CA - Cain Velasquez, MMA fighter, jailed for attempted murder after child relative molested, 2/28/22

[arielilane]

Is there still a hearing set for tomorrow?

 

[legalmomma]

Cain Velasquez returns to UFC as cornerman for Gabriel Benitez, next major court hearing scheduled

Ex-heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez will serve as a coach and cornerman for Gabriel Benitez in his fight against Jim Miller at UFC Vegas 84.

www.mmafighting.com

Numerous hearings have been held over the past year to set a trial date, but each time the proceedings have been pushed back. This past September, Judge Daniel Nishigaya granted another extension to Velasquez’s attorney but stated that a trial date should be set for some time in January.
Ultimately that date was pushed back yet again, with a new trial setting date now scheduled for Feb. 14.
If convicted on all charges, Velasquez faces the potential of life in prison.
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Does anyone know if this will be streamed?

 

[ifindedout]

From Apr. 25

Trial date set for former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez in attempted murder case

Velasquez faces multiple charges, including attempted murder

www.cbssports.com

Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is headed to trial. Velasquez is at the center of an attempted murder case heading to Santa Clara County (California) court on Sept. 9.

Judge Elizabeth C. Petersen ruled the scheduling at a trial setting on Wednesday, according to MMA Junkie. Velasquez and his attorney, Renee Hessling, were present at the hearing. Several timelines precede the trial date: a trial readiness hearing on June 26, motion filings must be filed by Aug. 12 and completed by Aug. 26, and witness lists must be submitted by Sept. 4.

 

[arielilane]

Cain Velasquez is scheduled to go to trial on Sept. 9 to face attempted murder charges, but it’s likely the former UFC heavyweight champion’s court case gets pushed back to a later date.

Full article at link...

Cain Velasquez’s attorney anticipates filing motion to delay attempted murder trial from September start date

 

[arielilane]

@lawcrimenews

Would-be ‘judge, jury, and executioner’ Cain Velasquez avoids trial, but retired UFC star still faces prison after hunting down accused child molester

https://twitter.com/x/status/1824514853626634655

Prosecutors in Santa Clara County, California, dubbed Cain Velasquez a would-be “judge, jury, and executioner” and said he still faces prison time after the retired UFC star pleaded no contest on Friday to attempted murder and other charges for engaging in a 100 mph pursuit and shooting at a truck in 2022 in search of the man accused of molesting his then 4-year-old son at a day care.

Velasquez, now 42, had faced possible mandatory life behind bars, albeit with potential parole, if he went forward with a September trial and ended up convicted in the case, but according the Mercury News, he has avoided both the trial and likely the theoretical worst case scenario given the plea, even though the judge will retain discretion under a negotiated disposition between the state and the defense over whether to dole out probation, a prison sentence, or life, whenever that sentencing proceeding occurs.

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Retired UFC star Cain Velasquez now faces prison after hunting down accused child molester

Prosecutors dubbed Cain Velasquez a would-be "judge, jury, and executioner" after the retired UFC star pleaded no contest to hunting down a man accused of molesting his 4-year-old son at a day care.

lawandcrime.com

Aug 16th, 2024, 2:32 pm

 

[arielilane]

Cain Velasquez won’t find out his fate until “early next year” after his sentencing hearing was pushed back to 2025.

Cain Velasquez sentencing pushed back to 2025 after pleading no-contest to attempted murder charges

Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez will wait until 2025 to know his fate with his sentencing delayed after pleading no-contest to attempted murder charges

www.mmafighting.com

Oct 18, 2024, 1:05pm EDT

 

[arielilane]

A motions hearing for Velasquez is still scheduled for Friday, Jan. 24 but his sentencing and probation hearing is now set for March 24.

Cain Velasquez sentencing pushed back to March

Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez has a motion hearing on Friday but his sentencing date after pleading no-contest on attempted murder charges has been pushed back to March.

www.mmafighting.com

1/21/2025

Former UFC champ Cain Velasquez signs with GFL as team manager ahead of promotional debut

Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez has signed with the GFL a little over two weeks before a sentencing hearing for an attempted murder charge.

www.mmafighting.com

1/3/2025

 

[Mert]

Cain Velasquez Sentenced To Prison In Attempted Murder Case

Cain Velasquez has just been sentenced to five years in prison for his alleged role in a 2022 attempted murder.

www.tmz.com

“Cain Velasquez has just been sentenced to five years in prison for his alleged role in a 2022 attempted murder.

A judge issued the order on Monday afternoon in a Santa Clara, Calif. courtroom ... roughly three years after the UFC legend was accused of trying to kill Harry Goularte, a man who allegedly molested one of Velasquez's close relatives.”

 

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[tarabull]

I rode an elevator one time alone with Cain, I nearly passed out. And I wanted his autograph real bad but it was the day of fight night he just left the gym at the hotel and was heading back up to his room. Shoulda, coulda, didn't lol He won that fight TKO Round1...fwiw

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[arielilane]

@MMAFighting


The judge who sentenced former #UFC heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez to 5 years in prison was nearly brought to tears.




10:21 AM · Mar 25, 2025

https://twitter.com/x/status/1904539123118927988

 

[arielilane]

@AmyLarson25


BREAKING: UFC champ Cain Velasquez was sentenced to 5 years in prison, with 1,283 days credit for time served. The judge was choked up and had tears in his eyes. He said keeping a son from his father was the worst punishment, and he gave Cain the lightest possible sentence.



5:30 PM · Mar 24, 2025

https://twitter.com/x/status/1904284671703503096

 

[arielilane]

@MMAFighting


The MMA world reacts to Cain Velasquez receiving a five-year prison sentence for attempted murder, among other charges.The former UFC champion pleaded no-contest to the charges and his sentencing includes three years of time served.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1904296146631282866