UCLA Recruit Arrested

By Steve Henson

July 29, 2002 12 AM PT

C.J. Niusulu, a defensive lineman scheduled to begin his UCLA football career this fall, has been arrested on charges of felony battery in his hometown of Barstow.

According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Niusulu, 18, was in a fight at a drive-in theater and the victim required medical treatment for facial injuries.

Niusulu, who is free on $50,000 bond, is scheduled to report to UCLA on Aug. 9. Bruin Coach Bob Toledo is out of town and could not be reached for comment.

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Steve Henson

Steve Henson is a reporter with the Fast Break sports team at the Los Angeles Times. He previously served as an assistant editor and reporter in the Sports department. Henson was a leader in digital-only newsrooms from 2007-19 as a senior editor and columnist at Yahoo Sports and as senior editor at the USA Today Sports Media Group. This is his second stint at The Times, having covered the Dodgers and UCLA as well as doing enterprise, investigative and features writing from 1985-2007. Henson was awarded first place in sports features in 2021 by the L.A. Press Club and has been honored several times by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) and also by the California News Publishers Assn., the Football Writers Assn. of America and U.S. Basketball Writers Assn.

UCLA Recruit Arrested

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