Mexican soap opera star Pablo Lyle was found guilty on Tuesday of the 2019 death of a man he fatally punched in the head during a road rage attack.
Lyle, 35, was convicted of manslaughter by a six-person jury in Miami-Dade, court records show. Lyle, a key player in the popular Mexican telenovela “Mi Adorable Maldición” (“My Adorable Curse”), faces up to 15 years in prison.
The actor claimed he acted in self-defense when he lunged forward and hit Juan Ricardo Hernandez, 63, in the head, knocking him to the ground. Hernandez suffered a traumatic brain injury and died four days later.
“Two lives have been destroyed by simple traffic anger, a situation we see far too often on our streets and on streets across the country,” Miami-Dade State’s Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said. said in a press release.
Surveillance footage of the attack shows Hernandez getting out of his car at a red light in Miami after getting angry at Lyle’s brother-in-law who cut him off in traffic.
The brother-in-law, whose name has not been released by authorities, was later seen getting out of the vehicle to argue with Hernandez, video showed.
As Hernandez turned to return to his own car, Lyle jumped out of the other vehicle, ran nine paces, and punched Hernandez in the face.
Lyle, who made the 50 Most Beautiful People list in Spanish in 2015, fled the scene but was later arrested at Miami International Airport, according to his arrest affidavit.
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