Lawsuit accuses civil rights icon Cesar Chavez of sexual assault, claims union covered it up

KERO 23ABC · September 9, 2026

A woman is suing the estate of Cesar Chavez, the Cesar Chavez Foundation, and the United Farm Workers, accusing the late civil rights leader of sexually assaulting her in 1973.

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