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so true, its a country of well intentioned zealots
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That’s because Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Iraq and Libya doesn’t imprison their trouble makers. They kill them.
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*Cough* Death Penalty *Cough* Wait what large nation has that again? Along with massive privately owned prisons that want quite and easy to control light offenders to fill up its halls that don’t cause to much troubles rather than heavy offenders that are a danger to all and cost more staff to keep in check? I wounder what is the motive for rich law makers and judges that are highly invested in these private prisons have to ensure that the most profitable small offenders get sent to prison?
Nationalize the prison system like most Weston nations or install conflict of interest laws and see then how the justice system views small time offenders.
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