BIG UPDATE: Court docs and sources confirm
that ex-UFC champ Cain Velasquez allegedly shot at a man charged
with molesting his relative who is a minor; the man’s stepdad was
hit. The accused man was released after Friday arraignmenthttps://t.co/aWndhplyOJ@mercnews
@JakobRodgers— Robert Salonga (@robertsalonga)
March 2, 2022
Cain
Velasquez was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after
shooting at a man who was charged with molesting a relative of the
ex-UFC champion, according to a report from the
San Jose Mercury-News.
Harry Gene Goularte is accused of molesting a relative of
Velasquez’s at a home daycare in San Martin, Calif. According to a
criminal complaint, the 43-year-old Goularte was charged with one
felony count of a lewd and lascivious act with a child under the
age of 14. The victim’s name and exact relationship to Velasquez
were withheld because the child is a minor and a victim of sexual
abuse. In a separate report from
NBC Bay Area, it is revealed through court documents that
Goularte may have molested the victim “100 times.”
Goularte, who lives at the home that hosts a daycare business run
by his mother, was granted supervised release by a judge on Friday,
despite objections from the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s
Office, according to the report.
On Monday at approximately 3:15 p.m. local time, Velasquez
allegedly fired shots at a vehicle carrying Goularte, his
stepfather and at least one other person near the intersection of
Monterey Highway and Bailey Avenue in Morgan Hill, Calif.
Goularte’s stepfather was reportedly hit at least once by the
shots, but is expected to survive after suffering non-life
threatening injuries. San Jose Police are still investigating the
case.
Velasquez declined an interview request from the Mercury-News. He
is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday at noon local
time.
In his most recent MMA bout just over three years ago at UFC on
ESPN 1, Velasquez suffered a first-round KO loss to current
divisional kingpin Francis
Ngannou. The Salinas, Calif., native compiled a 14-3 mark
during his MMA career, earning wins over the likes of Junior dos
Santos (twice), Brock
Lesnar, Antonio
Rodrigo Nogueira, Ben
Rothwell, Cheick Kongo
and Travis
Browne. He was part of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)from
2019 to 2020 and has also competed for Mexican wrestling
organization Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide.