With a preliminary hearing for former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez’s attempted murder charge set for September 26, Velasquez’s lawyer hopes to see his client on the stand should a trial go ahead. Velasquez’s lawyer, Mark Geragos, discussed this hope with Court TV, elaborating on some of the stranger aspects of the case.
Velasquez is accused of attempted murder after he pursued a car containing Harry Goularte, accused of molesting Velasquez’s child, firing at them during the high-speed chase. Geragos revealed a few “surprises” in the trial.
Cain Velasquez’s Lawyer “Wants the Truth To Come Out” at Attempted Murder Trial
“They do not plan on calling the accused molester in this case even though the accused molester, Mr. Goularte, is the only person who is the complaining witness in the attempted murder count.
And they’ve now said on the record that they’re not going to call him as a witness. So you have to wonder, we’re already in an upside-down world. Now we’ve gone through the looking glass.
I look forward to seeing how they plan on proving the case when one of their witnesses they’re not going to call, the most important witness, the other two [Goularte’s mother Patricia Goularte and stepfather Paul Bender] have invoked the fifth amendment.
I’d like to know if they’re going to waive that and get on the stand and subject themselves to cross-examination. Our investigation has already revealed that it’s apparent that the mother and the stepfather were intimately involved in everything that was going on at the daycare center and we’ve got a lot of questions for them.”
Geragos stated that Cain Velasquez simply wants the truth about this case to come out, and hopes that it will happen at trial.
“The uncontroverted facts are: Michelle and Cain Sr. did exactly what they were supposed to do. The authorities did exactly what they’re not supposed to do. You’re supposed to stay in touch, you’re supposed to investigate, you’re supposed to have – and by the way, it’s not just this family, it’s other families as well.
And we’ll hold them to account because apparently the authorities are more worried about an accused molester and his ability to be free in the community than they are the man who set out to protect the community.
My client wants to tell people his story. I’ll just leave it at that. He wants to tell them the truth. He wants the truth to come out as do I, that’s why I said this. It’s upside-down world.
Usually when you’re the defense the last thing you want to do is anything but try your case within the prosecution case, but here in this case I think when the truth comes out people are going to be even more horrified than they are already.”
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