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Ed Buck, a Democratic donor and activist already facing charges
in the death of one of two men who fatally overdosed at his West
Hollywood apartment, now faces charges in the other.

A federal grand jury indicted Mr. Buck, 65, on Wednesday on one
count of distribution of methamphetamine resulting in death for
the overdose of Timothy Dean, 55, in January. Mr. Buck was
charged last month in a criminal complaint with the same crime
in the 2017 death of Gemmel Moore, 26 — a charge that was also
included in Wednesday’s indictment.

The grand jury also indicted Mr. Buck on three other counts of
methamphetamine distribution, saying that, for years, he had
engaged in a pattern of giving drugs to men who performed sexual
favors at his apartment.

“Buck exerted power over his victims, often targeting vulnerable
individuals who were destitute, homeless, and/or struggled with
drug addiction, in order to exploit the relative wealth and
power imbalance between them,” the grand jury wrote in the
indictment.

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If convicted of either of the top two charges, Mr. Buck could
face a sentence of up to life in prison without parole,
prosecutors said.

Mr. Buck is in federal custody, prosecutors said. His lawyers
did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Wednesday
evening.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department began investigating
Mr. Buck after Mr. Moore’s death in 2017. Investigators talked
to other men who described disturbing encounters with Mr. Buck,
including one man who said he believed Mr. Buck injected him
with drugs while he was sleeping.

But no charges were filed until last month. After Mr. Dean died
in January in the same way as Mr. Moore, the authorities began
investigating Mr. Buck again.

They found more men who had encounters with Mr. Buck, including
one who said Mr. Buck gave him a syringe that Mr. Buck said
contained methamphetamine, according to last month’s complaint.
But, after injecting himself, the man said, he believed the
syringe contained a tranquilizer. He told the authorities that
he could not move for more than six hours.

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Mr. Buck was arrested in September after investigators said a
third man had suffered an overdose in his home. The man survived.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office charged Mr.
Buck in the third man’s overdose. The state charges include
battery causing serious injury, administering methamphetamine
and maintaining a drug house.

Shortly afterward, federal prosecutors charged Mr. Buck in Mr.
Moore’s death. In a detailed complaint that accused Mr. Buck of
repeatedly exchanging drugs and money for sexual favors,
prosecutors said there were at least 11 victims in the last two
years.

One victim said Mr. Buck was known as “Doctor Kevorkian,” and
was “well known for compensating male prostitutes with drugs and
money,” according to the complaint.

Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that the federal case would
proceed before the state case. They said that more charges could
follow.

The case has raised questions about why the authorities did not
arrest Mr. Buck before Mr. Dean’s death. It has also led to
accusations that Mr. Buck specifically preyed on black men. Both
Mr. Moore and Mr. Dean were black, and most of the 11 victims
outlined in last month’s complaint were also black.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/us/ed-buck-charges.html

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