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Olympic Gold Medalist Arrested Over “Lewd Acts On Child”

Former Olympic gold medalist boxer Paul Gonzales is facing felony charges after being accused of committing lewd acts on a child, officials said Thursday.

Gonzales, who won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics in LA, is facing eight felony counts, including four lewd acts on a child, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Gonzales, who grew up in East LA, retired from boxing in 1991 and works for the county Parks and Recreation Department, where he has been head boxing coach at the Eddie Heredia Boxing Club in East Los Angeles for the past 10 years, sheriff’s officials said.source

Investigators are concerned that with his exposure to children at the gym, there may be other alleged victims.

They asked anyone with information to contact the LASD’s Special Victims Bureau at (877) 710-5273 or (877) 710-LASD.

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