Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is ready to go to trial later this 12 months.
The previous heavyweight hasn’t competed within the cage since a first-round knockout loss to Francis Ngannou in 2019. After that defeat, Cain Velasquez retired from MMA however has remained energetic on the planet {of professional} wrestling. That was till early 2022 when the previous UFC champion was arrested for tried homicide.
The information of Cain Velasquez’s arrest naturally shocked followers across the globe. Whereas he was a implausible fighter within the cage, the previous champion has at all times been very quiet exterior of it. Nevertheless, over the subsequent few weeks, followers realized the specifics behind the incident, and why Velasquez tried to shoot a person after a automobile chase.
The person whom the retired fighter was chasing was Harry Goularte Jr. The person was arrested for sexually abusing Cain Velasquez’s son at his daycare weeks earlier than the capturing happened. When the person was launched on bail, the previous champion chased him in visitors and shot at his car a number of occasions. He didn’t strike Goularte Jr. however did strike the person’s stepfather within the automobile with him.
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Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is ready to go to trial in September
Because of that capturing in February 2022, Cain Velasquez was rapidly arrested and charged with tried homicide. He was stored with out bail for eight months, with the choose within the case stating that the fighter had a “reckless disregard for human life”. In June, Velasquez filed a lawsuit towards the person accused of abusing his son, in addition to the proprietor of the daycare the place the alleged crime happened. After a number of appeals, the previous UFC champion was granted $1 million bail in November.
Since then, Cain Velasquez’s case has been slow-moving. Nevertheless, the previous UFC heavyweight champion now has a trial date. Velasquez will now head to trial on September ninth, on tried homicide expenses, however there’s additionally a litany of different gun-related expenses. If the fighter is discovered responsible of tried homicide, his sentencing could possibly be dire.
Within the occasion of a responsible verdict, Cain Velasquez faces anyplace between 20 years, and life in jail. That’s additionally not together with time that would come from different expenses associated to the case. Whereas it’s doable that the retired heavyweight might get a plea deal, that is still to be seen. A trial readiness listening to is now set for June twenty sixth in California.
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