Cain Velasquez received’t discover out his destiny till March after a sentencing listening to for the previous UFC heavyweight champion was pushed again from January to March.
The 42-year-old retired fighter plead no-contest to a variety of charges together with tried homicide after he was arrested again in 2022 following a high-speed chase the place he allegedly fired a number of rounds from a handgun at a automotive containing Harry Goularte, a person accused of molesting Velasquez’s son at a daycare owned by his mom.
A motions listening to for Velasquez remains to be scheduled for Friday, Jan. 24 however his sentencing and probation listening to is now set for March 24.
Velasquez was initially set to face trial on the costs earlier than he in the end plead no-contest and he faces a possible penalty anyplace from probation to life in jail, though the latter is very unlikely given Velasquez’s plea take care of prosecutors.
Within the authentic assertion addressing Velasquez’s determination to plead no-contest, which principally means he’s accepting punishment within the case with out truly admitting guilt, the Santa Clara County District Legal professional’s workplace acknowledged particularly that “he faces jail time.”
Velasquez was initially arrested after he fired a number of rounds from a .40-caliber handgun on the car containing Goularte however in the end a bullet struck Goularte’s stepfather Paul Bender within the arm. He sustained non-life threatening accidents because of this.
When the automotive chase ended, Velasquez was arrested with out incident by the Morgan Hill Police Division and he was hit with a mess of fees together with pre-meditated, tried homicide.
Velasquez spent eight months behind bars after he was arrested and denied bail a number of instances earlier than lastly being granted his launch on $1 million bond. After his launch, Velasquez returned to teaching at American Kickboxing Academy and he additionally made appearances within the skilled wrestling circuit.
Most not too long ago, Velasquez signed onto function the supervisor of the Dubai staff represented within the World Struggle League alongside together with his longtime head coach Javier Mendes.
