http://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/26/sports/plus-boxing-de-la-hoya-accused-of-rape.html
PLUS: BOXING; DE LA HOYA ACCUSED OF RAPE
Published: Thursday, November 26, 1998
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Oscar De La Hoya, the unbeaten World Boxing Council welterweight champion, is accused in a lawsuit by a woman of rape two and a half years ago in Mexico, when she was 15 years old.
Lisa L. Maki, lawyer for the unidentified woman, said yesterday that we have ample evidence.
The lawsuit, filed a day earlier in San Bernardino (Calif.) County Superior Court, alleges that De La Hoya raped the woman, who turned 18 in September, in a hotel room in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in June 1996.
Bob Arum, De La Hoya's longtime promoter, said that he was absolutely outraged by the suit. Arum said from his Las Vegas, Nev., office: Two and a half years after the alleged event, this complaint is filed. There never, ever, ever was a complaint made to the authorities in Cabo or to the hotel where the incident allegedly took place.
De La Hoya, who grew up in East Los Angeles and has a 29-0 record with 24 knockouts, is scheduled to defend his title against Ike Quartey of Ghana on Feb. 13 in Las Vegas
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_32/b3946099.htm
That wasn't easy. A Santa Barbara woman brought civil charges against De La Hoya for allegedly raping her at his condo in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in 1996 when she was 15. And several managers have sued him over broken deals, including Hernandez and veteran promoter Bob Arum. Manager Shelly Finkel, who says he gave the fighter's family $100,000 to help care for De La Hoya's dying mother before the Olympics, claims he was stiffed when Oscar turned pro. Finkel and Hernandez have resolved their differences with Oscar and have no ill feelings toward him. Arum didn't return calls. De La Hoya denies the rape but says he settled with the woman "for a very low amount of money."
the only thing I remember is that he was being taken to court for raping a 15 year old while on vacation at a resort in Mexico. This was alteast 10 years ago so I don't remember the details or how it ended.
I don't know if it was actually "rape" as it was he was having sex with a minor which is considered "rape." I've also heard he didn't know she was a minor...but...who knows. I've heard so many different stories.
If we are going to talk about it, we need factual/solid information.
the only thing I remember is that he was being taken to court for raping a 15 year old while on vacation at a resort in Mexico. This was alteast 10 years ago so I don't remember the details or how it ended.