Woman attacked other woman at company barbecue for wearing too-short shorts

A 25-year-old woman faces assault charges for allegedly attacking another woman because she disapproved of the short shorts the victim wore to a company barbecue. Alica Rae Hanson of Snohomish, Washington, was at a barbecue, put on by the owner of an area tree service company.

She reportedly was displeased with an outfit worn by an employee's girlfriend, deputy prosecutor Edirin Okoloko said in Snohomish County Superior Court papers. The defendant confronted the woman about the shorts she was wearing, “claiming that they were too short for the BBQ party and acting in an aggressive manner” toward her, the prosecutor wrote.
Several minutes later, Hanson allegedly ran up to the woman and attacked her. The victim was knocked to the ground by a sudden punch. She was jumped upon, repeatedly struck and her hair pulled out. Witnesses put a stop to the violence and summoned sheriff's deputies. When they arrived, they found the shaken victim, bloody with her left eye swollen shut.
They also spotted “a pile of blond hair extensions on a table,” which the woman said had been pulled from her head. Doctors determined that the woman had broken facial bones and bleeding in the left eye. It is a felony assault in Washington to “recklessly inflict substantial bodily harm.” Hanson was charged with second-degree assault on August 6.