Boy, 15, kills himself after 'facing expulsion and being put on sex offender registry' for streaking prank at high school football game

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

PUBLISHED: 10:40 EST, 10 October 2013 | UPDATED: 08:53 EST, 11 October 2013

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A popular 15-year-old student has committed suicide after he reportedly faced expulsion and could have been 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.

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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.

For confidential support call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or see www.samaritans.org
For confidential support in the U.S., call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255

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Blossom_boy_, Townsville, United Kingdom, 21 hours ago

Stupid. What a waste of a young life. RIP.

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jdingess, Rancho, 21 hours ago

Sucks, if it was my younger brother my voice will def be heard and I would take action into my own hands if there was no action taking place.

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Big Al, Huntsville, 21 hours ago

This principal, the Madison Co. School Board and the few parents who complained about this good kid's harmless prank have his blood on their hands and should be run out of town on a rail. So called "Zero Tolerance" policies are just excuses used by cowards to ignore context and avoid making a judgement so it doesn't come back on them. Under these rules, the Eagle Scout who mistakenly left a butter knife in the bed of his pickup from last weekends campout is treated exactly as the kid who brought a switchblade to class hoping to stick someone with it. Idiotic.

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Karrybarry, Louisville, United States, 21 hours ago

I would sue that school for every last cent they had. Where has all our damn common sense gone??? Sex offender?? We need to take back our country back, this is crazy.

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smariel, USA, 22 hours ago

I just don't understand. What is the point of putting a kid like this on the sex offender register? I mean really, what lesson are you trying to teach? As compared to say, someone who actually is a sex offender, rapes young children etc and suffers the same punishment???

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Peanuts, Orlando, United States, 22 hours ago

Did any of you actually READ the entire story? He was never placed on a sex offenders list. It was simply a worse case scenario POSSIBILITY of that ever happening for what he did. The principle himself simply stated a day before the kid's suicide that he "could face major repercussions" but absolutely nothing about being thrown onto a sex offenders list. Just because it could have been the boy's punishment, doesn't mean that it actually would have been. And unless he left a suicide note, it's still speculation that this was the specific reason he killed himself. Red arrow away, but too many times the blame for a person's suicide is placed everywhere else but where it actually belongs.

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Hjm1, Sydney Audtralia, 22 hours ago

What has society come to where innocent young kids behaviours have turned into the unthinkable. Laws are put in by people who at one time where kids like this boy. They had their time and now they want to strip the childhood in kids of today. RIP innocent kid.

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Valerie, Oregon USA, United States, 22 hours ago

This just made me physically ill. All for the sake of a "prank", this child was going to be drawn and quartered by the Education system. Sue sue sue, and sue some more, START with Principal Campbell!!! "Just because you CAN legally destroy this child, does NOT mean you should!"