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UPDATE: Federal prosecutors have just confirmed that Ed Buck,
already facing state charges for allegedly running a drug den at
his West Hollywood apartment, has been charged in U.S. District
Court with distribution of methamphetamine resulting in death.
The charge stems from the July 27, 2017, death of Gemmel Moore,
26, who overdosed in Buck’s apartment. Buck is expected to
appear in federal court in downtown Los Angeles sometime
Thursday afternoon. Buck was ordered to remain jailed in lieu of
$4 million bail on the state charges, and transferred to federal
custody. Officials said the federal case would proceed prior to
the state charges. The state charges against Buck carry a
possible prison sentence of five years and eight months, but the
federal charge could land him behind bars for a minimum of 20
years and a maximum of life without parole.
Ed Buck, a prominent Democratic Party donor whose West Hollywood
apartment was the scene of two fatal drug overdoses, remained
jailed Wednesday on suspicion of running a drug den in his
residence, where another near-fatal overdose allegedly occurred
last week. Meanwhile, several Democratic political figures have
spoken out in support of last night’s arrest of Buck, whose
alleged abuse of young black sex workers while remaining
somewhat influential in local politics has created what some see
as a stain on West Hollywood’s reputation.
Buck, who is being held on $4 million bail at the Twin Towers
Correctional Facility, allegedly injected a man on Sept. 11 with
“two dangerously large doses” of methamphetamine at the
defendant’s apartment at 1234 N. Laurel Ave. He allegedly had
administered a “dangerously large dose of methamphetamine” to
the same man a week earlier, according to a bail memorandum
filed by Deputy District Attorney Cynthia Barnes.
Buck allegedly refused to render aid to the man, who eventually
fled from the apartment and called 911 from a nearby gas
station, according to the document. The 37-year-old man suffered
an overdose but survived, authorities said.
Buck’s attorney, Seymour Amster, has denied that his client —
who allegedly was present at the location when the earlier fatal
overdoses occurred — had any involvement in either death. He
declined to comment on the newly filed case.
Buck, 65, was charged with one felony count each of battery
causing serious injury, administering methamphetamine and
maintaining a drug house, the District Attorney’s Office
announced Tuesday evening after Buck’s arrest. He is scheduled
to appear in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom for arraignment
Thursday.
If convicted as charged, Buck faces a possible prison sentence
of five years and eight months, according to the District
Attorney’s Office.
In a statement posted on Twitter, Rep. Karen Bass, D-Los
Angeles, wrote, “It’s incomprehensible to me that it took a
third man to be attacked and almost die to finally dissolve the
unconscionable apathy that has allowed Ed Buck, a racist sexual
predator, to roam free … Thanks to the tireless work of
advocates and a community that has had enough, Los Angeles is a
safer place. Now, justice must finally be served.”
Los Angeles County Democratic Party Chair Mark J. Gonzalez also
spoke out about Buck’s arrest: “For our community, a predator
with a Jekyll and Hyde personality is now off the streets,” he
said in a statement. “And it is due to the ongoing support and
pressure from many activists and community groups including
Black Lives Matter, Jasmyne Cannick, and more.”
Cannick, a political consultant who has served as a spokeswoman
for Moore’s mother, has long pushed for Buck’s arrest and
prosecution. On Thursday, after Buck’s arrest on federal
charges, Cannick said she is “incredibly grateful and thankful
that something is finally being done” about Buck. She said that
with Bucks’ arrest, “the life expectancy of black gay men in Los
Angeles County just increased substantially.”
The allegations against Buck got nationwide coverage after it
was reported that he had donated roughly $116,000 to Democratic
causes and candidates, including Barack Obama and Hillary
Clinton. They also attracted particular attention from right-
wing media here and abroad, including publications such as the
Drudge Report; TruNews, a Christian news site; Political
VelCraft, a right-wing conspiracy site, and Voat.com, a website
that promotes conspiracy theories such as PizzaGate. Stories on
those sites called out Buck’s financial support for Hillary
Clinton’s presidential campaign, his homosexuality, his alleged
attraction to young African-American men, and his alleged drug
use. While he was identified as a leading donor to Clinton’s
campaign, records show that donation totaled only $2,750.
Buck has been a more prominent donor to state and local
Democratic candidates and officeholders, including all of the
current members of the West Hollywood City Council except for
Lindsey Horvath. It was Horvath who had pushed for an
investigation by the Sheriff’s Department and the District
Attorney’s Office after the July 2017 drug overdose death of
Gemmell Moore and again after the January 2019 drug overdose
death of Timothy Dean in Buck’s apartment. The District
Attorney’s Office had declined to prosecute Buck after Moore’s
death, claiming it couldn’t find sufficient evidence to win a
conviction.
The local politician who got Buck’s biggest support was Mayor
John D’Amico. Buck, with his “Fur Free West Hollywood” campaign,
was instrumental in getting D’Amico elected to his first term on
the Council in 2011. Soon after taking office, D’Amico
successfully pushed through a ban on the sale of fur items at
retail stores in West Hollywood. He and the other recipients of
donations from Buck have declined demands from black activists
that they return that money by donating to Justice4Gemmel + All
Ed Buck’s Victims, a fund created to support the campaign to
have Buck prosecuted.
On Tuesday, D’Amico posted a statement about Buck’s arrest on
his Facebook page: “If proven, these charges appear to confirm
what many of us suspected for some time, that Mr. Buck was
recklessly harming members of the community, as recently as this
month, and finally the District Attorney is taking action to
stop this from happening again.”
Horvath also commented on the arrest on Facebook: “The families
of Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean – along with members of the
West Hollywood community – worked tirelessly to see this day
come. Because people kept memories of Gemmel and Timothy from
fading away as mere accidents, the investigation into the
circumstances of their tragic deaths continued. I support the
Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department in doing whatever it takes to
bring closure and peace to all of the friends and families whose
loved ones were victimized. There is still a long way to go for
justice to finally be served in their names, however, we hope
the evidence from this arrest will finally make clear what has
happened, and we hope will never happen again.”
Councilmembers John Duran, John Heilman, and Lauren Meister have
issued no public statements. While he has not publicly defended
Buck, Duran was criticized by black activists when he warned
young black sex workers that they shouldn’t speak with law
enforcement officers about their encounters with Buck, saying
they could be liable for arrest for admitting sex work or drug
use. Under pressure from Horvath and Los Angeles City
Councilmember Mike Bonin, the District Attorney’s Office and the
Sheriff’s Department agreed to grant witnesses immunity for
admitting those illegal actions.
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