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Democratic donor Ed Buck found guilty in drug overdose deaths

By Carly Roman
Published July 27, 2021 10:58pm ET
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Democratic donor Ed Buck found guilty in drug overdose deaths
Ed Buck appears in Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles on Sept. 19, 2019. It took more than two years from the first overdose death in political donor Buck's apartment until his arrest this month. A federal grand jury has indicted wealthy California political donor Ed Buck in two overdose deaths at his West Hollywood apartment. The indictment returned Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, in U.S. District Court charges Buck with distributing methamphetamine resulting in the deaths of Timothy Dean in January and Gemmel Moore in 2017. Buck is also charged with providing meth to three other men, including at least one who overdosed. A defense lawyer has said Buck denies a role in the deaths.

Ed Buck, a Democratic donor accused of offering men drugs at his home in incidents that led to two overdose deaths, has been convicted on all counts.

A Los Angeles Superior Court jury convicted Buck, 66, on nine felony counts, including two counts of distribution of controlled substances resulting in death. Prosecutors said Gemmel Moore, 26, and Timothy Dean, 55, died after ingesting methamphetamine provided by Buck at his West Hollywood apartment in 2017 and 2019, respectively.

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