Cain Velasquez has been sentenced to 5 years in jail.
On Monday, Velasquez returned to the Santa Clara County Superior Court docket the place Decide Arthur Bocanegra handed down the sentence stemming from a capturing that resulted within the MMA star being charged with felony assault, gun prices, and essentially the most critical, tried homicide. The prosecution was asking for 25 years to life.
Upon his arrest shortly after the incident in February 2022, Velasquez spent eight months behind bars. A number of bail requests have been denied till Decide Bocanegra granted him his launch on a $1 million bond that November.
Since then, Velasquez has continued to work and stay life as a beloved member of his group. Sadly, that’s not the case.
Cain Velasquez tried to shoot the person who allegedly molested his son
In accordance with prosecutors, the previous UFC champion went on a capturing spree concentrating on a person who allegedly molested one in all Velasquez’s younger youngsters at a daycare middle. The accused baby molester, Harry Goularte, lived at his mom’s house daycare, Patty’s Childcare, in San Martin.
Velasquez was accused of taking the legislation into his personal arms when he chased Goularte’s pickup truck and drove 100 miles per hour from Morgan Hill to San Jose on Feb. 28, 2022, per prosecutors.
Velasquez, 42, of Gilroy, pleaded “no contest” to tried homicide final summer time.
Decide Benjamin Williams gave Goularte a June 2 jury trial date in January. He faces one felony rely of lewd acts with a minor after he was accused of molesting Velasquez’s then-four-year-old son.
Since his arrest in 2022, Goularte has been out on bail with GPS monitoring.
