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Friday, May 15, 2026

Former boxer Oscar De La Hoya accused in suit of sexually assaulting ex-employee - NBC News

A woman sued Oscar De La Hoya, accusing the former boxing champion of sexually assaulting her twice in 2020 when she worked for his tequila company.

In a Los Angeles County Superior Court civil action the woman said the attacks happened in Mexico and California while she was a marketing executive for Casa Mexico Tequila, which lists De La Hoya as one of its partners.

The woman lists De La Hoya, Casa Mexico and other company officials as defendants in her claim.

In March 2020, she and other company employees were allegedly in Mexico "to visit its distillery and create advertising and marketing materials," the civil complaint said.

One night after going to sleep, the woman said, De La Hoya banged on her hotel room door and she opened to find him standing there "with his pants dropped to his ankles" before he "pushed his way into the room, and got into her bed," the lawsuit said.

The woman "had not invited him into her room," and she "pushed him from the bed and walked him to his room, opened his door, and immediately returned to her own room," according to the lawsuit.

The next morning, De La Hoya did not appear for "the day’s activity schedule for touring and marketing activities" so the woman went to his room "to wake him," the lawsuit said. That's when the former champ allegedly pulled her "into his bed, where he sexually assaulted her," the lawsuit said.

Not long after the incident in Mexico, members of this work group were back in Southern California where they went out...



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