A jury on Thursday found former Grateful Dead bar owner and jam-band scene fixture Jay Bianchi guilty for sexually assaulting three women between 2020 and 2024, following a nearly month-long trial that included dozens of witnesses and hundreds of pieces of evidence.

The 12-member jury took 8 days after the trial’s Nov. 6 closing arguments to convict Bianchi on five of his 10 charges. The jury did not come to a verdict on the other five charges, which also involved drugging and sexual assault charges covering a four-year period.

Bianchi, dressed in a dark suit and tie, looked at the ground during the reading of the verdict for the first time since the trial began.

Bianchi was arrested in April 2024 on suspicion of six counts of sexual assault and one count of unlawful sexual contact

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