Paul Gonzales: From Gold Medal Boxing Champ to Indicted Sexual Assaulter with a bail of $545,000

Former Olympic Gold Medalist Paul Gonzales was a hero to me and many others in my generation for his amazing talent in the boxing ring.  Today, Gonzales has been formally arraigned in a Downtown Los Angeles County Court room on graphic sexual assault charges against a teenage girl.

This pains me.

Athletes who use their fame to have access to our children need to be held to a high standard of conduct.



 Paul Gonzales has been a hero to thousands of young people here in Los Angeles.  Today is a sad day in this storied life.

We ALL need to stand up and take action...enough is enough.  Below is the official details of the arrest.  $545,000 bail.  Ouch.  That's gonna leave a mark, champ.

Here is the press statement from the LA County District Attorney's Office:

"A former Olympic gold medalist and youth boxing coach is scheduled to be arraigned today on charged that he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl last year, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Paul Gonzales (dob 4/18/64) is expected to be arraigned in Department 30 of the Foltz Criminal Justice Center. He is charged in case BA464024 with four counts of lewd act upon a child and one count each of attempted lewd act upon a child, possession of child pornography, distributing or showing pornography to a minor and contact with a minor for sexual offense. Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Hall Cops of the Sex Crimes Division is prosecuting the case. Gonzales, who won a gold medal in boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics, worked at the Eddie Heredia Boxing Club in East Los Angeles. He occasionally trained the 13-year-old victim and allegedly committed the crimes between May and December 2017. If convicted as charged, he faces a possible maximum sentence of 18 years and four months in state prison. The case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department."

Booking No.: 5190264       Last Name: GONZALES       First Name: PAUL       Middle Name: Sex: M       Race: H       Date Of Birth: 04/18/1964       Age: 53       Hair: BLK       Eyes: BRO       Height: 509       Weight: 165

Charge Level: F   (Felony)

ARREST Arrest Date: 12/29/2017       Arrest Time: 0850       Arrest Agency: 8301       Agency Description: LASD-PARKS BUREAU PATROL Date Booked: 12/29/2017       Time Booked: 1036       Booking Location: PRV       Location Description: STA - PICO RIVERA

BAIL Total Bail Amount: 545,000.00       Total Hold Bail Amount: 0.00       Grand Total: 545,000.00

HOUSING LOCATION Housing Location: NORF Permanent Housing Assigned Date: 01/12/2018       Assigned Time: 1426       Visitor Status: 0 Facility: PITCHESS DETENTION CENTER NORTH FACILITY Address: 29320 THE OLD ROAD       City: CASTAIC

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