Olympic boxing champ who coached in East LA gets three-plus years in prison for lewd acts with teen girls

LOS ANGELES — A 1984 Olympic boxing champion was sentenced Tuesday to 3 years and 8 months successful authorities situation aft pleading nary contention to lewd acts with 2 teenage girls.

Paul Gonzales, 57, was ordered to registry arsenic a enactment offender for beingness instantly aft his nary contention plea to 1 number each of lewd enactment connected a kid nether 14 and lewd enactment connected a kid property 14 oregon 15, according to Deputy District Attorney Paul Thompson.

Gonzales was charged successful January 2018 with lewd acts with a 13-year-old girl.

Authorities said helium met the miss portion helium was moving for the Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation Department arsenic the caput manager astatine the Eddie Heredia Boxing Club connected East Olympic Boulevard successful East Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department launched an probe aft being contacted by 1 of the girl’s household members, sheriff’s Lt. Todd Deeds said soon aft the lawsuit was filed against Gonzales.

A 2nd lawsuit was filed earlier this twelvemonth involving a 14-year-old girl, whom Gonzales didn’t conscionable done his enactment arsenic a coach, according to the prosecutor.

At Gonzales’ arraignment successful January 2018, 1 of his defence attorneys, Joseph Gutierrez, unsuccessfully argued that cameras should beryllium excluded from the downtown Los Angeles courtroom during the hearing, telling a justice that the lawsuit had drawn media sum due to the fact that of Gonzales’ past that could compromise his information down bars.

He noted that Gonzales had won a golden medal for the United States arsenic a airy flyweight.