Oscar De La Hoya is being sued by a previous personnel of Casa Mexico Enterprises, a tequila organization he is a husband or wife in, who suggests the former boxing environment champion sexually assaulted her two times in 2020, when through a business occasion and a different time at his residence.
The cross-criticism lawsuit was submitted Tuesday in Los Angeles County Outstanding Courtroom and obtained by United states of america Now Athletics. It includes 11 problems, alleging sexual battery, sexual harassment, gender discrimination, wrongful termination and fraud.
Gina Ruccione suggests in the lawsuit that in March 2020 Casa Mexico organized a firm function in Mexico to check out the tequila distillery and create promoting and marketing and advertising products. The celebration was attended by sporting activities and leisure associates, like actor Mario Lopez.
She says she returned to her lodge area on the 1st night time and was awakened by De La Hoya pounding on the door. After opening the doorway, De La Hoya allegedly dropped his pants to his ankles, pushed his way into the home and got into Ruccione’s bed.
Ruccione states she shoved De La Hoya from the bed, walked him to his place, opened his door and returned to her place.
The up coming morning Ruccione was in charge of taking care of the Casa Mexico journey routines. She went to De La Hoya’s home to wake him as he did not present up with the relaxation of the team.
In reaction to her knocking on the doorway, De La Hoya pushed her onto his mattress and allegedly sexually assaulted her. Ruccione suggests the company took no action following she told then-CEO Eric Gerardo Leyva-Buccio about the assault, in accordance to the lawsuit.
Usa These days Sports does not identify possible victims of sexual misconduct, but Ruccione has made her identity community.
Soon following the team returned to Los Angeles, Ruccione and various others went to evening meal and then to De La Hoya’s property. At a single position, De La Hoya was by yourself with Ruccione and allegedly retrieved a sexual object and forcibly inserted it into her. She also says that in the course of her employment at Casa Mexico, her supervisors regularly “subjected her to unwelcome sexual improvements, requests for sexual favors or other verbal, visible, or bodily conduct of a sexual character.”
Michael Gooch, Casa Mexico CEO, Robert Crossan, Casa Mexico COO, and DV Capital Partners, a Florida organization owned by Gooch, are named as the other defendants, and Ruccione is requesting a jury demo, seeking punitive and exemplary damages.
Ruccione was employed to do marketing and advertising for the corporation in 2019, with the title of Casa Mexico’s vice president of internet marketing even though she was not instantly used by the business. She was fired in November, months soon after the firm discussed submitting for an initial public giving (IPO), which she was towards.
The adhering to month, Casa Mexico filed a deal-small business governance lawsuit versus Leyva-Buccio and Ruccione.
“Oscar De La Hoya and all other functions concerned vehemently deny these wrong accusations, developed with such malicious intentions, by a former personnel, who was terminated for just induce,” a publicist for De La Hoya claimed in a statement. “Unfortunately, with 20-4-hour information cycles we come to be, much more frequently than not, the receiver of vindictive, untrue and unjust accusations that are interpreted and distribute as truth of the matter – without any evidence to support erroneous statements,” states Oscar, “I am assured my legal workforce will resolve this subject and confirm my innocence.”
De La Hoya, 49, found stardom after winning a boxing gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. After turning pro, he won 11 world titles in six body weight lessons, finishing with a career report of 39-6 with 30 knockouts. He started Golden Boy Promotions in 2002. He was accused of sexual assault in 2017 by an unidentified woman, and in 1998 when a then 15-yr-old lady mentioned De La Hoya raped and imprisoned her in a Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, lodge space. That scenario was settled out of courtroom.
“Oscar De La Hoya sexually assaulted Ms. Ruccione. Ms. Ruccione has been seriously impacted and has filed a lawsuit to keep him accountable and those people perpetuating harmful masculinity and a hostile work setting where by her abuse was not just tolerated, but encouraged and condoned by Casa Mexico’s executives, Michael Gooch and Robert Crossan. As a survivor of this abuse, she desires other folks to know this conduct is unacceptable – and it doesn’t subject who you are. We will search for justice on her behalf,” claimed Ruccione’s legal professional, Sylvia Torres-Guillén of Andrade Gonzalez.