Alexander Schecter, 24, of Santa Monica is accused of rape, kidnapping and more after allegedly trapping two UCLA students in his car in early March.

The Trump administration has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the University of California, alleging the public school system violated federal law by discriminating against Jewish students and ...

On October 12, 2025, at approximately 3:15 a.m., Schecter allegedly sexually assaulted and raped a woman in Culver City.

This post was updated April 12 at 9:57 p.m.  When Brenda Benitez Alcantara transferred to the Robert F. Kennedy UCLA ...

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Tuesday, accusing it of creating a hostile work environment for Jewish faculty, the latest instance of the Trump ...

An appeals court in California overturned a sexual abuse conviction against a former University of California, Los Angeles, gynecologist, ruling he was denied a fair trial. A three-justice panel from ...

The Santa Monica man, who was arrested last month for kidnapping a UCLA student, has officially been charged with the crime as well as the rape of another woman from October 2025. The Los Angeles ...