Jay Bianchi Sentenced for Sexual Assault

NEWS RELEASE
January 23, 2026

DENVER — Denver District Attorney John Walsh has announced that Jay Bianchi was sentenced today to a year in jail followed by 10 years to life in prison.

On November 14, 2025, a jury convicted Bianchi of three counts of Sexual Assault and two counts of Unlawful Sexual Contact. The convictions were connected to Bianchi’s conduct with three women between 2020 and 2024 at two Denver bars that he owned.

“As a Denver jury found, Jay Bianchi was a serial sexual predator – over several years, he sexually assaulted women who were physically incapable of defending themselves.  As a result of today’s sentence, Bianchi is paying the price for his terrible actions and we hope that his victims can draw comfort from that fact,” said DA Walsh.  “I want to thank the prosecutors, investigators, victim advocates, paralegals and legal administrative assistants in my office, as well as the detectives with the Denver Police Department’s Sex Crimes and Cold Case Units, whose outstanding work over many years resulted in the successful resolution of this case.”

Chief Deputy District Attorney Bree Beasley and Chief Deputy District Attorney Chris Curtis led the prosecution team for the Denver DA’s Office.

About the Denver DA’s Office:

The mission of the Denver DA’s Office is to protect the community, to seek equal justice for all, and to improve the quality and fairness of criminal justice on behalf of the people of Colorado.  We achieve that mission through excellence in our work investigating and prosecuting crime, supporting victims and their families, working with the community to prevent crime, and providing fair alternatives to incarceration in appropriate cases.

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