--- description: A knife assault on three musicians in Sacramento on Sunday because they wore skinny jeans has been reclassified as a hate crime title: Musicians Assaulted for Wearing Skinny Jeans image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Assault on Musicians for Wearing Skinny Jeans Is Being Treated as a Hate Crime by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2015 5:57 AM CUT by [Helen Regan](/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2015 5:57 AM CUT Three [musicians](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-musicians-attacked-hate-crime-20150623-story.html "undefined") were assaulted with knives in Sacramento on Sunday apparently because they were wearing skinny jeans in what has been classified as a hate crime. Their attacker reportedly shouted homophobic slurs at the three band members because of what they were wearing, reports the Los Angeles _Times_. Timothy Brownell, 25, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and possessing a firearm but was released on bond. A warrant for his rearrest was issued Monday. Alex Lyman and Weston Richmond are guitarists from local band Slaves, and Blake Abbey is the lead singer of Musical Charis. The three described the attack and posted photos of their injuries to social media. “This man literally did all this cause we wear skinny jeans … What a jerk,” Richmond, who suffered a broken arm and minor cuts, wrote on [Instagram](https://instagram.com/p/4PMnHgsmkT/?taken-by=westonrichmond "undefined"). Photos that Abbey posted to [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/blake.abbey?fref=ts "undefined") show two long gashes in his arm held together with stitches. “The Sacramento police department has zero tolerance for these crimes,” police said in a statement. \[[_L.A. Times_](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-musicians-attacked-hate-crime-20150623-story.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3933387/sacramento-knife-assault-skinny-jeans-musicians-hate-crime/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3933387/sacramento-knife-assault-skinny-jeans-musicians-hate-crime/"},"headline":"Assault on Musicians for Wearing Skinny Jeans Is Being Treated as a Hate Crime","datePublished":"2015-06-24T05:57:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:28:28.423Z","description":"One band member was stabbed in his side, another had gashes to his arm","url":"https://time.com/3933387/sacramento-knife-assault-skinny-jeans-musicians-hate-crime/","keywords":["California","Crime","assault","stabbing","Hate Crime","Injuries","musicians"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Regan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/helen-regan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3933387/sacramento-knife-assault-skinny-jeans-musicians-hate-crime/","name":"Assault on Musicians for Wearing Skinny Jeans Is Being Treated as a Hate Crime"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A Female Artist's Foray into Male Modeling","description":"Casey Legler is an artist, a former Olympic swimmer and now a male model. She describes her entry into the fashion world and why the industry is allowing for a unique moment to happen","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/o84z5syI/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2012-11-19T21:52:58.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/o84z5syI.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3933387/sacramento-knife-assault-skinny-jeans-musicians-hate-crime/","duration":"PT3M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3933387/sacramento-knife-assault-skinny-jeans-musicians-hate-crime/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```