Man Charged in Beating of Transgender Woman in Hollywood

A 21-year-old Los Angeles man was charged today with the beating of a transgender woman who was attacked on Hollywood Boulevard and hospitalized for a week with serious injuries.

Nicol Shakhnazaryan pleaded not guilty Monday afternoon to charges of battery with serious bodily injury, assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury and a special allegation of great bodily injury.

Shakhnazaryan, who was arrested Thursday, faces up to eight years in prison if convicted. He was originally jailed in lieu of $1.05 million bail, but a judge set bail at $50,000 this afternoon. Shakhnazaryan is due back in court on July 16 to get a preliminary hearing date.

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