Helio Castroneves has been acquitted!
- Helio outside of Miami courthouse. Courtesy CBS4
…jurors acquitted him on all charges except for a single charge of conspiracy. The judge declared a mistrial on the count of conspiracy after jurors were unable to return a verdict… CBS4
Helio Castroneves has been acquitted after five days of deliberations. Helio’s sister, Katiucia was also acquitted on all charges except the conspiracy charge. His lawyer, Alan Miller, was acquitted on all charges since he had not been charged with conspiracy. The government has not declared if it would re-file a new trial for the count of conspiracy.
“I love this country, and I love racing. I’m glad I’ll be able to do it,” he said.
“Instead of going to Disneyland, I want to go to Long Beach and race,” he said after thanking his racing sponsors for continuing to support him.
“Let’s go race,”
According to 16th and Georgetown , Curt Cavin has reported that Team Penske would have the #12 car ready for Will Power to ride in if Helio was cleared today.
