Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is set to go to court with his attempted murder trial on Sept. 9. in Santa Clara County, Calif.
The trial date was set on Wednesday by Judge Elizabeth Peterson, with Velasquez appearing in court alongside his attorney Renee Hessling.
At the latest hearing, Hessling requested another continuance, but prosecutor Aaron French, who represented the District Attorney’s office, argued against another delay, complaining that the trial setting had already been pushed back several times. A continuance for the trial setting was granted back in February due to subpoena requests that the defense was still waiting to receive, including records from the UFC.
Hessling stated on Wednesday that the subpoena evidence acquired was still incomplete and she needed more time before a trial date was set.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is set to go to court with his attempted murder trial on Sept. 9. in Santa Clara County, Calif.
The trial date was set on Wednesday by Judge Elizabeth Peterson, with Velasquez appearing in court alongside his attorney Renee Hessling.
At the latest hearing, Hessling requested another continuance, but prosecutor Aaron French, who represented the District Attorney’s office, argued against another delay, complaining that the trial setting had already been pushed back several times. A continuance for the trial setting was granted back in February due to subpoena requests that the defense was still waiting to receive, including records from the UFC.
Hessling stated on Wednesday that the subpoena evidence acquired was still incomplete and she needed more time before a trial date was set.
In the end, Peterson sided with the prosecution to set a trial date for September. Velasquez faces a litany of charges in connection with his arrest back in March 2022.
Velasquez, 41, was arrested after allegedly going on a high-speed chase pursuing a car containing Harry Goularte, a man accused of sexually abusing his son at a daycare owned by Goularte’s mother. Velasquez allegedly fired several rounds from a handgun into the vehicle, with Goularte’s stepfather, Paul Bender, being hit by a bullet but sustaining non-life threatening injuries as a result.
Goularte, who was released on bail against the recommendation from the prosecution prior to the alleged car chase, faces separate charges, including one count of lewd acts with a child, but his own trial date still hasn’t been set.
The next major date in the case for Velasquez comes on June 26 for a trial readiness hearing, with motions required to be filed by Aug. 12 and completed by Aug. 26. Witness lists for the prosecution and defense must be filed no later than Sept. 4, with the trial slated to start on Sept. 9.
During the previous hearing in February, French stated that he objected to further delays in setting a trial date but conversations were ongoing between the prosecution and the defense over a potential resolution that could include a plea deal. At this point, no plea deal was reached, so now a trial date has been set for September.
Velasquez faces a multitude of charges including attempted murder, which carries a minimum 20-year sentence or up to life in prison if convicted.
Velasquez plead not guilty to all charges.
Its crazy how slow the judicial system in the US is.
No doubt that they’ll throw the book at Cain and lable him as pedophobic.
Not guilty. Well, he is, but I’d still let him walk. Fuck that pedo and his family
insane and agreed /
I was never a Cain fan when in MMA but I have a lot of respect for him after this shit.
A lot of people talk that “Someone does it to my kid, i would kill them”
Cain was about it.
And wasn’t even his own kid either. It was his nephew if I remember right. Cain is best Tio
**Edit: I was wrong, it was this son
my bunk mate from my second Iraq deployment. He was killed in broad daylight, multiple witnesses, dude even killed an old lady (Miss Vera) while she was in her sunroom with her coffee and paper. The idiot kid that murdered him was just found guilty last month 
Sorry, wasn’t trying to hijack the thread. Mike was killed under those circumstances 6 years ago, and his wife JUST got to hear a guilty verdict. That was my point
The poor lady having to relive it all over again after such a long time.
At least she got some justice.
It’s his son.
Ah shit. I didn’t mean to spread misinformation. Don’t know where I got the nephew thing from.