Oscar De La Hoya, former boxer, was arrested for DUI in Pasadena, CA
Drunk driving got a famous Mexican-American boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya into trouble. The 43-year-old former boxer was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Wednesday, January 25, 2017.
California Highway Patrol stopped Mr. De La Hoya, nicknamed “the Golden Boy” by the press, around 2 a.m. for speeding while he was driving along Del Mar Blvd. in Pasadena, California.
When the California Highway Patrol officer approached his car, an officer smelled alcohol vapors and observed other symptoms of intoxication. Subsequent to this observation, the officer started a DUI investigation and proceeded to administer field sobriety tests on Mr. De La Hoya. The former boxer complied with the officer’s request to submit to a series of field sobriety tests but failed to perfume the field sobriety test as explained and demonstrated.
Subsequent to the field sobriety test Mr. De La Hoya’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was tested and it showed a result over 0.08% BAC. Under California’s DUI laws, driving with BAC of 0.08% or greater is illegal. The boxer was arrested for drunk driving. He is likely to face 2 counts of misdemeanor violation: a driving while impaired and a driving with a blood-alcohol level above the legal level. He was cited to appear to in court and released upon a promise to appear.
Mr. De La Hoya had a remarkable 16-year career as a professional boxer. He won a gold medal for the USA at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and gained 10 titles in 6 different weight divisions. He ended his career in the ring with the loss to Manny Pacquiao. By the time of his retirement, De La Hoya founded Golden Boy Promotions, a boxing promotional firm.
De La Hoya has battled alcohol dependence before being arrested here, seeking medical treatment for his alcohol dependency in 2011 and 2013.
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