India, March 18 -- Civil rights leader Cesar Chavez has faced allegations of sexual misconduct from his United Farm Workers co-founder, Dolores Huerta.

An investigation by The New York Times uncovered that Chavez sexually assaulted Huerta and multiple other women during his ascent.

Huerta recounted an incident on a winter night in 1966 in Delano, California. She stated that he took her to a remote field and then raped her inside the car.

She decided against reporting the assault to the authorities due to the animosity directed at the farmworker union movement, and she also felt that no one within the union would take her account seriously.

Huerta further recounted an incident which took place six years ago, when he coerced her into a ...