June 3, 2026: Man Charged With Violently Assaulting Five Women on UCLA Campus in Westwood

The defendant faces 32 years to life in state prison if convicted as charged

LOS ANGELES - A 29-year-old man has been charged with violently assaulting five different women at UCLA, four of them students, within the span of one hour. The defendant is not a student and did not have permission to be on campus.

"These disturbing attacks strike at the core of campus safety, traumatizing five victims and unsettling campus life," Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said. "We are working closely with the UCLA Police Department to bring the attacker to justice and ensure that he will be held fully accountable for his actions. Our swift actions should send a powerful deterrent message to anyone thinking of coming onto a college campus to harm anyone that they will be arrested, prosecuted and punished. Our university campuses need to be safe and protected spaces for our students, faculty, staff and community - and we will do everything in our power to ensure that this happens."

Olumuyiwa Akindahunsi (dob 7/8/96) is charged in case 26ARCF01088 with one felony count of attempted kidnapping to commit a forcible rape, three felony counts of assault with the attempt to commit a forcible rape during the commission of a first-degree burglary and two felony counts of assault likely to produce great bodily injury.

On May 28, at approximately 11:30 p.m., the defendant allegedly attacked a woman on Bruin Walk. During the attack, the defendant fled with her phone.

Minutes later, the defendant slipped behind two women into their secure dorm building and followed them to their room, where he allegedly sexually assaulted one of the women and assaulted the other. Both women managed to escape and the defendant fled.

Shortly after, the defendant entered a different dorm building where he allegedly approached a woman walking down the hallway and attempted to kidnap her in order to commit a sexual assault. She broke free and the defendant fled.

Just after midnight on May 29, the defendant allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in the hallway of her dorm. A nearby resident intervened and the defendant fled. He was quickly apprehended by UCLA police officers.

Arraignment was continued to today in Department 30 of the Airport Courthouse.

If convicted as charged, he faces 32 years to life in state prison. He would also be required to register as a sex offender for life.

The case is being prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Negin Mostadim of the Sex Crimes Division and remains under investigation by the UCLA Police Department.

Anyone with information related to the attacks is urged to contact the UCLA Police Department at (310) 825-1491.

The charges filed in this case are allegations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.