Mexican Netflix star has manslaughter trial postponed for the SIXTH time and a new hearing set for June after landing fatal punch on 63-year-old man during a road-rage altercation in 2019
- A Miami judge agreed to postponed the start of Mexican actor Pablo Lyle’s trial to July 5
- Lyle will stand trial on a manslaughter charge tied to the March 31, 2019 road rage incident that left Juan Ricardo Hernández Sr. dead
- Security camera caught Hernández Sr. trying to open the door of a SUV driven by Lyle’s brother-in-law Lucas Delfino
- Delfino stepped out of the vehicle and confronted the 63-year-old Cuban man but ran back after he saw it was moving into an intersection
- Lyle then ran out from the passenger’s seat and a fight ensued with Hernández Sr., whom he knocked out
- Hernández Sr. suffered a brain injury and was on life support before his family agreed to disconnect him. He died April 4
Mexican Netflix star Pablo Lyle had the start of his manslaughter trial delayed for a sixth time.
Florida 11th Circuit Court judge Diana Vizcaino accepted the actor’s request Thursday to postpone the trial and set a new hearing for June 23, in which the parties must let her know if they are ready to proceed.
The trial, which was scheduled for the week of March 14, has now been delayed until July 5.
This is the sixth postponement since the judicial process began in April 2019 after a road rage incident that was sparked March 31 that year when Lyle’s brother-in-law, Lucas Delfino, was driving the actor, his wife and two children to the airport and his car crossed paths with that of Juan Ricardo Hernández Sr., a 63-year-old Cuban who died four days later in a hospital from a brain injury.
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Mexican star actor Pablo Lyle will go on trial in July 5 for a manslaughter charge after he was involved in a fight in which he punched 63-year-old Juan Ricardo Hernández Sr. on March 31, 2019, in Miami before he died four days later at a hospital
Juan Ricardo Hernández (pictured) suffered a fractured skull and internal bleeding following the March 31, 2019 road-rage incident with Mexican actor Pablo Lyle
Mexican actor Pablo Lyle (center) charges toward Juan Ricardo Hernández (right) during a road rage incident moments after Hernández had attempted to open the door of the vehicle Lyle was being taken to the airport in on March 31, 2019. A fight ensued between Lyle and Hernández, who was knocked to the ground by the Netflix star. Hernández suffered a brain injury and died April 4
In a brief virtual hearing, Lyle’s attorney Philip Reizenstein explained to the judge that he had spoken with the prosecutors the day before and told them that only one witness statement was missing, a relative of Hernández Sr.
Reizenstein said that they had previously participated in a mediation with Hernández Sr.’s family and that the other party’s lawyers had contacted him again.
Juan Ricardo Hernández Jr. filed a $100,000 civil lawsuit, citing ‘severe emotional damages.’
‘We’re in a position where we need a short reprieve,’ Reizenstein said. ‘This will be resolved or we will go to trial again.’
The prosecution agreed.
‘The joint request for postponement is granted,’ said Judge Vizcaino.
Juan Ricardo Hernández Jr. has claimed that the elder Juan Ricardo Hernández and his family have experience emotional damage as a result of the March 31, 2019 incident that took place in the middle of a busy Miami street. They are seeking $100,000 compensation from Mexican actor Pablo Lyle
Mexican soap opera star Pablo Lyle (right) and his wife Ana Araujo (left) at a April 8, 2019 court hearing in Miami. She is currently in Mexico with the couple’s two children
Surveillance video footage taken at the time of the incident showed Juan Ricardo Hernández Sr. got out of his car at a red light and approached the window of Lyle’s vehicle to claim that he had been cut off.
It seemed as if Hernández Sr. tried to open the driver’s door before Delfino got out of his car and argued with Hernández Sr.
Lyle attempted to stop the car from moving during the commotion and Delfino raced back to put in in park.
Fearing for his family’s safety, Lyle left the passenger seat and ran towards Hernandez and punched him in the face.
Hernandez was left lying on the floor, alone, as Lyle’s vehicle and his family drove away. A few hours later, the actor was detained at the Miami airport when he was preparing to travel to Mexico.
Pablo Lyle and Juan Ricardo Hernández Sr. fight while Delfino steps in the vehicle to stop it from moving into a busy Miami intersection
Hernández suffered a brain injury caused by the trauma and died April 4 died after family members gave doctors the order to have his life support turned off.
Lyle has said that he acted in self-defense because he feared the Cuban would attack him with a gun.
Those allegations, however, were dismissed by another judge and by a higher court, which returned the case to the Miami court to go to trial.
Lyle remains under house arrest and has been staying in Miami with his family. He is required to wear an ankle monitor which allows the court to track his whereabouts 24 hours a day.
His lawyer confirmed to DailyMail.com that his wife and children are in Mexico.
Lyle is best known for his work in Mexican soap opera ‘My Adorable Curse’ and the Netflix series ‘Yankee’.
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