LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KERO) — Another woman has come forward claiming she was a victim of sexual misconduct by labor leader Cesar Chavez. Her account was published in the Spanish-language newspaper La Opinion of Los Angeles.
According to the paper, 53-year-old Jennifer Andrea Porras says Chavez forced himself on her multiple times, kissing and touching her, when she was 18 years old and working as a field organizer at the United Farm Workers headquarters in Keene during the 1990s.
Porras told La Opinion she threatened to expose Chavez, but claims he responded with threats against her and her family.
Porras says she decided to speak publicly now following a New York Times investigation that detailed similar allegations from several women, including claims that some were minors at the time.
23ABC reached out to the United Farm Workers and the Cesar Chavez Foundation for comment on this new allegation, but our calls and emails were not returned as of news time.
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