2 Deny Attack On Trans Woman

Jacina Scamahorn watches as her alleged attackers appear on a video feed for their first court appearance on malicious harassment charges Wednesday at Spokane County Courthouse. (SR photo Tyler Tjomsland)

The two men accused of assaulting a transgender woman Friday after she spat in one of their faces outside a downtown bakery and bar are denying they taunted her or hit and kicked her multiple times. Adam R. Flippen and Marc A. Fessler were released from jail without having to post bond following a brief court appearance Wednesday. Jacina Scamahorn told investigators she was outside Boots Bakery & Lounge and the bar Zola when Flippen and Fessler made derogatory statements to her. She told police she spat in Flippen’s face in response. She said he then followed her inside the bakery and screamed expletives before punching her in the eye/ Nina Culver , SR. More here . (SR photo: Adam Flippen, 45, foreground, and Marc Fessler, 42, background, appear on a video feed before their court appearance Wednesday.)

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