Denver police arrested businessman Jay Bianchi this week on suspicion of sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact three years after women in Colorado’s music scene came forward with allegations against the former jam-band bar owner.
Bianchi was booked into Denver’s Downtown Detention Center on Tuesday on suspicion of six counts of sexual assault and one count of unlawful sexual contact related to three separate cases, according to the Denver Police Department.
The incidents occurred in 2020 and 2024, according to police. An arrest affidavit detailing the allegations against Bianchi was not immediately available.
In 2021, Bianchi was accused of sexual assault by two women who shared victims’ statements with the Colorado Musician’s Union and later spoke to The Denver Post about their experiences.
Bianchi, who remained in custody on Wednesday, denied the allegations when contacted by The Post in 2021.
He owned Sancho’s Broken Arrow on East Colfax Avenue before selling it in August 2020.
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The Denver Police Department in 2021 confirmed to The Post that it had open sexual-assault investigations at the addresses of Sancho’s and So Many Roads, another jam-band bar and brewery co-founded by Bianchi.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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