Julia Harte is a reporter for Reuters.
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Dolores Huerta Among Women Accusing Cesar Chavez of Sexual Assault
03-18-2026
Dolores Huerta attends the WIF (Women In Film) Honors 2025 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., November 6, 2025. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez and fought alongside him for decades to expand labor rights in the U.S., on Wednesday accused Chavez of sexually assaulting her in the 1960s.
Huerta said in a statement that she was sharing her story in light of a multi-year New York Times investigation, also published on Wednesday, that detailed a larger pattern of sexual misconduct allegations against Chavez, who died in 1993 at the age of 66, including testimonies by women who said he molested and raped them when they were minors.