Los Angeles Times reports. The victims, Joslyn Flawless, Eden the Doll, and Jaslene Whiterose, all have large Instagram followings.
A man armed with a crowbar threatened to kill Flawless for being trans and demanded her jewelry and other possessions, Flawless wrote on Instagram, calling it the scariest moment of her life.“He then forced me to hold his hand while he looks for my friends to kill them for being trans,” she wrote. “Meanwhile men and WOMEN screaming that I’m a man and telling him to beat me.” The women documented the crime on video, which has been viewed over a million times on Instagram.
Whiterose was struck on the head with a bottle, and Eden the Doll was hit and had her phone stolen, the women said. Several citizens called.