MIAMI — Pablo Lyle, the Mexican actor who fatally punched a man during a road-rage confrontation on a Miami street, was convicted of manslaughter Tuesday.
After about five hours of deliberations, jurors rejected Lyle’s contention that he acted in self-defense when he charged and decked 63-year-old Juan Ricardo Hernandez at a Miami intersection in March 2019. Hernandez fell, cracked his head on the roadway and died at the hospital four days later.
Lyle, 35, showed no emotion when the verdict was read. In the gallery, his family members began to cry. Circuit Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez ordered Lyle be jailed — he’s facing between nine and 15 years in prison under Florida’s sentencing guidelines. He’ll be sentenced in the coming weeks, although no date has been set.
