Cain Velasquez has been sentenced to 5 years in jail.
On Monday, Velasquez returned to the Santa Clara County Superior Courtroom the place Choose 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 severe, tried homicide. The prosecution was asking for 25 years to life.
Ian Cull of @NBCBayArea was the primary to report the sentencing.
Upon his arrest shortly after the incident in February 2022, Velasquez spent eight months behind bars which is able to depend in direction of his five-year sentence. A number of bail requests had been denied till Choose Bocanegra granted him his launch on a $1 million bond that November.
Since then, Velasquez has continued to work and reside life as a beloved member of his group. Sadly, that’s not the case. Nonetheless, there’s a silver lining.
Velasquez not solely will get credit score for the eight months he spent behind bars however on a regular basis he’s been below home arrest since then. That’s basically three years of credit score, that means at most, Velasquez will spend two years in jail. With good conduct, it’s conceivable that Velasquez could possibly be a free man once more in 2026.
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 focusing on a person who allegedly molested one among Velasquez’s younger youngsters at a daycare heart. The accused baby molester, Harry Goularte, lived at his mom’s dwelling daycare, Patty’s Childcare, in San Martin.
Velasquez was accused of taking the regulation into his personal palms 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.
Choose Benjamin Williams gave Goularte a June 2 jury trial date in January. He faces one felony depend 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.
