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The trial of former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez has been postponed again.
After several delays, Velasquez and his defense attorney Renee Hessling appeared in a Santa Clara County (Calif.) court on Wednesday, where Judge Panteha Saban granted their request to move the hearing once again, this time to August 2. The district attorney's office did not object to the request.
Velasquez, who is 40 years old, has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including attempted murder, after allegedly chasing and shooting at a vehicle carrying three people in February 2022. Velasquez spent over eight months in jail before he was granted bail with stipulations in November.
According to prosecutors, Velasquez targeted Harry Goularte, a man accused of molesting Velasquez's four-year-old son at a daycare, but instead shot Goularte's stepfather Paul Bender, causing injury.
Goularte was arrested before the alleged shooting and faces one count of lewd acts with a minor under the age of 14. He pleaded not guilty and will have a trial setting date on July 5.
The Velasquez family has also filed a civil lawsuit against the Goulartes, Bender, and businesses at addresses listed at the daycare location, which was run by Goularte's mother, Patricia.
If found guilty of attempted murder, Velasquez could face a minimum of 20 years and up to life in prison, according to the California Penal Code.