Mexican actor Pablo Lyle, who will be tried as of June in Miami for involuntary manslaughter due to the death of a man he hit in a traffic argument, is now also facing a civil lawsuit from the deceased's son, who claims
$ 15,000 for emotional damage.
Juan Ricardo Hernández Hernández, son of the man who died in a hospital four days after receiving a punch from Lyle, also sued the actor's brother-in-law, Lucas Delfino.
The brother-in-law was driving the vehicle in which the actor was traveling with his son on the way to the Miami airport on March 31, 2019 when the altercation occurred in which Lyle beat 63-year-old Cuban Juan Ricardo Hernández.
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At a traffic light, Hernández got out to reproach Delfino for a traffic maneuver and, in the middle of that discussion, Lyle got out of the car and hit Hernández, who, according to images collected by security cameras from a nearby gas station , instantly collapsed.
The sexagenarian died on April 4, 2019 in a hospital.
A Miami-Dade County coroner's report revealed that Hernandez died of "complications from blunt trauma to the head."
The son of the deceased claims $ 15,000 due to "severe emotional damage" and
"suffering caused by the violent death of his father
.
"
He also alleged that he had to use the inheritance his father left him to pay for medical and burial expenses.
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Known for his performance in soap operas such as
The Shadow of the Past
or
Heart that Lies,
Lyle is under house arrest in Miami awaiting a trial that will begin on June 17 if there are no new changes.
Lyle's defense appealed in August of last year without success a first instance ruling by Judge Alan Fine, who denied him applying to his case a Florida self-defense law known as "Stand Your Ground" that would save him from going to judgment.
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Said law, in force since 2005 in the state, allows a person who believes that he is at risk of dying or suffering serious physical harm to use lethal force instead of fleeing from danger.
An appeal court found, however, that there was "no legal error on the part of the court of first instance in its application of the law," according to documents accessed by the Efe news agency.
