Oscar de la Hoya says he paid "Russian gangsters" to avoid a scandalous photo leakage
Photos of the boxer with lingerie were published by the Tabloids in 2007.
In 2007, Oscar de la Hoya was at the center of a tabloid scandal when photos of him dressed in lingerie were published by various tabloids. At the time, the Olympic boxer winner of the gold medal made great efforts to deny that it was him in the photos, in particular by saying that the photos were modified. A few years later, he admitted that he was lying. And now, from the Hoya shares more from the story behind the flight of these personal photos. He declared in a new interview that his lawyers did everything that tried to take out the photos, in particular by gaining a gain to the people whom the boxer describes as "Russian gangsters". Continue to read to find out more.
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Personal photos of the Hoya fled in 2007.
In 2007, the New York Post Published photos of Hoya in women's underwear, a wig and a Fishnet bodystock. Also presented in the photos was a stripper named Milana DRAVNEL . From the Hoya denied that the photos were of him, and Dravnel, who had taken them, said that they were not real after their publication.
But, in 2008, Dravnel continued Hoya for slander , saying that she had been in a hurry to say that the photos were not authentic, as indicated by the Los Angeles Times . A forensic expert hired by de la Hoya said it was his opinion that the photos had been published. Dravnel subsequently rejected his case.
"From the Hoya constantly argued that the photos in question were tampered with," said Hoya's lawyer Judd Burstein said in a press release as reported by the Times . "Her complaint was confirmed by a highly estimated expert ... We are doubt that the case would have been rejected. Mr. de la Hoya would have successfully pursued it for fraud and extortion. The size was in place and she decided to go away." AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
De la Hoya is later clean.
Four years after the publication of the photos, of the Hoya admitted that they were real photos of him.
"Let me tell you, yes, yes, it was me," he said on Aqui yhora ( Via CBS News ). The athlete said he was drunk and cocaine when the photos were taken. "I am now tired of lying. To lie to the public and lie to myself," he said. In the same interview, he said that "Rock Bottom was recently" and explained that he had received treatment for drug addiction.
THE New York Post reported that Of the Hoya had paid $ 20 million in Dravnel , settle the amicable trial. In 2007, the lawyer for the Hoya said that there was no "silence". Burstein said: "Oscar doesn't pay him a penny."
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He made an unsuccessful gain to prevent photos from fleeing.
In a new interview with Entertainment tonight , Hoya explained that He tried to stop the lingerie photos disclosure by paying "Russian gangsters". The 50 -year -old said that a former manager of his company Golden Boy Promotions was the one who managed negotiation.
"He [the executive] told me this story about the Russian crowd and this and that and [how] we have to pay millions of dollars," said Hoya AND . "I say to myself: 'Yeah, well, make it disappear. It will ruin my image. It will ruin which is the Golden Boy and people will hate me. Just make disappear.'"
He said that people who worked for him - who did not name him - did a flight to New York where they were to meet the members of the Mafia in a roof pool. He did not explain what role the gangsters would have played in the publication of photos or not.
"This is the story they told me is that my lawyer at the time had to jump in a roof swimming pool in New York with one of the Russian gangsters to make sure they had no connected threads to their bodies," he said. "And of course, apparently, they paid all this money, but yet the photos still disclosed. So, I have never really investigated.
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A documentary on her life arrives in HBO.
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The documentary of the Hoya mentioned is a next HBO documentary on her life entitled The golden man , which will be presented on July 24. In addition to the scandal of these lingerie photos, the doc also explores his family life, the allegations of sexual assault that were brought against him (which he denies) and his relationship with his mother, Cecilia Gonzalez de la Hoya , died in 1990 and which, according to the Hoya, was abusive.
From the Hoya also admits in the documentary that he lied about his relationship with his mother in the press, making himself positive and claiming that his dying wish was for him to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. He reached this goal two years after his death at the 1992 Barcelona Games.
