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An influential-turned-disgraced gay Democratic donor who has
been linked to multiple overdose-related deaths of vulnerable
black gay men in his Los Angeles home was arrested on September
17 after yet another man overdosed in his home last week,
prosecutors in Los Angeles announced.

The LA County District Attorney’ s Office said 65-year-old Ed
Buck, who has steered many thousands of dollars into the war
chests of Democratic candidates over the years, was charged with
felony counts of battery causing serious injury, administering
meth, and maintaining a drug house after he allegedly injected a
man with meth in his West Hollywood apartment on September 11.

Prosecutors say that same man had been at Buck’s house on
September 4 and left once he realized Buck had “personally and
deliberately” drugged him to the point where the man feared he
had overdosed, according to court documents filed in the case.
When the man returned on September 11, Buck allegedly injected
him with “two dangerously large” doses of meth and tried
convincing the man to stay. The victim said he managed to flee
the house and hurried to a gas station, where he called 911 and
was taken to a hospital.

Upon searching Buck’s home, prosecutors discovered hundreds of
photos of men “in compromising positions,” though they did not
spell out specifically what that characterization meant.

Others who have stepped into Buck’ s home over the years did not
manage to escape. Two black men — 26-year-old Gemmel Moore and
55-year-old Timothy Dean — died of meth overdoses at Buck’ s
home in 2017 and January of this year, respectively. Prosecutors
until this point had not gathered enough evidence to charge
Buck. After the latest overdose, however, prosecutors made it
clear they believe Buck is a sexual predator who has recklessly
drugged men.

“From his home, in a position of power, Buck manipulates his
victims into participating in his sexual fetishes,” prosecutors
stated in court papers. “These fetishes include supplying and
personally administering dangerously large doses of narcotics to
his victims... Not deterred by the senseless deaths of Moore and
Dean, the defendant nearly killed a third victim last week.”

Moore, whose body was found surrounded by drug paraphernalia in
July of 2017, explained Buck’ s predatory behavior in great
detail in journal entries, which were found after he died.

“I’ve become addicted to drugs and the worst one at that,” Moore
wrote in one entry, according to the Los Angeles Times. “Ed Buck
is the one to thank, he gave me my first injection.”

Moore continued: “I pray that I can just get my life together
and make sense. I help so many people but can’ t seem to help
myself. I honestly don’ t know what to do… I just hope the end
result isn’t death.”

In a written statement, LA County District Attorney Jackie Lacey
said she remains “deeply concerned for the safety of people
whose life circumstances may make them more vulnerable to
criminal predators.”

She added, “With this new evidence, I authorized the filing of
criminal charges against Ed Buck.”

Buck has been connected to numerous prominent Democrats dating
back more than a decade, some of whom now say they have returned
his donations. He was also involved in the LA political scene,
having served on the steering committee of the local Stonewall
Democratic Club before he was booted following the second of the
two deaths at his home.

Buck contributed $1,000 to former President Barack Obama’s first
campaign for president and $2,700 to former Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton’s unsuccessful 2016 presidential bid, and he
also has chipped into the campaigns of several current
Democratic members of Congress, including Senator Kyrsten Sinema
of Arizona, Representative Ted Lieu of California, and House
Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff, also of California,
among others.

Lieu announced he was donating money collected earlier from Buck
to LGBTQ and African-American groups.

Earlier this year, in an open letter published in the Los
Angeles Blade, DA Lacey denied that a $100 donation Buck made to
her 2012 campaign had any influence on her office’s earlier
decisions not to prosecute in the deaths of Moore and Dean.

“Nothing could be further from the truth,” she wrote.

Should he be convicted, Buck is facing a maximum of five years
and eight months in state prison. The case continues to be
investigated by the LA County Sheriff’ s Department — with the
possibility of additional, more serious charges — and Deputy
District Attorney Cynthia Barnes is prosecuting the case,
according to the DA’ s office.

https://www.gaycitynews.nyc/stories/2019/21/ed-buck-dem-donor- arrested-2019-09-18-gcn.html

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