Ex-UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is ready to be tried on tried homicide and gun assault fees
Former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is taking authorized motion towards the person who allegedly molested his four-year-old son plus the person’s household who run a daycare middle the place the alleged abuse passed off.
Velasquez has been in police custody since February when he allegedly fired pictures at a pickup truck carrying the person, Harry Goularte, plus his mom and stepfather.
The Mexican-American additionally rammed the Goulartes’ car whereas plowing by means of busy streets in San Jose, California on a high-speed chase.
Velasquez was later arrested and hit with tried homicide and gun fees which he may face life behind bars for. Refused bail in March, he’ll again in court docket in August in relation to those.
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In response to the Los Angeles Occasions, nonetheless, Velasquez might be introduced earlier than judges as a part of a civil lawsuit that sees Velasquez accuse Goularte of sexually molesting his son on the daycare middle run by his mom Patricia Goularte.
The Occasions says that the lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a minor, with Goularte dwelling on the dwelling the daycare middle has been established in and dealing for it on the time of the alleged molestation.
Velasquez says within the court docket submitting for the lawsuit that the daycare middle and its homeowners “fostered and maintained an surroundings” the place the kids might be molested, sexually abused, and harassed.
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Goularte and his household are accused of negligence and sexual battery, and it’s alleged that Velasquez’s son “suffered intensive private damage together with, however not restricted to, extreme emotional misery, humiliation and embarrassment because of [their] actions and conduct.”
Aged 43, Goularte has been charged with lewd and lascivious acts with a minor in Santa Clara County. Pleading not responsible to the fees, his trial is scheduled for September 6 and he’s dealing with as much as eight years in jail.
Retired from MMA since 2019 when he suffered a primary spherical loss to present heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, Velasquez has acquired an outpouring of help from lead figures within the combat sport similar to former American Kickboxing Academy teammate Khabib Nurmagomedov.
