Ken Velasquez has damaged his silence for the primary time since he was charged with tried homicide in a shooting-related incident final month.
In an announcement posted on his social media, the two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion thanked everybody who supported him and mentioned his situation was “sophisticated and slowly unraveling as we communicate.” Velasquez has a courtroom date scheduled for Tuesday.
“To the true victims of this case, could God provide the power to maneuver ahead,” the assertion learn. “Though it’s tough to relive the ache that occurred to you, when the reality is advised, justice can be served and your true therapeutic will start. I’ll by no means cease serving to my neighborhood or loving you all. Thanks for loving me.”
Velasquez, 39, was charged with tried homicide and a number of counts of assault with a firearm on March 2, in reference to the February 28 taking pictures in San Jose, California, in response to the Santa Clara County District Legal professional’s Workplace. Velasquez is accused of concentrating on Harry Eugene Gularte, who’s presently going through accusations of molesting a relative of a younger Velasquez. Velasquez faces 10 crimes that might carry a sentence of greater than 20 years if convicted, in response to a courtroom doc. He has been held with out bail since February 28.
In line with the DA’s workplace, Velasquez chased a truck that Golarte was driving greater than 11 miles via San Jose, rammed the truck and fired a 40-caliber pistol a number of instances on the truck that carried Goularte and two of his older relations. A bullet hit Golarti’s 63-year-old stepfather, Paul Bender, within the arm and torso, however he was anticipated to outlive, in response to the courtroom doc. Goulart’s mom, Patricia, was within the van, too.
Velasquez’s full assertion is beneath:
“To everybody who has expressed your assist, my household and I won’t be able to thanks sufficient. From the underside of our hearts and from the underside of our souls, we’re ceaselessly grateful to your love. Give me power in my darkest instances. This story is advanced and slowly unraveling as we communicate. To the true victims of this The trigger, God has given you the power to maneuver ahead. Though it’s tough to return the ache that has occurred to you, in talking the reality, justice can be served and your true therapeutic will start. I’ll by no means cease serving to or loving my neighborhood and all of you. Thanks for loving me – Cain Velasquez”
In line with courtroom paperwork, Golarti, who was unhurt within the accident, is accused of committing an indecent or debauchery in opposition to a toddler beneath the age of 14.
Gularti, 43, was launched from custody on February 25 with out bail in opposition to DA’s orders, in response to a DA workplace assertion. He was ordered to remain house, keep 100 yards away from any baby beneath 14 and put on an digital monitoring bracelet. Gularti is scheduled to return to courtroom on Wednesday. The kid, who’s beneath 10, advised an officer from the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Workplace on February 24 that Gularte took him to the lavatory of a daycare heart and touched the kid’s genitals, in response to a courtroom doc obtained by ESPN. The kid mentioned Gularti mentioned he by no means tells anybody what occurred and that it occurred “100 instances”. Within the courtroom doc, the kid mentioned he had seen different kids go into the lavatory with Gularty as effectively.
Gularte denied any wrongdoing, saying he as soon as helped a toddler put his pants on when he noticed that the kid was not carrying them correctly. In line with the courtroom doc, Golarti lives in the identical constructing because the nursery heart, which is owned by his mom. Golarti’s mom advised the police that she didn’t imagine the allegations in opposition to her son.
Velasquez is taken into account probably the greatest heavyweight fighters of all time. He retired from MMA in 2019 and had a brief stint in WWE after that. Velazquez was coaching on the American Kickboxing Academy’s gymnasium in San Jose.
