For five years, our reporters Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hartes followed allegations that civil rights icon Cesar Chavez sexually abused girls and women at every level of the United Farm Workers movement. Manny Fernandez takes us inside their investigation.
Written by Manny Fernandez, Sarah Hartes, Mimi Dwyer, Christina Sherman, Thomas Volkomer, John Miller, James Sardam, Nikolai Nikolov, Rafaela Balster, Chris Orr, Pedro Garcia, Rolando Garcia
March 20, 2026
