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BOXING legend Oscar De La Hoya is facing one of the dirtiest fights of his life - over pictures of him in women's underwear.
A New York stripper claims she took the photos of the 34-year-old wearing high heels, a wig and a fishnet body stocking.
And her friends say the boxer, who won world titles at five weight levels, had kinky sex parties involving men and women.
But De La Hoya, who is married to a Puerto Rican singer and has four children by four different women, insists the photos are fake.
His spokeswoman Debbie Caplan said: "They're not real. His head's too small and it doesn't even look like his body."
She called the claims "absurd" and accused the woman, who is understood to work in a strip bar in Manhattan, of being "out for money".
But R Couri Hay, a journalist who spoke to the unnamed stripper, said: "I fully believe she is telling the truth.
"She had been reluctant to talk. But now that she's being called a liar, she's ready.And, believe me, she has a lot of details."
US media outlets are also running damning allegations from the stripper and her friends about the alleged affair.
The New York Daily News quoted a friend saying that De La Hoya, who achieved fame when he won Olympic gold in Barcelona in 1992, would meet the woman when he left his family at home in Puerto Rico.
"He'd send a private plane or fly them first class," the friend allegedly said. "They'd meet up in hotels where the party could go on for days. There was a lot of tequila. It involved men and women. They indulged his every whim and taste."
"He wore size 9 ladies' shoes. He also liked wearing thigh-high nylons. He liked sex games. He and the girl would sit in a chair that they'd pretend was a motorcycle. He'd pretend he was the girl on the back. She'd be the guy. He'd grab her around the waist and squeal, 'Faster! Faster!'"
De La Hoya - who was nicknamed Golden Boy - has been the target of several sexual harassment claims.
In 1998, a woman accused him of raping her when she was 15 but Los Angeles police failed to find sufficient evidence to bring charges.
Last night, Hay said the stripper stands by her story, adding: "She's disappointed that Oscar isn't coming to terms with his feminine side."
- The Daily Record
A New York stripper claims she took the photos of the 34-year-old wearing high heels, a wig and a fishnet body stocking.
And her friends say the boxer, who won world titles at five weight levels, had kinky sex parties involving men and women.
But De La Hoya, who is married to a Puerto Rican singer and has four children by four different women, insists the photos are fake.
His spokeswoman Debbie Caplan said: "They're not real. His head's too small and it doesn't even look like his body."
She called the claims "absurd" and accused the woman, who is understood to work in a strip bar in Manhattan, of being "out for money".
But R Couri Hay, a journalist who spoke to the unnamed stripper, said: "I fully believe she is telling the truth.
"She had been reluctant to talk. But now that she's being called a liar, she's ready.And, believe me, she has a lot of details."
US media outlets are also running damning allegations from the stripper and her friends about the alleged affair.
The New York Daily News quoted a friend saying that De La Hoya, who achieved fame when he won Olympic gold in Barcelona in 1992, would meet the woman when he left his family at home in Puerto Rico.
"He'd send a private plane or fly them first class," the friend allegedly said. "They'd meet up in hotels where the party could go on for days. There was a lot of tequila. It involved men and women. They indulged his every whim and taste."
"He wore size 9 ladies' shoes. He also liked wearing thigh-high nylons. He liked sex games. He and the girl would sit in a chair that they'd pretend was a motorcycle. He'd pretend he was the girl on the back. She'd be the guy. He'd grab her around the waist and squeal, 'Faster! Faster!'"
De La Hoya - who was nicknamed Golden Boy - has been the target of several sexual harassment claims.
In 1998, a woman accused him of raping her when she was 15 but Los Angeles police failed to find sufficient evidence to bring charges.
Last night, Hay said the stripper stands by her story, adding: "She's disappointed that Oscar isn't coming to terms with his feminine side."
- The Daily Record
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