UCLA backup quarterback Pierce Clarkson was arrested Friday and booked on suspicion of felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon with great bodily injury and has been suspended indefinitely from the team pending the outcome of legal proceedings.
The arresting agency was the Los Angeles Police Department’s Southwest Division and bail was set at $30,000, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department website. The weapon was not a firearm, according to public information officer Drake Madison of the LAPD. Clarkson’s first court hearing is set for Oct. 3.
“We are aware of the charges against Pierce Clarkson,” a UCLA athletic department spokesperson said in a statement.