Rape Attempt At UCLA's Theta Chi Fraternity; Suspect Paul Meyer Arrested

By Dennis Romero Mon., Mar. 11 2013 at 9:09 AM

bruinthetachi.org

Cops over the weekend alleged that a UCLA student choked a woman with the intent to rape her.

The crime at Theta Chi fraternity was reported about 2:30 a.m. Friday. A suspect, 20-year-old Paul Meyer, wasn't booked until 8:13 p.m. that day, according to L.A. County Sheriff's Department inmate data.

A UCLA statement says Meyer was arrested on suspicion of ...

... assault with intent to commit rape and false imprisonment ...

View Larger Map

The suspect is a member of Theta Chi, according to reports. UCLA police responded to the house based on a report of an aggravated assault, the school said.

Cops believe Meyer choked the victim, who was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and released.

Meyer was released at 9:07 p.m. Saturday after bond was posted with him, according the sheriff's data and UCLA.

He was scheduled to be in court April 4.

[With reporting from City News Service / @dennisjromero / djromero@laweekly.com / @LAWeeklyNews]

Tags:

rape, sexual assault, UCLA

We Recommend

Andrew Kay

Randy Silva, I'm sure the campus will organize some "take back the night" type event and the administration will draft some form letter about how they're strongly against rape, but sadly I wonder if anything can be done. This particular case sounds more like attempted date rape at a party and it's not like the school can go babysit fraternities in their own homes.

Wendy Chung

http://www.cwlc.org/resources/rape-resource-page/speaking-reporting-rape

Randy Silva

WTF is UCLA doing about this?? Seems all I've been reading about lately.

Andrew Kay

Esteban Mainzer, your statement seems to have no basis in reality. Alaska, New Mexico, and Michigan are the top 3 of rape. CA is actually in the BOTTOM 30 percentile (translation: a good thing if you're opposed to rape). Are you just making stuff up because it's cool to shit on CA about everything from taxes to pollution? Or are you going by total crimes instead of crime rates; i.e. not adjusting for our significantly higher population (in which case you should not be allowed to cite numbers when you speak)?

Level Seven Six

I realize that there are many beautiful women that attend UCLA but dudes really need to chill the F*CK out with trying to rape women. Seriously, didn't their mommas raise them betta? Come on now.