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===Substance abuse problem=== Three months prior to the cross-dressing controversy, De La Hoya had publicly acknowledged that he had a substance abuse problem, stating, "After doing an honest evaluation of myself, I recognize that there are certain issues that I need to work on. Like everyone, I have my flaws, and I do not want to be one of those people that is afraid to admit and address those flaws." He underwent treatment at the [[Betty Ford Center]] in Rancho Mirage, California for [[alcoholism]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=6574179 |title=Boxing great Oscar De La Hoya enters rehab in California |work=ESPN |date=May 22, 2011 |access-date=May 19, 2012}}</ref> In September 2013, just a few days before the Golden Boy promoted match of [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Canelo Álvarez]], De La Hoya announced that he was returning to a drug and alcohol treatment facility.<ref name="sports.yahoo.com">{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxing/oscar-la-hoya-relapsed-admitted-himself-rehab-facility-185415064--box.html |title=Oscar De La Hoya has relapsed, admitted himself into a rehab facility |last=Iole |first=Kevin |work=Yahoo! Sports |date=September 10, 2013 |access-date=June 21, 2021}}</ref> In January 2017, De La Hoya was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in Pasadena, California;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/report-oscar-de-la-hoya-fails-field-sobriety-test-arrested-at-2-a-m-tuesday-210235074.html |title=Report: Oscar De La Hoya arrested after failing field sobriety test |work=Yahoo! Sports |last=Iole |first=Kevin |date=January 25, 2017 |access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> to which he pled not guilty, and charges were dismissed in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pasadenanow.com/main/oscar-de-la-hoyas-pasadena-dui-charges-dismissed/#.W47oYtPwZPU |work=Pasadena News Now |title=Oscar De La Hoya's Pasadena DUI Charges Dismissed |date=January 18, 2018 |access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref> In 2019, during an investigation of an attempted extortion, he admitted to having used cocaine in early 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://theblast.com/c/oscar-de-la-hoya-extortion-cocaine-foreign-objects-arrest |title=Oscar De La Hoya Admitted Cocaine, Alcohol Use to FBI in Extortion Case |date=May 4, 2018 |website=The Blast |language=en |access-date=August 5, 2019}}</ref>
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