Dolores Huerta speaks out in first public interview since Chavez assault claims
Summary
Dolores Huerta discussed allegations that labor leader Cesar Chavez sexually abused women and girls in a podcast interview, her first public interview since the claims surfaced. Huerta said Chavez assaulted her in two encounters in the 1960s and that she kept the experiences secret for decades because she feared harming the farmworker movement.Key Facts
- A New York Times investigation reported allegations that Chavez raped and abused women and girls, including two women who said he sexually abused them as children in the 1970s.
- Huerta said she experienced two separate encounters with Chavez; she described one as involving pressure and the other as forced against her will.
- Huerta said the incidents led to two pregnancies and that other family members raised the daughters.
- Huerta said she did not confront Chavez and expressed regret that she had not, wondering whether it might have prevented harm to others.
- The Chavez family called the allegations deeply painful, expressed support for survivors, and asked for privacy while processing the news.
- Huerta said the allegations should not erase the farmworker movement’s accomplishments and that she has support as she processes the news.
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