Labor leader Dolores Huerta said Wednesday that the late Cesar Chavez assaulted her in the 1960s. Huerta’s statement comes after a New York Times report released earlier Wednesday detailed allegations of abuse against Chavez. CBS News’ Elaine Quijano has the details. Source link
Labor leader Dolores Huerta appeared to corroborate allegations of abuse against young women or minors by the late Cesar Chavez on Wednesday, writing in a statement that she had two non-consensual “sexual encounters” with him that ended in pregnancy. The allegations of abuse by Chavez, himself a union and civil rights leader, were first reported … Read more
Hispanic groups are canceling events over claims the late civil-rights icon abused women and girls in the 1960s and ’70s. Source link
The late Cesar Chavez, one of the nation’s most prominent civil rights leaders, has been accused of sexually abusing girls and women. Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta said in a statement that Chavez, her co-founder of what became the United Farm Workers, manipulated and pressured her into sex once and, in a second encounter, forced … Read more