According to a Santa Clara County (California) court spokesman, the former UFC champ was denied bail on Monday.
Judge Shelyna Brown of the Santa Clara County Superior Court said the risk is too great to let the retired fighter out on bail.
Holly Baird is the head of communications for the Geragos legal team.
It is clear to this court that there is clear and convincing evidence that release would result in great bodily injury to Santa Clara residents at large, Brown said.
According to the Santa Clara County district, Velasquez was arrested after shooting a gun at the man who is being charged with molesting a young relative. The man in the vehicle, Goularte's stepbrother Paul, was hit by a bullet in his arm and torso. There were no life-threatening injuries.
Mark Geragos, the attorney for Velasquez, asked if anyone would say to a father that this is not what he should do. People are disgusted with the criminal justice system.
The Santa Clara County district attorney charged Velasquez with attempted murder and 10 other gun related charges. If he is convicted, he will face 20 or more years of jail time.
After following Goularte's truck in his own vehicle through the city of San Jose, he rammed the truck and fired a handgun into it, which carried Goularte.
Goularte is accused of lewd or lascivious act on a child under the age of 14 in Santa Clara County.
Goularte was released from custody without bail. He was ordered to stay in home confinement, remain 100 yards away from any child under the age of 14 and wear an electronic monitoring bracelet.
The child told a Santa Clara County sheriff's deputy that Goularte touched him in the bathroom of the daycare center. In the court document, the child said he witnessed other kids go into the bathroom with Goularte.
Goularte said he once helped a child with his pants when he saw the child didn't have them on correctly. The daycare center is owned by Goularte's mother, according to the court document. The allegations against Goularte were not believed by his mother.
He is a two-time UFC champ. He was released from the World Wrestling Federation at the start of the coronaviruses epidemic in 2020. The American Kickboxing Academy gym in San Jose has been where Velasquez has been teaching.
Michael Jackson, Chris Brown and Scott Peterson were all represented by Geragos.
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