The defense team of Mexican actor Pablo Lyle, accused of involuntary manslaughter for hitting a man in a traffic discussion in Miami, asked the new judge on Wednesday to instruct the case to reconsider release him and allow him to travel to Mexico to be with his family and work . The prosecution objected to the request alleging that the defendant could choose not to return to the United States and claimed that the court keep the actor's passport confiscated.
Lyle's defense, who reiterated that his client is innocent, made the request in a brief hearing held in state courts in Miami before Judge Marlene Fernández-Karavetsos, who said he will announce his decision on Wednesday, January 22 .
"It has been 10 months since Pablo has been able to work, 10 months he has not been able to financially support his family," lawyer Bruce Lehr alleged an impromptu press conference after leaving the hearing. "He is not guilty of anything, there should be no punishment and the way he is now is becoming a punishment," said the lawyer.
Dressed in a dark blue suit, white shirt and light blue tie, Lyle entered the room smiling and listened to the audience standing behind his two lawyers and left through a back door, without making statements before the judge who has assumed the case before taken by Judge Alan S. Fine, who in September 2019 rejected the argument of the lawyers who defend him that he had acted in self-defense , a decision his team appealed before a court of the Third District of Appeals in Miami and on which justice It has not yet been pronounced.
The lawyers Lehr and Phillip Reizenstein argued before the judge that after the altercation of March 31 in which Lyle hit the Cuban Juan Ricardo Hernánde z, 63, the actor was in Mexico and returned as he had committed to the judge who He then granted him permission to travel.
Hernandez died in a hospital four days after being beaten by Lyle, which was a dramatic turn in the case against the actor, who has been under house arrest in Miami, with electronic shackle and no passport since last April 9. You can stay in the United States with a tourist visa, which does not allow you to work .
"He's going back because he's innocent, we're going to face the charges and we're going to win," said Reinzenstein, one of Lyle's lawyers, known for his performance in the Mexican soap opera 'My adorable curse' and the Netflix series 'Yankee' , among other productions ..
Lehr also recalled that the United States and Mexico have an extradition agreement in effect , and that Lyle's wife and brother-in-law would lose property in Miami that is part of the $ 50,000 imposed bond.
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The confrontation happened on March 31 when Lyle's brother-in-law drove the actor, his wife and two children to the Miami airport and crossed with Hernandez's vehicle, who got off at a red light and approached the car window in which the actor was going to claim that he had been closed, as recorded in a security camera. Lyle's brother-in-law got out of the car and argued with Hernandez. Shortly after he returned because he saw that his car was moving, and then Lyle got off, ran to Hernandez, hit him in the face, left him lying on the floor and fled in the vehicle . He was arrested hours later at the Miami airport although he was released after depositing a bond.
The victim died four days later in a hospital from a brain injury caused by trauma.
Edited by Olga Luna with information from AP and EFE
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