The embattled Casa Ruby founder was originally featured in The Molina Family Latino Gallery’s inaugural exhibition, “¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States”

Teresa Frontado / DCist/WAMU

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino quietly removed content featuring embattled Casa Ruby founder Ruby Corado from an exhibit focused on Latino history in the United States.

The videos were included in an interactive display featuring Latino trailblazers in ¡Presente!, the inaugural exhibit for the forthcoming museum. The exhibit is on display in the Molina Family Latino Gallery at the National Museum of American History given that the Latino museum has not yet been built. (Its location on the National Mall is still being finalized.)

Another place where video of Corado was included in the ¡Presente! exhibit. The video has since been removed. Teresa Frontado

A spokesperson for the Museum of the American Latino confirmed to DCist/WAMU Friday that “content related to Ruby Corado has been removed from the exhibition’s interactive media and companion website.”  The videos were removed in September because “the museum did not want to be affiliated with an individual under investigation by the D.C. Attorney General,” the spokesperson said.

D.C.’s Attorney General Karl Racine sued Corado this month for allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the LGBTQ+ nonprofit. Former employees and clients claim Corado mismanaged Casa Ruby for years. A court-ordered audit discovered Corado stole more than $400,000 from the nonprofit; meanwhile, three D.C. landlords claim she owes them more than $1 million in rent.

Corado denied the allegations in an interview with The Washington Post last month. She was last seen at a Bad Bunny concert in El Salvador, according to El Tiempo Latino.

The 4,500-square-foot Molina Family Latino Gallery opened over the summer, but the museum itself won’t be finished for another 10 years.