Cain Velasquez
Sentenced To Jail In Tried Homicide Case
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Cain Velasquez has simply been sentenced to 5 years in jail for his alleged function in a 2022 tried homicide.
A decide issued the order on Monday afternoon in a Santa Clara, Calif. courtroom … roughly three years after the UFC legend was accused of making an attempt to kill Harry Goularte, a person who allegedly molested certainly one of Velasquez’s shut kin.
🚨 Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is getting into the courtroom room to obtain his sentence for tried homicide.
He already plead no contest.
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Velasquez appeared in individual for the listening to … and wore a collared shirt and a dark-colored blazer. He spoke on the proceedings and expressed regret — as did members of his household. A few of Goularte’s kin addressed the courtroom too, and requested the decide for a heftier sentence.
Velasquez beforehand said he’d settle for no matter punishment was levied on him … when he advised Kyle Kingsbury on Kyle Kingsbury Podcast earlier this month that “what I did was very harmful to different folks.”
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“I perceive what I did,” he stated, “and I am prepared to do all the pieces I’ve to to pay again that.”
Authorities allege that on Feb. 28, 2022, Velasquez adopted Goularte on a roadway in his truck after which rammed into the 43-year-old’s car. They declare Velasquez then opened hearth on the automotive, and struck Goularte’s stepfather, Paul Bender, within the arm — inflicting accidents.
The 42-year-old former MMA star was in the end arrested and hit with 10 legal expenses. He at first pleaded not responsible to the counts, however later modified his pleas to no contest.
On Kingsbury’s pod, he stated he had deliberate to do no matter a courtroom required of him “with my head up.”
“It was me that did that,” he stated, “and reacted in that method.”
Prosecutors had reportedly requested for 30 years to life for Velasquez. His protection staff, in the meantime, requested time served and probation.
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