UCLA Anderson School employee arrested on charge of sexual battery
Jumaane Peterson, an employee at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, was arrested Wednesday on a misdemeanor charge for sexual battery.
By Sam Hoff
July 10, 2014 8:02 p.m.
University police arrested a UCLA Anderson School of Management employee on campus Wednesday morning on a misdemeanor charge of sexual battery after he allegedly touched a woman inappropriately.
Jumaane Peterson, 40, also took “upskirt photos” of his colleagues, police said.
Peterson, an administrative specialist for the Anderson MBA program, has worked at the school for 15 years, Anderson spokeswoman Elise Anderson said in an email statement.
She added that he is currently on investigatory leave from his position.
UCPD received a report of the sexual battery at about 10 a.m. on Wednesday and arrested and released Peterson the same day, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department records.
Peterson will appear in court on Aug. 26 at 8:30 a.m. at the Los Angeles Superior Court Airport Courthouse.
No further information was available. The case is currently under investigation.
Anyone with additional information regarding this incident or similar incidents can call UCPD at (310) 825-9371.
Compiled by Sam Hoff, Bruin senior staff.
