Mexican actor sentenced to five years for fatally punching man in Miami

A Mexican telenovela star and Netflix series actor received a five-year prison sentence Friday after punching a man to death during a road rage confrontation in Miami in 2019.

Lyle, who appeared in the Netflix crime series Yankee, had faced a maximum sentence of up to 15 years in prison. He was also ordered to eight years of probation, conflict resolution management and 500 hours of community service for the actor.

The actor has 30 days to appeal his punishment. He has been detained since his 4 October conviction, and that time counts toward completing his sentence.

Dressed in a red jail uniform, Lyle looked calm and expressed repentance during the more than three-hour hearing before Tinkler Mendez gave him his sentence.

Hernández, who was unarmed, suffered a traumatic brain injury after Lyle punched him and died four days later while hospitalized.

Security cameras captured the deadly confrontation between Lyle and Hernández.

He said that he had been with his father the day before Lyle fatally punched him.

The Associated Press contributed reporting