{"id":462663,"date":"2022-11-09T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=462663"},"modified":"2022-11-09T11:04:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:04:00","slug":"cain-velasquez-gives-first-statement-upon-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/cain-velasquez-gives-first-statement-upon-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Cain Velasquez gives his first statement upon release from jail on $1 million bail: \u201cJust thank you to everybody who had my support”"},"content":{"rendered":"

At last, Cain Velasquez had some good news as he breathed a sigh of relief whilst leaving a holding facility in Santa Clara County.<\/p>\n

Velasquez underwent eight months in prison pending trial for attempted murder charges.<\/p>\n

The news broke early Wednesday that Velasquez would be released after he posted $1 million in bail<\/a>. Over two days and thirteen hours, Judge Arthur Bocanegra granted Velasquez the opportunity to return home to his family. The bail agreement comes after being denied bail on several occasions.<\/p>\n

Upon his release, the former UFC champion made a statement to KRON-4<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Cain Velasquez gives his first statement upon release<\/h2>\n

\u201cJust feel blessed,\u201d Velasquez stated \u201cReady to go home, be with the loved ones, family, friends and make something positive of this whole situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust thank you to everybody who had my support. I love all of you. Just always continue to be better as a person, always do good things and just make something positive of this terrible situation. My family and I, we\u2019re going to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n