Pablo Lyle has been convicted of a 2019 road-rage incident that left one man dead in Miami.
Lyle, 35, got into an altercation with another driver, Juan Ricardo Hernández, in 2019 and threw a punch that led to his death.
He has been found guilty of manslaughter for Hernández’s death, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announced Tuesday.
Lyle’s attorney did not immediately respond to PEOLE’s request for comment.
“Today’s jury verdict finding Pablo Lyle guilty of the manslaughter death of 63-year-old Juan Ricardo Hernández shows the outrageous destructiveness of ‘Road Rage’ incidents,” Fernandez Rundle said. “Two lives were destroyed by simple roadway anger, a situation we see far too often on our streets and on streets across the country.”
She added that she is “very proud of the efforts and hard work by Assistant State Attorneys Shawn Abuhoff and Gabriela Alfaro that has brought a measure of justice to Mr. Hernandez’ surviving family.”
According to NBC Miami, jurors deliberated for over four hours before deciding on the guilty verdict. Hernández’s widow was seen and heard sobbing while Lyle’s face remained stoic. His lawyer left the courtroom after.
Lyle’s family became emotional and yelled, “We love you” and “stay strong,” as he was taken from the courtroom, per Miami’s WSVN.
“[Juan] was an amazing person, always happy, everyone loved him. At work they loved him too,” the victim’s sister-in-law told NBC Miami.
The Mi adorable maldición actor could face up to 15 years behind bars.
