Cesar Chavez abused girls, raped fellow labor icon Dolores Huerta, newspaper investigation finds ^92.5%

Los Angeles Times - By Karen Garcia, Richard Winton, Melissa Gomez - 3/18/2026, 2:42 PM

Cesar Chavez, the iconic labor leader, is accused of sexually assaulting two underage girls in the 1970s as well as fellow farmworker leader Dolores Huerta in the 1960s, according to an investigation from the New York Times. The allegations have sparked public outcry from elected leaders and spurred a wider reckoning of a towering figure... more