Los Angeles – The former UFC champion, Cain Velásquez, was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday by a shooting in 2022, where he chased the man accused of disturbing his son.
Velásquez was sentenced in Santa Clara County after he did not deal with a murder attempt contest, aggression for serious crime and other positions of related weapons last August so the Office of the District Prosecutor called a “Juerga of Vigilant Shots.” You will receive credit for the time fulfilled.
In February 2022, the two -time UFC heavyweight champion shot a gun several times in a truck that transported three people, including Harry Goularte, 46, who faces 46 -year -old child sexual abuse, according to the district prosecutor’s office.
His defending lawyer, Renee HESSling, described the “bittersweet” result, since they hoped to keep Velásquez out of prison.
“Throughout everything, Cain has shown courage and strength of character,” HESSling said in a statement. “He has assumed the responsibility of his actions and has been responsible. The prayer transmitted today reflects the complexities of the situation and recognizes the man behind the holders.”
Less than a week before shooting, Goularte was arrested in relation to the sexual assault of a 4 -year -old boy in the nursery owned by his family. He was released without bail a few days later. The authorities said he was released under house arrest and that he was on his way to recover an electronic monitoring bracelet when Velásquez attacked.
Velásquez shot at the Goularte truck in a car persecution that lasted 11 miles (17.7 kilometers), said the district prosecutor’s office. Goularte was not injured, but his stepfather, who was driving, was hit twice.
Velásquez has said that the incident of sexual aggression involved his son and is demanding the nursery of Goularte and his family for negligence and sexual aggression.
In the podcast of his former teammate Kyle Kingsbury, Velásquez said that the way he handled the situation “was not the way to do it.”
“We cannot put the law in our own hands,” said Velásquez. “I know what I did, and I know that what I did was very dangerous for other people, right? Not only for the people involved, but innocent people. I understand what I did and I am willing to do everything I have to pay, to return that to him.”
Velásquez also said it was important to have open and honest with their children about what kind of behavior is acceptable and listen to what they say.
“A man’s decision to take the law in his own hands left an innocent and in danger of extinction and many others in our community,” said District Prosecutor Jeff Rosen in a statement. “If you want to do justice in Santa Clara County, request a badge.”
