Pablo Lyle’s career was in full swing. He was the handsome boy of Mexican soap operas, the “new heartthrob.”
But everything was cut short one day in March 2019, when during a traffic altercation in the city of Miami, Florida, he punched Juan Ricardo Hernández, a man of Cuban origin who died days later due to trauma to the head.
This Tuesday a Miami jury found Lyle guilty of manslaughter for the death of the 63-year-old man. The jury did not believe that he had acted in self-defense because he feared for the welfare of his family, as the defense alleged.
The 35-year-old actor could face up to 15 years in prison.
The actor’s trial has aroused great interest in the Spanish-language media in the US and Latin America. But what had become of Lyle’s career before the incident that changed his life forever? And why has so much attention been paid to his case?
Pablo Lyle’s defense argued that the actor acted in self-defense when confronting Hernández.
After his debut as an actor at the age of 16 in the current youth production in Mexico, “Código postal” (2006), Lyle participated in more than a dozen series television and filmsalso dabbling in modeling.
Born in the state of Sinaloa, showed up TV soaps like “The shadow of the past”, “My adorable curse”, “Heart that lies” and “Cachito de cielo”.
He also had credits in series such as “A lucky family”, “Once upon a time” and “Mirreyes vs Godínez”, as well as in the movie “Yankee”.
“He had been the youth actor in soap operas and he grew with the audience. Before this happened had many fans, even beyond Mexicobut it was not so well known by the general public“, explains Jossette Rivera, journalist and entertainment editor of the Univisión network in Miami.
Rivera believes that people pay a lot of attention to Lyle’s case because “he was a very good-looking actor who was aiming to be one of the starring leading men of soap operas in Mexico.”
In addition, he believes that there are people who see what happened as a case of “bad luck” what could have happened to them.
“Many of the famous Mexicans who have spoken about the case have done so by saying that Lyle is a very good person and that his life has changed because of a stupid reaction. It is the feeling that it could have happened to anyone,” says the journalist.
But Rivera also believes that part of the public’s interest in Lyle’s case has to do with the fact that it is an example of how overstepping the limits of the law in the United States has impact what in Some Latin American countries may not would have.
“In Latin America there is the impression that some rich and famous believe that they can somehow fix this type of situation, negotiating with the police, for example.”
“But here in the US these kinds of events have important consequences,” he says.
And that is part of the key to why this case has drawn so much attention from the Latin American public, says the journalist.
As for the attention paid by the Spanish-language media, Rivera says that “in the entertainment newsrooms, we knew that there was a lot of interest in news related to Pablo Lyle“.
“That’s why we’ve given him a lot of coverage. The audience wanted to know the details of the case and Lyle’s personal and professional life. And that’s what we’ve given them.”
The truth is that the attention of the public and the media is not over yet. In three weeks the actor will return to court again to hear his sentence and again his name will be in the headlines again.
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1 thought on “Pablo Lyle: who is the Mexican actor and why his murder trial in Miami has sparked so much interest”
AMAZING & HORRIBLE! like this young actor with a bright future, without wishing to harm anyone, known as a tremendous person! “Father of two minors in the vehicle” who were traveling on their way to the airport, who, when they made a detour due to not knowing the neighborhood [good area or dangerous-as it was], had to deal with ‘road rage/violence on the highway ‘ of the deceased Juan Hernandez now, to avoid another meeting with the deceased, since it does not come to light that the Lyle’s have done anything macabre to him before Juan’s exasperated fury, Hernandez’s ex-partner mentioned that already that day the The deceased had been in a bad temper since early on, like previous moments of tantrums-courage that were known to him before!… . 2.] On the other hand ^ Mr. Juan already had Bad Health Conditions that were the Reason and Cause for his Conduct and for his ‘IMBALANCED WHEN FALLING’. 3.] When you have problems on the street, you call the police and not take the law by hand as if you were a vigilante. As if he had reason to stop, knock on the window of the Lyle’s vehicle and continue to insist, which would torment anyone who does not know the area / environment where he meets his little ones! 4.] The first prosecutor [prosecutor] Genevieve Valle that the information about her does not appear lately has Cuban descent and is very dedicated to her race. In addition, as Assistant State Attorney Genevieve Valle tried to increase Lyle’s bail set the previous month at $50,000, which was denied by the judge at the time. Under her personal ‘grudge’ and hastily did not spared in this case ASAP determined everything quick and final.
5.] According to AzCentral News one of Pablo’s lawyers “Rebuked Prosecutors for “Expediting” the Formulation of Charges Without Having Interrogated Lyle’s Wife and Brother-in-law, who were in the car when Hernandez’s tantrum. That’ WOKE’ obviously! unscrupulous young prosecutor with her ‘power trip’ in “the prosecution filed charges without speaking to the driver, his brother-in-law, who was the person the attacker attacked first in this case” ~said Reizenstein. and he know how it all started’.
~ “I find it incomprehensible. Why don’t you want to hear from the people who lived through what happened?” The convenient excuse is that apparently some used, “he argued and that some witnesses declared that the victim begged him “don’t hit me, please” more than once… “And” how to know the mental and physicalstage of health of the attacker Hernandez !? As if they had known each other for a long time? On the street with strangers you cannot assume the attacker’s kindness, especially there was no accident!
According to Lyle’s affidavit after his arrest, Hernández got out of his car at that traffic light in that area “not seen with a very good appearance” to complain to Lyle’s brother-in-law that for only having blocked his way [the car had no crash ]. But the authorities did not release the name of the brother-in-law, nor did the extravagant prosecutor take time to make plus and cons/her own inquiries… . But since Prosecutor Valle was in candidacies and/or heyday, she did not take time or want to make her “cuba-gente” angry against her, so, it was better for her to frame this victim of Hernandez “road rage” and the rest of the family paying for it, who for fear that something would happen to his family along the way with that type of area/people! “Pablo did not flee to Mexico” what he could have done! but, because he was not afraid of the police, [he who owes nothing-nothing fears, but and in his favor] afraid ONLY, to be attacked by the aggressor later on, again, perhaps in an even worse area and condition . Lyle the real victim has been misjudged and that Ms Valle, 1st prosecutor does not reveal herself like in those days of her candidacy because she knows that she did badly to that family!
AMAZING & HORRIBLE! like this young actor with a bright future, without wishing to harm anyone, known as a tremendous person! “Father of two minors in the vehicle” who were traveling on their way to the airport, who, when they made a detour due to not knowing the neighborhood [good area or dangerous-as it was], had to deal with ‘road rage/violence on the highway ‘ of the deceased Juan Hernandez now, to avoid another meeting with the deceased, since it does not come to light that the Lyle’s have done anything macabre to him before Juan’s exasperated fury, Hernandez’s ex-partner mentioned that already that day the The deceased had been in a bad temper since early on, like previous moments of tantrums-courage that were known to him before!… . 2.] On the other hand ^ Mr. Juan already had Bad Health Conditions that were the Reason and Cause for his Conduct and for his ‘IMBALANCED WHEN FALLING’. 3.] When you have problems on the street, you call the police and not take the law by hand as if you were a vigilante. As if he had reason to stop, knock on the window of the Lyle’s vehicle and continue to insist, which would torment anyone who does not know the area / environment where he meets his little ones! 4.] The first prosecutor [prosecutor] Genevieve Valle that the information about her does not appear lately has Cuban descent and is very dedicated to her race. In addition, as Assistant State Attorney Genevieve Valle tried to increase Lyle’s bail set the previous month at $50,000, which was denied by the judge at the time. Under her personal ‘grudge’ and hastily did not spared in this case ASAP determined everything quick and final.
5.] According to AzCentral News one of Pablo’s lawyers “Rebuked Prosecutors for “Expediting” the Formulation of Charges Without Having Interrogated Lyle’s Wife and Brother-in-law, who were in the car when Hernandez’s tantrum. That’ WOKE’ obviously! unscrupulous young prosecutor with her ‘power trip’ in “the prosecution filed charges without speaking to the driver, his brother-in-law, who was the person the attacker attacked first in this case” ~said Reizenstein. and he know how it all started’.
~ “I find it incomprehensible. Why don’t you want to hear from the people who lived through what happened?” The convenient excuse is that apparently some used, “he argued and that some witnesses declared that the victim begged him “don’t hit me, please” more than once… “And” how to know the mental and physicalstage of health of the attacker Hernandez !? As if they had known each other for a long time? On the street with strangers you cannot assume the attacker’s kindness, especially there was no accident!
According to Lyle’s affidavit after his arrest, Hernández got out of his car at that traffic light in that area “not seen with a very good appearance” to complain to Lyle’s brother-in-law that for only having blocked his way [the car had no crash ]. But the authorities did not release the name of the brother-in-law, nor did the extravagant prosecutor take time to make plus and cons/her own inquiries… . But since Prosecutor Valle was in candidacies and/or heyday, she did not take time or want to make her “cuba-gente” angry against her, so, it was better for her to frame this victim of Hernandez “road rage” and the rest of the family paying for it, who for fear that something would happen to his family along the way with that type of area/people! “Pablo did not flee to Mexico” what he could have done! but, because he was not afraid of the police, [he who owes nothing-nothing fears, but and in his favor] afraid ONLY, to be attacked by the aggressor later on, again, perhaps in an even worse area and condition . Lyle the real victim has been misjudged and that Ms Valle, 1st prosecutor does not reveal herself like in those days of her candidacy because she knows that she did badly to that family!