Oscar De La Hoya spilled the details of his marital, drug and alcohol problems in a recent interview with Univision. He also spoke about the claims of stripper Milana Dravnel and the fishnet photo scandal and confessed that it was him in those pictures.
De La Hoya revealed his battle with alcohol and drugs, and said he even contemplated suicide. 'Within a couple of years, just thinking if my life was even worth it. I don't have the strength, I don't have the courage to take my own life but I was thinking about it. My drug of choice was cocaine and alcohol. Cocaine was in the last two years. I depended more in the alcohol than the cocaine,' he said. Oscar has been clean and sober for three months after going to rehab and attending Alcoholics Anonymous.
In 2007 Ms Dravnel claimed Oscar had cheated on his wife with her and posted the embarrassing images on the Internet. At the time, De La Hoya claimed it was not him in the photos, that they were composed with Photoshop and that the stripper was 'out for money.
De La Hoya reportedly hired a team of lawyers, a PR firm and business associates to discredit Ms Dravnel and force her into retracting her story. In June 2008, Ms Dravnel settled a federal lawsuit she brought against De La Hoya. Details of the settlement were never revealed as they signed confidentiality agreements.
Milana Dravnel recently threw a haymaker at the De la Hoya, suing him for $100 million for smearing her rep. Dravnel alleges in the suit that De La Hoya’s lawyers coerced her into taking back her story (the one where she allegedly took those saucy pictures of Oscar in fishnet stockings and more in a Philly hotel room) and made false promises to her if she recanted. Dravnel also claims she was his mistress from January 2006 to May 2007, and that she was paid $70,000 for the pictures, a price her lawyer says was “below market.” She’s now suing for “fraud, defamation, and infliction of emotional distress.”
De La Hoya revealed his battle with alcohol and drugs, and said he even contemplated suicide. 'Within a couple of years, just thinking if my life was even worth it. I don't have the strength, I don't have the courage to take my own life but I was thinking about it. My drug of choice was cocaine and alcohol. Cocaine was in the last two years. I depended more in the alcohol than the cocaine,' he said. Oscar has been clean and sober for three months after going to rehab and attending Alcoholics Anonymous.
In 2007 Ms Dravnel claimed Oscar had cheated on his wife with her and posted the embarrassing images on the Internet. At the time, De La Hoya claimed it was not him in the photos, that they were composed with Photoshop and that the stripper was 'out for money.
De La Hoya reportedly hired a team of lawyers, a PR firm and business associates to discredit Ms Dravnel and force her into retracting her story. In June 2008, Ms Dravnel settled a federal lawsuit she brought against De La Hoya. Details of the settlement were never revealed as they signed confidentiality agreements.
Milana Dravnel recently threw a haymaker at the De la Hoya, suing him for $100 million for smearing her rep. Dravnel alleges in the suit that De La Hoya’s lawyers coerced her into taking back her story (the one where she allegedly took those saucy pictures of Oscar in fishnet stockings and more in a Philly hotel room) and made false promises to her if she recanted. Dravnel also claims she was his mistress from January 2006 to May 2007, and that she was paid $70,000 for the pictures, a price her lawyer says was “below market.” She’s now suing for “fraud, defamation, and infliction of emotional distress.”
Óscar de la Hoya admitió en una entrevista su adicción a las drogas, las traiciones a su esposa y confesó que hasta pensó en suicidarse. "Lo peor fue recientemente, durante un par de años, solo pensaba si mi vida valía algo. No tengo la fortaleza, no tengo el coraje para quitarme mi propia vida pero estuve pensando en eso" dijo De la Hoya. Asimismo, aseguró haberse sometido a una rehabilitación para combatir su adicción al alcohol y la cocaína, sustancias que le "llevaban a un lugar seguro y donde nadie me podía decir nada". "Es la pelea más grande de mi vida, pelear con este monstruo es el rival más duro de mi vida", reconoció.
Añadió además que engañó a su esposa, la ex cantante puertorriqueña Millie Corretjer, con la que tiene dos hijos, y que estuvieron separados por un tiempo. "Obviamente no estamos hablando aquí de un Tiger Woods pero fui infiel", explicó el ex púgil mexicano-estadounidense, poseedor de 10 títulos mundiales en seis categorías diferentes.
Tambien admitio que es el usando ropa de mujer en las fotos que fueron diseminadas en el Internet en el 2007 por Milana Dravnel. Milana dijo que Oscar engano a su mujer con ella. En ese tiempo De La Hoya dijo que las fotos fueron creadas con Photoshop y que la Dravnel le queria explotar por dinero.
