Time served and probation
Cain Velasquez is set to be sentenced by a judge in California after pleading no-contest to a variety of charges including attempted murder.
The ex-UFC heavyweight champion is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 18 for his sentencing after his trial was originally set to begin on Monday. The 42-year-old avoided the trial now faces anything from probation to a life sentence as punishment, although the latter is highly unlikely given Velasquezâs plea deal with prosecutors.
In the original statement addressing Velasquezâs decision to plead no-contest, which basically means heâs accepting punishment in the case without actually admitting guilt, the Santa Clara County District Attorneyâs office stated specifically that âhe faces prison time.â
Assuming the sentencing moves ahead as scheduled without being reset for a later date, Velasquez will soon find out his fate after he was first arrested all the way back in February 2022. He was detained and charged following an 11-mile high speed car chase going after a vehicle that contained Harry Goularte, a man accused of molesting Velasquezâs son at a daycare owned by Goularteâs mother.
Velasquez fired several rounds from a .40-caliber handgun at the vehicle, which resulted in struck Goularteâs stepfather Paul Bender being struck in the arm. He sustained non-life threatening injuries as a result.
When the car chase ended, Velasquez was arrested without incident by the Morgan Hill Police Department and he was hit with a multitude of charges that kept him behind bars for the eight months before he was eventually granted bail.
Following Velasquezâs arrest, the district attorney stated that the former fighterâs search history on his phone revealed âsearches for âsexual assault case where victims family fights backââ and âsexual assault cases where victims family retaliates.â
âThis defendant decided to become judge, jury, and executioner,â Santa Clara County district attorney Jeff Rosen said in a statement. âHis actions endangered innocent bystanders, including young children and their parents who could have been injured or killed as he shot at his intended victim. We have excellent law enforcement in this county. Let them do their jobs.â
Since being released, Velasquez has returned to coaching at American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, Calif., where heâs continued to work and even corner fighters competing in promotions like the UFC and Bellator.
If he get time served, we should all go shoot a pedo to celebrate!
Lmao thought you âwild each itâ for âdo a shot of patronâ
We can do that, then go shoot a pedo!
Why? He was chasing another vehicle and shooting at it and even a shot hit one of the occupants. He could have easily killed someone
You do know he shot someone else right?
I wont miss my pedo.
If ever there was a case if crime of passion, this is it. Someone touches my 8 year old, ill light their house on fire and shoot the flaming fuck running out. Im sorry that pedos father was hurt, honest. But id like cain out of prison and back protecting his family
We all would love to see him walkâŚ
But he went about it all wrong and someone else was injured and a kid in the carâŚ
Cain is going away for a loooong time and it sucks
Youâre likely right. And some cultural enricher will curb stomp a mother of 3 and walk. Strange times
A long time? Maybe 5 years.
While youâre probably right it is in Cali so who knows, theyâre all fucked up there
And agree though m not sure how long it will be
Cali might actually save him cause they are so retardedâŚ
Weâll find out
In a perfect world he walks
His biggest issue is he tried to off a pedo and we know Cali loves those
But cains MexicanâŚ
iâd like to see cain vs the molester in a no rules/no ref, no stoppage fight to settle it