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Ed Buck, 65, has been charged with administering
methamphetamine, battery and maintaining a drug house.

Two men have died of overdoses at his West Hollywood home while
a third survived after fleeing Mr Buck's apartment last week,
prosecutors say.

Mr Buck's lawyer told CBS News he will fight the charges
"vigorously".

Mr Buck, who is wealthy, politically connected and white, has
come under scrutiny over the overdose deaths, which involved
"vulnerable" black men.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey said on
Tuesday she remains "deeply concerned for the safety of people
whose life circumstances may make them more vulnerable to
criminal predators".

"With this new evidence, I authorised the filing of criminal
charges against Ed Buck."

Prosecutors have asked for bail to be set at $4m (£3m), calling
Mr Buck a "violent, dangerous sexual predator" who targeted the
homeless and those battling drug addiction.

Mr Buck, an LGBT activist who has donated tens of thousands of
dollars to Democratic candidates, is expected in court on
Wednesday. He could see a total of five years and eight months
in state prison if convicted.

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"From his home, in a position of power, Buck manipulates his
victims into participating in his sexual fetishes," prosecutors
said in court documents.

"These fetishes include supplying and personally administering
dangerously large doses of narcotics to his victims."

The latest alleged victim, who is 37 and remains unnamed, was
allegedly injected with high doses of "meth" at Mr Buck's
apartment on 4 September, after which he sought medical
attention.

He returned to the apartment on 11 September and was allegedly
injected with meth again.

When the man believed he was overdosing, prosecutors say Mr Buck
refused to help and "thwarted" his attempts to obtain
assistance. The man allegedly fled and was able to call for help
from a gas station.

Police investigating Mr Buck's apartment after the man's escape
found hundreds of photographs of men in "compromising
positions", according to the Los Angeles Times.

What do we know about the two deaths?
In July 2017, 26-year-old Gemmel Moore died in Mr Buck's
apartment of a meth overdose. Mr Moore was found naked on a
mattress, surrounded by drug paraphernalia and sex toys,
officials said, and the death was initially ruled an accident.

Mr Moore had been homeless and worked as an escort, the Times
reported.

After Mr Moore's mother, LaTisha Nixon, questioned Mr Buck's
involvement in the overdose, an investigation was launched. But
prosecutors later said they did not have enough evidence to
charge Mr Buck.

Ms Nixon filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Mr Buck in
February.

Her attorney, Hussain Turk, said in a statement: "If the dead
body of a blond-haired, blue-eyed white man was found in the
home of an older black man, he'd be lucky to even make it to the
police station alive."

A month earlier, 55-year-old Timothy Dean, a fashion consultant,
was found dead of a meth overdose in the same apartment,
prompting protests and demands for police to investigate.

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