A former track coach who allegedly trained multiple UCLA students at Drake Stadium was accused of sexually abusing 41 men since 1975, ESPN reported Thursday. ESPN’s Outside the Lines reported that Conrad Mainwaring, a former Olympian and track and field trainer, has been accused of inappropriate sexual contact with many of his trainees. Mainwaring was […]
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Court suspends Heaps’ medical license for duration of criminal sexual assault case
The Los Angeles Superior Court suspended former UCLA obstetrician-gynecologist James Heaps’ medical license in a court hearing July 30. The interim suspension against Heaps will last for the duration of the criminal sexual assault case against him. Heaps faces two counts of sexual battery and one count of sexual exploitation by a physician in a […]
UC Berkeley falls from U.S. News & World Report’s ranking after misreporting data
UC Berkeley has been removed from the U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best Colleges rankings after notifying the media outlet that it misreported data. The university, which was the No. 2 public university in the rankings, has subsequently been moved to the “unranked” category in the standings. According to the announcement from U.S. News, […]
Former UCLA running back arrested for attempted murder, attempted armed robbery
This post was updated July 24 at 3:14 p.m. A former UCLA football player was arrested Thursday in connection to an alleged attempt to rob a Riverside County medical marijuana dispensary in 2016, several outlets report. Craig Lee, a running back for the Bruins from 2013 to 2015, was charged with one count of attempted […]
UCLA ranked No. 2 public university in the country, No. 9 overall globally
An international reputation rankings list placed UCLA as the No. 2 public university in the country for the second year in a row. The magazine Times Higher Education published its World Reputation Rankings 2019 on Wednesday, which finds and ranks the top 100 public and private universities globally. The rankings also placed UCLA as the […]
UCPD searching for man who assaulted UCLA staff member
University police are searching for a man who pushed a UCLA staff member and made sexually explicit threats. The man allegedly assaulted the UCLA staff member at about 10:40 a.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Westwood Boulevard and Le Conte Avenue, according to a UCPD crime alert. UCPD described the man as thin, Hispanic, around […]
Heaps faces new civil suits for sexual abuse, plaintiffs include former students
Former UCLA doctor James Heaps is facing a growing number of civil suits for alleged sexual abuse. Two more civil lawsuits from nine women alleging sexual abuse by Heaps were filed Tuesday, according to a press release from Manly, Stewart & Finaldi, the law firm representing the women. This brings the total number of civil […]