A judge denied former MMA Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez bail Monday on attempted murder and other charges stemming from a shooting targeting a man who has been charged with felony child molestation.
A plea to the charges was carried over to an April 12th hearing. In the court, Velasquez was accompanied by his attorney, Mark Geragos, who is well known in the Bay Area from his defense of Scott Peterson.
The victim in the molestation case is related to Velasquez. His intention, prosecutors say, was to kill or injure Goularte, who had been released by authorities after being charged in the molestation case. According to police, Velasquez followed Bender’s vehicle because Goularte was inside. At the time of the shooting, Bender – Goularte’s stepfather – was driving Goularte to obtain an electronic monitoring bracelet that was a condition of his release from jail.
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