US women\u2019s chess champ accuses GM Alejandro Ramirez of sexually assaulting her Instagram: JenShahade\/YouTube: GibChessUS woman\u2019s chess champion Jennifer Shahade is accusing Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez of sexually assaulting her and others in a message posted to her Twitter page. Over the last few decades, Jennifer Shahade has smashed the woman\u2019s chess circuit, taking home two Women\u2019s World Championships \u2013 one in 2002, and her second in 2004. On February 15, Shahade took to her Twitter profile with a message accusing fellow Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez of sexually assaulting her as a minor, and says others have come forward, as well. Jennifer Shahade accuses Alejandro Ramirez of sexual assault Since posting her message, it has been viewed over 250,000 times and is continuing to grow. \u201cCurrently, there are multiple investigations underway on Alejandro Ramirez and sexual misconduct, including a series of alleged incidents involving a minor,\u201d she explained. \u201cI was assaulted by him twice, nine and ten years ago. \u201cI\u2019d moved on until the past couple of years, when multiple women, independent of each other and with no knowledge of my own experience, approached me with their own stories of the alleged abuse.\u201d She went on to mention that she allegedly saw texts from Alejandro admitting to the abuse of a minor while he was coaching her. Since learning this, she has stepped back from commentary at chess events and chose to speak out to make it crystal clear that the \u201csafety of women, girls, children is of the highest priority.\u201d Alejandro first entered the scene in the late 1990s, having gained official Grandmaster rank at the age of 15 \u2014 becoming the first Central American to do so. He has yet to speak out since Jennifer made these allegations public, but we\u2019ll be sure to update you if he does. In the meantime, head over to our entertainment section for more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
US women\u2019s chess champ accuses GM Alejandro Ramirez of sexually assaulting her Instagram: JenShahade\/YouTube: GibChessUS woman\u2019s chess champion Jennifer Shahade is accusing Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez of sexually assaulting her and others in a message posted to her Twitter page. Over the last few decades, Jennifer Shahade has smashed the woman\u2019s chess circuit, taking home two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}