{"id":1749203,"date":"2022-11-23T06:30:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T11:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749203"},"modified":"2022-11-23T09:48:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T14:48:56","slug":"former-ufc-star-cain-velasquez-pleads-not-guilty-in-attempted-murder-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-ufc-star-cain-velasquez-pleads-not-guilty-in-attempted-murder-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UFC Star Cain Velasquez Pleads Not Guilty in Attempted Murder Case"},"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\">24<\/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-star-cain-velasquez-pleads-not-guilty-in-attempted-murder-case%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=1749203&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--><p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Former UFC heavyweight champion<\/a> Cain Velasquez pleaded not guilty to charges of felony attempted murder, assault and more on Monday in a case involving a man who allegedly sexually abused one of his children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Velasquez was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/ufc-cain-velasquez-shot-man-allegedly-abused-relative-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested in February<\/a> on attempted murder and multiple gun charges after police said he fired at a pickup carrying the man he alleged to have sexually assaulted his 4-year-old son.<\/p>\n<p>The man was later identified as Harry Goularte. Prosecutors say that Goularte\u2019s pickup truck was driven by his stepfather, who was wounded in the shooting by Velasquez. Authorities said the car chase spanned around 11 miles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/640\/320\/Cain-Velasquez3.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, second from left, with his attorney, Alexandra Kazarian, makes an initial court appearance at the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice on March 2, 2022, in San Jose, California.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, second from left, with his attorney, Alexandra Kazarian, makes an initial court appearance at the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice on March 2, 2022, in San Jose, California.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Aric Crabb\/Bay Area News Group via AP, Pool)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Velasquez was charged in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/west\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Jose, California,<\/a> in March. He was later released from jail on $1 million bail on Nov. 9, and he had to wear a GPS monitoring device and was not allowed to be within 300 yards of the alleged victims.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Velasquez filed a civil lawsuit, claiming that Goularte sexually assaulted his son while the boy was attending a day care, which was run by Goularte\u2019s mother, Patricia, per the Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/cain-velasquez-granted-bail-attempted-murder-case-allegedly-shot-man-accused-molesting-son\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CAIN VELASQUEZ GRANTED BAIL IN ATTEMPTED MURDER CASE; ALLEGEDLY SHOT AT MAN ACCUSED OF MOLESTING SON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Goularte worked for the day care at the time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/640\/320\/Cain-Velasquez-booking.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Cain Velasquez was arrested on Feb. 28, 2022.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Cain Velasquez was arrested on Feb. 28, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(San Jose Police Department)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The lawsuit accused Goularte and his family of negligence and sexual battery. Goularte had been charged with lewd and lascivious acts with a minor by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/west\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Clara County<\/a>\u00a0district attorney\u2019s office earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/ufc-cain-velasquez-arrested-california-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>EX-UFC STAR CAIN VELASQUEZ ARRESTED IN CALIFORNIA SHOOTING THAT LEFT 1 WOUNDED, POLICE SAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a long slog, and I am very grateful,&#8221; Velasquez\u2019s attorney, Mark Geragos, said at the time of his client being released on bail. &#8220;Nothing is as touching as watching him having it sink in with his wife, Michelle, there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/640\/320\/Cain-Velasquez.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez pleaded not guilty to charges of felony attempted murder, assault and more on Nov. 21, 2022, in a case involving a man who allegedly sexually abused one of his children.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez pleaded not guilty to charges of felony attempted murder, assault and more on Nov. 21, 2022, in a case involving a man who allegedly sexually abused one of his children.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Josh Hedges\/Zuffa LLC\/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Velasquez has asked if he can wrestle with Lucha Libre AAA at a Dec. 3 event in Tempe, Arizona, per ESPN. A deal is reportedly in place pending a court decision.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News Digital\u2019s Ryan Gaydos and the Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Scott Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez pleaded not guilty to charges of felony attempted murder, assault and more on Monday in a case involving a man who allegedly sexually abused<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1733333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1749203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749203","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=1749203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1733333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1749203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1749203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}