Breaking Justice

The Case of Cain Velasquez

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Breaking Justice

Written by: Jenn Brown, Francey Hakes
Narrated by: Francey Hakes, Jenn Brown
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 Breaking Justice is a narrative documentary series that covers an unfolding current criminal case that has exploded into the public consciousness. Sports journalist Jenn Brown and former federal prosecutor Francey Hakes host the series and guide the listener through the complicated criminal cases of two men whose stories interlock. Harry Goularte, Jr., was accused of sexually abusing the four-year-old son of former MMA World Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez over a period of months at a day care in San Jose, California owned by Goularte’s mother. Goularte was arrested but let out on bond almost immediately, with no notice to the Velasquez family. Cain Velasquez found out Goularte was released and pursued Goularte by car in what appears to be an act of vigilante justice. He shot at the vehicle Goularte was in and forced it off the road. Goularte’s stepfather was the only wounded, and Velasquez was arrested. But unlike Goularte, Velasquez was denied bond.

Jenn and Francey cover these two cases as they unfold, with inside access to Velasquez (in an interview from his jail cell), his family, and his closest friends, who walk us through the events that led up to his shocking vigilante-style attack. Jenn and Francey also get experts’ perspectives on brain injuries, vigilantism, and California justice, and even record the first-hand perspective of an abuse survivor whose father killed the abuser on live television.

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  • Breaking Justice Trailer

    Breaking Justice Trailer
    Dec 1 2022
    Breaking Justice is a narrative documentary series that covers an unfolding current criminal case that has exploded into the public consciousness. Sports journalist Jenn Brown and former federal prosecutor Francey Hakes host the series and guide the listener through the complicated criminal cases of two men whose stories interlock. Harry Goularte, Jr., was accused of sexually abusing the four-year-old son of former MMA World Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez over a period of months at a day care in San Jose, California owned by Goularte’s mother. Goularte was arrested but let out on bond almost immediately, with no notice to the Velasquez family. Cain Velasquez found out Goularte was released and pursued Goularte by car in what appears to be an act of vigilante justice. He shot at the vehicle Goularte was in and forced it off the road. Goularte’s stepfather was the only wounded, and Velasquez was arrested. But unlike Goularte, Velasquez was denied bond.

    Jenn and Francey cover these two cases as they unfold, with inside access to Velasquez (in an interview from his jail cell), his family, and his closest friends, who walk us through the events that led up to his shocking vigilante-style attack. Jenn and Francey also get experts’ perspectives on brain injuries, vigilantism, and California justice, and even record the first-hand perspective of an abuse survivor whose father killed the abuser on live television.
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    1 min
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  • Episode 1: Is This Justice?

    Episode 1: Is This Justice?
    Dec 1 2022
    On February 28, 2022, a shocking crime rocked California and the sports world. MMA Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez was arrested after chasing a car around San Jose and firing his handgun at that car multiple times. According to Velasquez’s shocked friends and family members, this act of violence was wildly out of character. Velasquez is beloved in the MMA community, and described by various people as “a teddy bear”. But when they found out that a man inside the vehicle had just been arrested on allegations of sexually abusing Cain’s four-year-old son, they began to connect the dots.
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    39 mins
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  • Episode 2: A Child’s Outcry

    Episode 2: A Child’s Outcry
    Dec 1 2022
    Days earlier, a normal bedtime in the Velasquez household was disrupted when four-year-old Cain Jr. revealed to his father, Cain Velasquez, that Harry Goularte, a son of the owner of the day care Cain Jr. attended, had taken him into a bathroom and molested him. The little boy told his MMA champ father that this had happened many times at Patty’s day care. Velasquez and his wife Michelle didn’t know that Goularte lived on the day care property. What followed was an ordeal of police interviews and a forensic interview of little Cain Jr.
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    35 mins
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