The
Harvard student accused of emailing a bogus bomb threat to dodge a
final exam was “under a great deal of pressure,” his attorney
said Wednesday after his client was freed on a $100,000 bond.
Eldo
Kim, 20, was released to the custody of his sister, who lives in
Massachusetts, and an uncle from North Carolina. A federal judge also
banned him from stepping foot on the elite Cambridge campus.
The
shackled university sophomore cut a silent, somber figure in Boston
federal court, wearing a gray T-shirt and Harvard sweatpants.
Monday’s desperate stunt forced an evacuation of four buildings as
SWAT teams found no explosives at the school.
Federal
public defender Ian Gold said Kim was dealing with finals and the
third anniversary of his father’s death, which is this month.
“It’s
finals time at Harvard,” Gold said. “In one way, we're looking at
the post-9/11 equivalent of pulling a fire alarm. Certainly I’m not
saying the government response was unjustified, but it’s important
to keep in mind we’re dealing with a 20-year-old man who was under
a great deal of pressure.”
The
feds claim Kim sent hoax emails to school officials describing
“shrapnel bombs” planted around the school. The warnings were
eventually traced through the university’s wireless network back to
Kim, according to an affidavit.
Source:
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