SAN JOSE, CA - MARCH 2: Cain Velasquez, center, is photographed with his attorney Alexandra Kazarian, second from right, during Velasquez’s first court appearance on an attempted murder charge at the Santa Clara County Hall of Justice on Wednesday, M SAN JOSE, Calif. - Cain Velasquez, the former UFC heavyweight champion accused of trying to kill the man he claims molested his 4-year-old son, is suing the man and his family who own a day care where the alleged molestation occurred.Velasquez was arrested in San Jose, California, last February after he shot at a pickup truck carrying the man through busy streets in three Silicon Valley cities, ramming the vehicle with his own truck during a high-speed chase, prosecutors said.A judge in March denied bail to Velasquez, who faces attempted murder and multiple gun assault charges.
His attorney, Mark Geragos, has said he plans on vindicating Velasquez in court.Velasquez claims in a civil lawsuit that Harry Goularte sexually molested Velasquez’s son while the boy was attending a day care run at a home by Goularte’s mother, Patricia Goularte, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.MORE: Former MMA fighter Cain Velasquez denied bail a second timeThe Times said the lawsuit was filed on behalf of a minor.
Harry Goularte was living at the home and working for the day care during the time of the alleged molestation, according to the court filing.Stephen Defilippis, an attorney for Goularte, didn’t immediately respond Wednesday to a call seeking comment on the lawsuit.The child care business and its owners "fostered and maintained an environment" where the children could be molested, sexually abused and harassed, Velasquez said in the court filing.