A model who claimed retired boxer Oscar De La Hoya assaulted her wants him to apologies and pay her $5million in damages for taking ‘advantage of her in every way possible’.
Angelica Marie Cecora, 25, claimed at a lawsuit hearing that he held a drug-fuelled hotel romp last March, wore women’s underwear and intimidated her and her friend when they tried to leave.
‘It would be nice to start with an apology,’ said the Maxim and Playboy model outside court on Wednesday, dressed demurely in a ruffled shirt, short skirt and heels.
Oscar needs to acknowledge his mistakes,’ Ms Cecora, reported the New York Daily News. ‘He knows he did something wrong.’
After consensual sex, the married fighter put on Ms Cecora’s underwear and ordered drugs to his room at New York’s Ritz Hotel, the lawsuit said.
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He allegedly then requested an extreme sex act and Ms Cecora obliged before having her roommate come over with sex toys.
Ms Cecora and her friend then fell asleep but De La Hoya allegedly tried to pull her out of bed three times for more sex, reported the Daily News.
She was ‘afraid to leave the hotel room because she feared the defendant would attempt to have sex with her against her will,’ the lawsuit said.
‘Oscar needs to acknowledge his mistakes. He knows he did something wrong’
Suites at the lavish Ritz-Carlton on Central Park South in Manhattan go for up to an eye-watering $4,500 a night.
He allegedly ran off in the morning and left the women with a $1,500 bill for the room. They in turn ran off, but Ms Cecora claims De La Hoya’s manager called her later on to try to settle the bills, reported X17 Online.
She is not pursuing criminal charges, but Ms Cecora is seeking damages for imprisonment, emotional distress, assault and battery. The retired boxer’s lawyer said this was all a con.
Judd Burstein told the court that the worst thing she experienced was missing a dentist appointment the next morning, reported the Daily News.
The attorney wanted sanctions imposed on Ms Cecora’s lawyer, Tony Evans, for bringing a ‘frivolous’ suit filled with ‘salacious’ allegations.
‘It’s a man against a woman in a hotel room. (He) was a professional boxer who’s knocked out 34 people’ Tony Evans, Ms Cecora’s lawyer
‘I’m embarrassed to have to argue this case,’ Mr Burstein said, reported the New York Post – adding she just wanted another ‘15 minutes of fame’.
But Mr Evans responded by saying the case facts are ‘salacious because the acts of Mr De La Hoya were deviant’, reported the Daily News.
‘It’s a man against a woman in a hotel room,’ Mr Evans said, reported the Post. ‘(He) was a professional boxer who’s knocked out 34 people.’
Barcelona 1992 Olympic gold medallist De Lay Hoya, of Los Angeles, California, is worth $175million and generated $700million in pay-per-view TV revenue during his career.
Known as ‘Golden Boy’, his idol is Sugar Ray Leonard and he has a professional record of defeating 17 world champions and winning 10 world titles in six different weights.
His most famous wins were against Mexican great Julio Cesar ‘Caesar of Boxing’ Chavez in 1996 and Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whittaker in 1997. He retired in April 2009 and is now a boxing promoter.
Mr Burstein told the court that De La Hoya began rehabilitation therapy last spring because his life had spiralled out of control
He labelled Ms Cecora ‘a prostitute and a grifter’ in court papers and said the boxer had become a ‘changed man’, reported the Post.
But Mr Evans claimed De La Hoya used his fame to manipulate Ms Cecora and had told her she would be used as a ringside girl in his boxing promotion work.
‘It’s the old Hollywood show business story,’ he said. ‘Find a girl who wants to be a model and say: “Oh you can come work for me”.’
De La Hoya admitted a cocaine addiction in September and said photos of him from 2007 dressed in fishnets and lingerie were authentic.
The Olympic gold medallist was not at the Manhattan Supreme Court hearing – during which his lawyers asked that the lawsuit is dismissed – but denies the attack. The judge reserved a decision.
De La Hoya’s wife Millie Corretjer, whom he married 10 years ago and has two children with, has not publicly commented on the case.
This was the second time De La Hoya has been accused of wearing women’s underwear.
The first woman to do so, Siberian beauty Milana Dravnel, was rumored to have been paid $20million to go away in 2008.
Courtesy of: MailOnline.Com
