{"id":49452,"date":"2022-04-14T20:22:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T03:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=49452"},"modified":"2022-04-15T12:48:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T19:48:37","slug":"hollywood-politician-sentenced-to-30-years-for-providing-methamphetamine-to-two-victims-who-died-of-fatal-overdoses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=49452","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Political Donor Sentenced to 30 Years for Providing Methamphetamine to two Victims Who Died of Fatal Overdoses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<strong>\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Edward Buck, a businessman and long-time figure of West Hollywood politics, was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison for providing fatal doses of methamphetamine to two men, <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The victims died at Buck&#8217;s apartment after he injected them with the drug.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder sentenced Buck, 67.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0A restitution hearing in this case is scheduled for May 16.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7hX69glAIL8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At the conclusion of a nine-day trial in July 2021, a federal jury found Buck guilty of two counts of distribution of methamphetamine resulting in death, four counts of distribution of methamphetamine, and one count of maintaining drug-involved premises, and two counts of enticement to travel in interstate commerce for prostitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beginning no later than 2011 and continuing through September 2019, Buck engaged in a pattern of \u201cparty and play,\u201d in which he solicited men \u2013 some of whom were homeless or struggling with drug addiction \u2013 to consume narcotics that he provided and perform sexual activities at his apartment, a ritual that prosecutors argued was \u201cmore than a fetish \u2013 it was a lethal and unchecked pattern of reckless disregard for human life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In these party-and-play sessions, Buck distributed drugs, including methamphetamine, GHB (the \u201cdate rape\u201d drug), and clonazepam. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In some instances, Buck injected victims with drugs intravenously in a practice known as \u201cslamming.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">He exploited the wealth and power balance between himself and his victims by offering them money to use drugs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Buck solicited his victims in various ways, including using social media platforms, dating and escort websites, or via referrals from his prior victims, to whom he offered finder\u2019s fees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Once the men were at his apartment, Buck prepared syringes containing methamphetamine, sometimes personally injecting the victims with or without their consent. Buck also injected victims with more narcotics than they agreed to take, and sometimes he injected victims while they were unconscious. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">At trial, victims described how Buck put sedatives in their drinks or in the injections, causing them to lose consciousness or control over their bodies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">While they were unconscious, Buck sexually assaulted his victims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">On two occasions, Buck\u2019s party-and-play fetish turned lethal. Buck killed Gemmel Moore with a lethal dose of methamphetamine on July 27, 2017, and then he killed Timothy Dean with a lethal dose of methamphetamine on January 7, 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>These deaths failed to deter him from continuing to distribute methamphetamine, and Buck continued distributing the drug to additional victims, including a man who overdosed twice in Buck\u2019s apartment but survived after receiving immediate medical treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Buck also enticed individuals to travel to California from other states for the purpose of engaging in prostitution through party-and-play sessions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Buck purchased a plane ticket for Moore, who had moved to Texas, so Moore could travel to Los Angeles in July 2017 to party and play at Buck\u2019s apartment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In September 2018, Buck similarly purchased a plane ticket for another victim to fly from Iowa to Los Angeles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Buck has been in federal custody in this case since his arrest in September 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cWe fight every day, with every drug-related case, to bring justice to the victims and their families,\u201d said DEA Los Angeles Field Division Special Agent in Charge Bill Bodner. \u201cIndividuals who knowingly distribute lethal drugs and use them to prey on vulnerable victims will be relentlessly pursued and held accountable. Today\u2019s sentencing illustrates the tireless efforts by investigators and prosecutors to hold predators responsible for their actions.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tjPSfpkx69E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv6288593394MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cEd Buck preyed on young black males who were vulnerable, isolated and were often fighting addiction,\u201d said Kristi K. 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