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A request for bail was denied Friday for Democratic Party
fundraiser Ed Buck, who is accused of giving drugs to a man who
died at his West Hollywood apartment after allegedly being lured
across state lines for prostitution.

Buck's attorneys argued that their client should be released
from the downtown federal lockup due to the COVID-19 pandemic
currently moving through jails and prisons. Buck, 66, had
offered to put up a $400,000 signature bond and submit to
electronic monitoring and home confinement.

However, U.S. Magistrate Judge Rozella A. Oliver found that the
proposed bond conditions were insufficient to ensure Buck's
presence at trial, given the incentives to flee. She also
determined that Buck would pose a danger to the community if
allowed to leave jail before his trial in January.

As for the threat of COVID-19, the judge said defense attorneys
did not show that the Metropolitan Detention Center was unable
to handle Buck's medical needs, and that he didn't have any
medical conditions that put him at elevated risk for the virus,
beyond his age.

Federal prosecutors allege Buck has a history of injecting men
with drugs and paying them for sexual activity and emphasized in
a court filing that a previous judge's ruling denying pretrial
release on grounds of danger to the community was correct.

Buck is scheduled to go to trial in Los Angeles federal court on
nine counts next year. He also faces state charges of running a
drug den, but the federal case will proceed first.

Buck was arrested last year after being charged in federal court
with providing methamphetamine to a man who died after receiving
the drug intravenously. He now faces additional charges,
including a count alleging that he enticed 26-year-old Gemmel
Moore to travel to the Los Angeles area to engage in
prostitution. Buck allegedly provided meth to Moore, who
overdosed on the drug and died on July 27, 2017.

Buck is charged with a second count of enticing a man to travel
with the intent of engaging in prostitution. He is also accused
of knowingly and intentionally distributing meth, and using his
apartment for the purpose of distributing narcotics such as
meth, and the sedatives gamma hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) and
clonazepam.

Trial is scheduled for Jan. 19.

Federal prosecutors allege that Buck “engaged in a pattern of
soliciting men to consume drugs that Buck provided and perform
sexual acts at Buck's apartment,” a practice described as “party
and play,” according to court papers.

Buck allegedly solicited victims on social media platforms,
including a gay dating website, and used a recruiter to scout
and proposition men. Once the men were at his apartment, Buck
allegedly prepared syringes containing meth, sometimes
personally injecting the victims with or without their consent,
according to the indictment.

Buck also allegedly injected victims with more narcotics than
they expected and sometimes injected victims while they were
unconscious. Another victim, Timothy Dean, also suffered a fatal
overdose in Buck's apartment, on Jan. 7, 2019, according to the
indictment.

Each of the charges alleging the distribution of narcotics
resulting in death carries a mandatory minimum of 20 years in
federal prison and possible maximum of life without parole.

In state court, Buck faces charges, including operating a drug
house, that were filed last year by the Los Angeles County
District Attorney's Office.

Copyright CNS - City News Service

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/democratic-fundraiser- ed-buck-loses-pretrial-bail-bid/2434293/

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