Two female students serving as counselors say other counselors forced them to endure hazing rituals in addition to unwanted physical contact.
UCLA has canceled this summer’s Bruin Woods alumni camp in Lake Arrowhead and placed its counselors under different supervisors after two female students filed a lawsuit alleging that they were sexually abused and subject to “traditions” that included sensory deprivation, forced nudity and being required to drink excessive amounts of alcohol.
Bruin Woods is a camp for alumni and their families that takes place each summer at Lake Arrowhead Lodge in the San Bernardino Mountains. Bruin Woods hires some 50 counselors each year from among its student body who were, until camp was canceled, supervised by staff from the Lake Arrowhead Lodge under UCLA’s Department of Housing & Hospitality, Grey said.
“I think the summer closure is a good first step in trying to prevent this kind of conduct from occurring in the future,” Carr said. “On multiple occasions, plaintiffs and other new hires were subjected to physical abuse such as being forced to walk to a warehouse without shoes on and pillowcases over their heads, then to hold their arms in the air until they lost circulation; being woken up daily by loud music and screaming from people who did not have plaintiffs’ consent to enter their rooms; being coerced to consume copious amounts of alcohol while driving up a windy mountain road, with the ‘challenge’ being making it up...
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