MIAMI — Mexican actor Pablo Lyle was sentenced Friday to 5 years in jail for involuntary manslaughter after fatally punching a person throughout a highway rage confrontation in Miami in 2019.
The sentence got here nearly 4 years after Lyle was charged with homicide within the loss of life of a person he struck throughout a visitors incident.
Miami-Dade Circuit Decide Marisa Tinkler Mendez introduced the sentence two months after rejecting the actor’s request for a brand new trial and upholding the responsible verdict reached by a jury in October.
The 36-year-old Mexican telenovela star, who appeared within the Netflix crime sequence “Yankee,” had confronted a most sentence of as much as 15 years in jail. The decide additionally ordered eight years of probation, battle decision administration and 500 hours of group service for the actor.
Wearing a crimson jail uniform, Lyle seemed calm and expressed repentance throughout the greater than three-hour listening to. He has been detained since his Oct. 4 conviction.
After a week-long trial, a six-member jury convicted Lyle of involuntary manslaughter within the loss of life of Juan Ricardo Hernández, 63.
Hernández, who was unarmed, suffered a traumatic mind damage and died 4 days later whereas hospitalized.
Lyle’s legal professionals argued that he acted in self-defense. In addition they mentioned that there have been inconsistencies within the proof throughout the trial.
The highway confrontation was captured by safety cameras.
Lyle’s brother-in-law was taking the actor, his spouse and two youngsters to the airport. Their automotive handed that of Hernández, who stopped at a crimson mild, received out and approached the driving force’s window of Lyle’s car to say that that they had blocked his manner.
In accordance with safety video footage, Lyle and Hernández received into an argument, and the actor punched Hernández within the face. Lyle claimed he was defending himself. He mentioned that his youngsters had been terrified and that he feared Hernández had a weapon.
