Former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was charged Wednesday with tried homicide and a number of gun assault costs after authorities stated he fired at a pickup truck carrying a person accused of sexually abusing a 4-year-old member of the family.
Velasquez was arrested Monday after he chased a pickup carrying Harry Goularte via busy streets in three Silicon Valley cities, ramming the car along with his personal pickup truck throughout an 11-mile (18-kilometer) high-speed chase, prosecutors stated.
Velasquez fired a .40-caliber pistol on the car a number of occasions, wounding Goularte’s stepfather, who was driving, in his hand, prosecutors stated.
Velasquez, 39, appeared in courtroom Wednesday however his arraignment was postponed till Monday. He is being held with out bail at Santa Clara County Main Jail.
Celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos is representing Velasquez. Geragos didn’t instantly return a cellphone message from The Associated Press searching for remark Wednesday.
About 100 supporters sporting T-shirts that learn “Free Cain” confirmed up on the courthouse to indicate their assist.
Last week, deputies have been referred to as to a San Marin daycare owned by Goularte’s mom concerning an alleged sexual assault involving a baby, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office stated in a press release Wednesday.
After interviewing the kid and others, investigators decided {that a} sexual assault had taken place and Goularte, 43, was arrested quickly after, the workplace stated.
Prosecutors stated Velasquez on Monday went to the Goularte household house, the place the daycare is situated, and adopted the truck via Morgan Hill and into San Jose, the place he wounded Goularte’s stepfather. Goularte’s mom was additionally within the car.
Later Monday, Morgan Hill cops situated Velasquez driving his pickup truck in San Jose and arrested him, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen stated in a press release.
“The unhappy tragedy is that Mr. Velasquez selected to take the regulation into his personal arms, endangering the general public and everybody within the truck,” Rosen said. “This act of violence additionally causes extra ache and struggling to his household.”
The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office stated investigators imagine there are different victims from the daycare and are working with potential witnesses and victims.
Goularte, 43, was arraigned on felony molestation costs in Santa Clara County Superior Court on Friday and a decide launched him from custody with out bail over the district lawyer’s objections, Rosen stated.
The Associated Press couldn’t instantly decide whether or not anybody may converse on Goularte’s behalf.
He was launched underneath the circumstances that he keep in house detention in Morgan Hill, keep 100 yards away from any youngster underneath 14, and put on an digital monitoring bracelet.
Goularte was on his method to get the monitor when Velasquez attacked the household, Rosen stated.
Velasquez transitioned to pro-wrestling after retiring from his MMA profession in 2019. A former two-time UFC heavyweight champion, he earned title belts in 2010 and 2012.
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