{"id":1357494,"date":"2022-03-03T13:32:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T18:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1357494"},"modified":"2022-03-03T18:37:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T23:37:43","slug":"former-ufc-champion-charged-with-attempted-murder-of-alleged-child-molester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-ufc-champion-charged-with-attempted-murder-of-alleged-child-molester\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UFC Champion Charged With Attempted Murder Of Alleged Child Molester"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-ufc-champion-charged-with-attempted-murder-of-alleged-child-molester%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1357494&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1180495857.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain <\/span><span>Velasquez<\/span><span> was arrested and charged this week with attempted murder after shooting into a vehicle that contained a man charged with molesting a 4-year-old relative of Velasquez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Monday night in San Jose, California, Velasquez reportedly fired a gun into a vehicle carrying Harry Goularte, who is facing felony child molestation charges, according to the County of Santa Clara District Attorney\u2019s office. Also in the vehicle were two older relatives of Goularte, including Goularte\u2019s stepfather, Paul Bender, who was shot in the arm by Velasquez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cVelasquez began shooting at the victims at Cochran Road and Butterfield Boulevard in Morgan Hill around 3:00 p.m. Monday,\u201d the DA\u2019s office <a href=\"https:\/\/countyda.sccgov.org\/news\/news-release\/former-ufc-fighter-charged-shooting-relative-child-abuse-suspect\">said<\/a> in a statement.\u00a0<\/span><span>\u201cVelasquez, driving a Ford truck, followed the victims\u2019 Chevrolet Silverado truck, driven by Goularte\u2019s stepfather. During the 11-mile, high speed chase through busy streets into San Jose, Velasquez rammed his truck into the Silverado and fired multiple rounds with his registered .40 handgun. A female passenger in the Silverado called 911 for help.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cGoularte was uninjured in the attack,\u201d the statement <a href=\"https:\/\/countyda.sccgov.org\/news\/news-release\/former-ufc-fighter-charged-shooting-relative-child-abuse-suspect\">continued<\/a>. \u201cVelasquez was stopped and arrested by Morgan Hill police near Madrone Avenue in San Jose.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/33407302\/cain-velasquez-former-ufc-heavyweight-champion-charged-attempted-murder\"><span>ESPN<\/span><\/a><span>, Velasquez, 39, is charged with \u201cattempted murder; shooting at an occupied motor vehicle or aircraft; three counts of assault with a firearm; three counts of assault with a deadly weapon; willfully discharging a firearm from a vehicle; and carrying a loaded firearm with intent to commit a felony.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe sad tragedy is that Mr. Velasquez chose to take the law into his own hands, endangering the public and everyone in the truck,\u201d DA Jeff Rosen <a href=\"https:\/\/countyda.sccgov.org\/news\/news-release\/former-ufc-fighter-charged-shooting-relative-child-abuse-suspect\">said<\/a>. \u201cThis act of violence also causes more pain and suffering to his family.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to ESPN, the child who is related to Valasques told a law enforcement officer that Goularte touched his genitals in the bathroom of a daycare center, which is owned by Goularte\u2019s mother. The child told police that this had occurred \u201c100 times\u201d and that Goularte had told the child not to tell anyone about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Goularte has denied the claims and was released without bail against the wishes of the District Attorney. He is forced to wear an electronic monitoring device and \u201cstay 100 yards away from any child under 14.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Dana White, president of the UFC, weighed in on the situation on Wednesday, saying Cain did what \u201c<\/span><span>we all say we\u2019d do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI obviously feel sorry for him and his family,\u201d White <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mJkZPNfKJBY\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> in an interview with Barstool Sports. \u201cIt\u2019s a horrible thing. I don\u2019t know enough details to speak on it, but from what I\u2019ve heard \u2013 we all say we\u2019d do it if it ever happened to us. Cain did it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cain last competed in the UFC in 2019, finishing with a record of 14-3 with 12 knockouts, and held the UFC heavyweight belt twice in his career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was arrested and charged this week with attempted murder after shooting into a vehicle that contained a man charged with molesting a 4-year-old relative<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1357494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1357494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1357494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1357494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1357494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}