After spending the last eight months in jail, Cain
Velasquez left a holding facility in Santa Clara County,
Calif., after he posted $1 million bail.
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Former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight
titleholder Velasquez was arrested in late February after allegedly
shooting at Harry Goularte, a man allegedly accused of sexually
molesting Velasquez’s 4-year-old son, and his family. On Tuesday,
Nov. 8, Velasquez was allowed to go home, but he is facing
attempted murder and multiple other charges. Velasquez was
previously denied bail on several occasions after it was determined
too great a risk to release the former UFC heavyweight
champion.
“Just feel blessed,” Velasquez said in a statement to San
Francisco, Calif.-based television station KRON-4. “Ready to go
home, be with the loved ones, family, and friends, and make
something positive of this whole situation. Just thank you to
everybody who had my support. I love all of you. Just always
continue to be better as a person, always do good things and just
make something positive of this terrible situation. My family and
I, we’re going to do that.”
Conditions include home detention; GPS
monitoring; TBI/CTE outpatient treatment at Windmill Wellness
Ranch; counseling and/or support group for parents of victims of
child sexual abuse; search and seizure; no weapons; and keeping 300
yards from alleged victims of the shooting.— Josh Gross (@yay_yee)
November 8, 2022
Velasquez will return to court for his trial arraignment on Nov.
21. In addition to staying confined to home detention with GPS
monitoring, Velasquez isn’t allowed to have any weapons in the
house. He can’t also get closer than 300 yards from the alleged
shooting victims and must undergo counseling for parents of
children who suffered sexual abuse, as well as outpatient treatment
for potential traumatic brain injury.
Velasquez hadn’t stepped in the Octagon since Feb. 17, 2019, when
he lost via first-round knockout to current divisional titleholder
Francis
Ngannou in the UFC on ESPN 1 headliner. Velasquez announced his
retirement from mixed martial arts in October 2019 after compiling
a 14-3 record. His career includes victories over Junior dos
Santos (twice), Brock
Lesnar, Antonio
Rodrigo Nogueira and Cheick
Kongo, among others. After hanging up the four-ounce gloves,
Velasquez transitioned to pro wrestling and spent a few months with
World Wrestling Entertainment.