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Homeless man recounts how Democratic donor, Edward Buck, paid him $250 and injected him with meth after ‘fetish’ sex sessions in white long johns – as cops probe deaths of two Black men in his home

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<h3><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;999999&semi;"><em><strong>&&num;8216&semi;I thought I was going to be the next to die at Ed Buck&&num;8217&semi;s house&comma;&&num;8217&semi; &&num;8211&semi; Male prostitute recounts how Democratic donor paid him &dollar;250 and injected him with meth after &&num;8216&semi;fetish&&num;8217&semi; sex sessions in white long johns &&num;8211&semi; as police probe TWO black men&&num;8217&semi;s deaths<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;999999&semi;"><em><strong>Edward Buck&comma; 64&comma; a transplant from Arizona to Los Angeles&comma; became a successful businessman&comma; pioneering in computer technology&comma; &lbrack;in electronic information services&rsqb;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff0000&semi;">WARNING&colon; Sexually explicit content<&sol;span><b><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;b><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Connected political insider Edward  &&num;8216&semi;Ed&&num;8217&semi; Buck is now under investigation over the deaths of two black men&comma; including one man who died of an apparent overdose at his apartment on Monday<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Jermaine Gagnon&comma; 28&comma; a part-time male prostitute talks about narrowly escaping death when Edward Buck injected him with crystal meth at his sex-toy filled apt<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"> In 2017&comma; Buck was investigated for suspected murder when Gemmel Moore&comma; 26&comma; was found dead of a meth overdose at his home in July of that year<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">On Monday another Black male in his fifties was removed dead&comma; from Buck&&num;8217&semi;s West Hollywood apt<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Gagnon said Buck&comma; 64&comma; paid to fly him from Minnesota to Los Angeles&comma; drugged him with a substance dissolved in Gatorade then injected him with crystal meth <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">The then homeless man shared photos of Buck&comma; wearing white long johns&comma; crouched over him on a mattress during one of their nights together last year <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">He also had photos of the sex toys Buck had for their encounter&comma; saying&colon; &&num;8216&semi;He had this red and black toolbox with all types of fetish toys&comma; like c&ast;&ast;k rings&comma; sex toys&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">He added&colon; &&num;8216&semi;He gave me some Tommy Hilfiger tighty whities&comma; a muscle t-shirt and some long johns&period; White knee-high socks&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Gagnon said during one encounter Buck offered him a drink he suspected had been spiked&comma; feeling woozy and weak shortly after drinking it <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">He said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;He took my phone&period; I was so scared&period; I felt death walked into my soul&period; I called my mother&period; I said&comma; &&num;8216&semi;I feel like he&&num;8217&semi;s going to kill me&comma; I think I&&num;8217&semi;m going to die&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i1&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Jermaine-Gagnon-3&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Jermaine Gagnon 3" width&equals;"740" height&equals;"594" &sol;><strong>Jermaine Gagnon said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;He &lbrack;Buck&rsqb;&comma; gave me some Tommy Hilfiger tighty whities&comma; a muscle t-shirt and some long johns&period; White knee-high socks&period; The underwear was laid around the bed&period; Everything is all folded up&comma; nice and neat&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">A man has told how he narrowly escaped death when Hillary Clinton donor Edward Buck injected him with crystal meth at his sex-toy filled apartment &&num;8211&semi; where two black men have died within 18 months&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;fxexperts&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wallstreet-forex&period;com&sol;images&sol;banners&sol;wsfr&lowbar;2&lowbar;evolution&lowbar;768x90&lowbar;1&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;Jermaine Gagnon&comma; 28&comma; recalled how Buck&comma; 63&comma; paid to fly him from Minnesota to Los Angeles&comma; drugged him with a substance dissolved in Gatorade then injected him with crystal meth at his West Hollywood apartment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;And Gagnon shared pictures which show Buck&comma; wearing white long johns&comma; crouched over him on the mattress of a pullout bed during one of their nights together&comma; as well as the &&num;8216&semi;toolbox&&num;8217&semi; of sex toys he produced during their encounter&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Buck is now under investigation over the deaths of a black man in his 50s at his apartment in the early hours of Monday morning this week&comma; and a second investigation into the death of Gemmel Moore 18 months ago has been reopened&comma; after being closed for lack of evidence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Edward-Buck-3&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Edward Buck 3" width&equals;"721" height&equals;"548" &sol;><strong>Jermaine Gagnon claims Buck &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; took advantage of him when he most vulnerable<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i1&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Jermaine-Gagnon-1&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Jermaine Gagnon 1" width&equals;"674" height&equals;"644" &sol;><strong>Jermaine Gagnon &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; recapped how he narrowly escaped death when Edward Buck injected him with crystal meth at his sex-toy filled apt<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"splitLeft">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i1&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Edward-Buck-2&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Edward Buck 2" width&equals;"686" height&equals;"549" &sol;><strong>Gagnon shared photos of Buck&comma; wearing white long johns&comma; crouched over him on a mattress during one of their nights together<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Hilary-clinton-and-Edward-Buck-1&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Hilary clinton and Edward Buck 1" width&equals;"694" height&equals;"677" &sol;><strong>Now under a cloud of deaths of several black men in his home&comma; political insider Ed Buck &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; is seen with Democratic presidential candidate&comma; Sen Hilary Clinton in 2016<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">Buck&comma; a prominent Democratic donor who gave to Hillary Clinton&&num;8217&semi;s campaign&comma; is now under investigation over the deaths of a black man in his 50s at his apartment of Monday morning this week&comma; and a second investigation into the death of Gemmel Moore 18 months ago&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;gaming777&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamingjobsonline&period;com&sol;images&sol;banner&sol;banner250x250&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;gaming777&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamingjobsonline&period;com&sol;images&sol;banner&sol;250&sol;250x250-1&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;Buck&&num;8217&semi;s attorney&comma; Seymour Amster&comma; questioned why Gagnon didn&&num;8217&semi;t contact the police at the time&period; He added&colon; &&num;8216&semi;We see no reason to respond to unverified accusations from individuals just trying to seek attention&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The prominent Democratic donor gave to Clinton and posed with former California governor Jerry Brown&period; One party congressman&comma; Ted Lieu&comma; has said he will return the cash Buck donated to him but the Clinton campaign has so far said nothing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Buck has also faced protests outside his apartment over the deaths&comma; which his attorney has denied he had any part in&comma; claiming he opened his door to &&num;8216&semi;vulnerable&&num;8217&semi; people in bad circumstances to try to help them&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gagnon said he was homeless and couch-surfing in LA in April 2018 when he met Buck on the gay dating site&comma; Adam4Adam&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i1&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Screenshots-of-Damar-Love-and-Ed-Buck-allegedly-at-Bucks-home&period;-summer-of-2017&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Screenshots of Damar Love and Ed Buck allegedly at Buck's home&period;&comma; summer of 2017" width&equals;"735" height&equals;"498" &sol;>Portrait of a serial patron of the services of male prostitutes &colon; Screenshots of Gemmel Moore&&num;8217&semi;s friend Damar Love and Ed Buck allegedly at Buck&&num;8217&semi;s home&comma; summer of 2017<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Buck offered him &dollar;200 to spend the evening with him at his apartment&comma; he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gagnon said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I had done sex for money other times but I don&&num;8217&semi;t make it a habit&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;The first day we met&comma; I met him at his house&period; There is a gate at the main entrance and he buzzed me up&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s on the second floor&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;When I walked in&comma; it was dim lights&comma; a mattress in the middle of the floor&comma; three mirrors surrounding the mattress and a flat-screen TV mounted on the wall&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Ed-Buck-propositions-Jermaine-Gagnon-1&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Ed Buck propositions Jermaine Gagnon 1" width&equals;"697" height&equals;"723" &sol;><strong>Inside Buck&&num;8217&semi;s apt&comma; he was offered him &dollar;200 to spend the evening with him&period; Gagnon said the mirrors &lbrack;photo&rsqb; were about seven-foot high and appeared to be suspended on ropes so that they tilted forward over the bed<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Gagnon said the mirrors were about seven-foot high and appeared to be suspended on ropes so that they tilted forward over the bed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;It was just kind of weird&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Anywhere you look in this room&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll see yourself in the mirror&period; What mostly caught my attention was the windows&comma; they were covered in fabric&period; You couldn&&num;8217&semi;t see out of them and nobody can see in&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;He had this red and black toolbox with all types of fetish toys&comma; like c&ast;&ast;k rings&comma; sex toys&period; He also has needles inside this drawer&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Edward-Bucks-collection-of-sex-toys-1&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Edward Buck's collection of sex toys 1" width&equals;"655" height&equals;"779" &sol;><strong>Gagnon shared images of sex toys Buck had for their encounter &lpar;&lbrack;photo&rsqb;&period; saying&colon; &&num;8216&semi;He had this red and black toolbox with all types of fetish toys&comma; like c&ast;&ast;k rings&comma; sex toys&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Edward-Bucks-West-Hollywood-apt-1&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Edward Buck's West Hollywood apt 1" width&equals;"755" height&equals;"426" &sol;>A man&&num;8217&semi;s death on Monday marks the second time a black man has died in Buck&&num;8217&semi;s West Hollywood apartment &lpar;pictured&rpar; in the past 18 months<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Gagnon said that he had a couple of drinks and chatted with Buck&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;He knew my situation&period; We discussed my lifestyle and what I was going through&comma; how long I&&num;8217&semi;d been using crystal meth&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;He was a good person when I first met him&period; He was really cool&period; He was calm&comma; he was collected&period; The apartment looked like a club scene or something&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;We just sat at the table trying to get to know each other and the fetishes that he likes&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;He likes the bulge in your pants&comma; he likes you to wear c&ast;&ast;k rings and pocket p&ast;&ast;&ast;ies&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s fixated on pictures and looking at you&period; He says &&num;8221&semi;two men f&ast;&ast;&ast;ing each other&comma; f&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast;ts do that&&num;8221&semi;&period; He may do touching or looking&comma; but he doesn&&num;8217&semi;t do penetration&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;He gave me a little oral and I gave him a little oral&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;He&&num;8217&semi;s more oral or foreplay&comma; dressing you up and you being his sex slave&period; He had a certain way of what you had to wear into his house to play in his game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i1&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Edward-Buck’s-Adam4Adam-ad&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Edward Buck’s Adam4Adam ad" width&equals;"592" height&equals;"1052" &sol;>Edward Buck’s ad trolling for partners on the website Adam4Adam <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">&&num;8216&semi;When you first come into the house&comma; you take your clothes off&period; He said&comma; &&num;8221&semi;I want you to put on this&comma; this is what entertains me&period;&&num;8221&semi; I had no problem with it&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;He gave me some Tommy Hilfiger tighty whities&comma; a muscle t-shirt and some long johns&period; White knee-high socks&period; The underwear was laid around the bed&period; Everything is all folded up&comma; nice and neat&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The 28-year-old said that during this first meeting he smoked crystal meth with Buck&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;We smoked together&comma; we passed the bowl back and forth and then he was like&comma; &&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;ve been smoking all day&comma; go ahead and enjoy&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;There&&num;8217&semi;s pipes everywhere&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s baggies&comma; straws&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gagnon said that Buck was open about the fact he was having dates with multiple men &&num;8211&semi; &&num;8216&semi;young&comma; black&comma; handsome and well-endowed&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i1&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Edward-Buck-and-Gov-Jerry-Brown-1&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Edward Buck and Gov Jerry Brown 1" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"715" &sol;><strong>Buck is an active donor who supports the Democratic Party&period; He is seen above with former California Governor Jerry Brown<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&&num;8216&semi;He was quite open about being very generous to the black community&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m his type and pretty much half of the black community is his type &&num;8211&semi; vulnerable&comma; depressed&period; If you&&num;8217&semi;re in a depressive state&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s the energy that feeds him&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gagnon says that he stayed for around four or five hours on that first date&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;After the first time I was like well that was kind of easy&comma; I think I can do that again&period; I felt comfortable enough to come back&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The 28-year-old said a few days later he left LA and moved to Dallas&comma; to spend time with his brother who was dying from cancer&comma; but soon got a call from Buck asking him to visit&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I was probably in Dallas for two or three weeks before Ed Buck offered to pay for my ticket back to California&period; He wanted me to come to California for a weekend&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Jermaine-Gagnon-2&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Jermaine Gagnon 2" width&equals;"725" height&equals;"872" &sol;>Gagnon said that he was homeless and couch-surfing in LA in April 2018 when he met Buck on the gay dating site&comma; Adam4Adam<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Gagnon said he took Buck up on his offer&comma; but this time when he came over Buck wanted to inject him with a syringe of crystal meth&comma; known among drug users as &&num;8216&semi;pointing&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The 28-year-old said that before meeting Buck he had never injected crystal meth&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;This time he introduced the point&comma;&&num;8217&semi; said Gagnon&period; &&num;8216&semi;He asked me&comma; it was the first thing he said&period; I allowed him because it was my first time trying it&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;He has this big black old school flashlight&period; It unscrews and there&&num;8217&semi;s a whole bunch of drugs in there&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gagnon says he saw a little bag with a small amount of what he believed to be crystal meth and another bag with a lot of crystal meth in it&period; He said he didn&&num;8217&semi;t see other drugs other than Viagra&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;He always told me &&num;8216&semi;in my house I&&num;8217&semi;m the only person that can administrate&period;&&num;8217&semi; He was the only person who would give the drugs to anybody&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;He only smoked&period; He would make a needle to inject himself but he would inject me first&period; I never saw him inject himself in front of me&period; These are his drugs&comma; his needles&period;&&num;8217&semi;Gagnon said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;He gave me some Tommy Hilfiger tighty whities&comma; a muscle t-shirt and some long johns&period; White knee-high socks&period; The underwear was laid around the bed&period; Everything is all folded up&comma; nice and neat&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"splitLeft">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Itinerary-showing-the-flight-Ed-Buck-bought-for-Gagnon-to-come-visit-him&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Itinerary showing the flight Ed Buck bought for Gagnon to come visit him" width&equals;"676" height&equals;"460" &sol;><strong>After Gagnon left LA and moved to Dallas&comma; to spend time with his brother who was dying from cancer&comma; Buck called asking him to visit&period;Above is the itinerary showing the flight Ed Buck bought for Gagnon to come visit him<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Gagnon said that Buck injected the crystal meth into the vein on his arm and he reacted badly to the drugs and became aggressive&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;It hit me&comma; my body went to tingling&comma; my mouth went to jittery&period; I got so high that I was enraged&comma; I cussed him out and made a big scene at his apartment and he pretty much put me out&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I changed back into my clothes&comma; he paid me &dollar;250 and I left&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gagnon said there was no one else in the apartment during that meeting but there was a knock on the door&period; He said that Buck cracked open the door and spoke to a man through it&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Before leaving the apartment&comma; Gagnon took pictures and secretly filmed Buck on his phone&comma; asking him on camera about crystal meth&period; Buck refused to answer&comma; and asked if Gagnon was filming him&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The two men stayed in touch&comma; and four months later&comma; around September 22&comma; Buck offered again to pay Gagnon to come over to his house&period; He said this time the atmosphere was tense&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i1&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Gemmel-Moore-4&period;png&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Gemmel Moore 4" width&equals;"822" height&equals;"431" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Buck was investigated for suspected murder when Gemmel Moore&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; 26&comma; was found dead of a meth overdose at his home in July 2017<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Over the summer&comma; Gagnon had learned about the death of Gemmel Moore&period; Buck was investigated for suspected murder when Moore&comma; 26&comma; was found dead of a meth overdose at his home in July 2017&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;That investigation was closed when West Hollywood police said they had found insufficient evidence&comma; but is now open again after the death of the unnamed man this week&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gagnon said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I had called him and said&comma; &&num;8216&semi;So did you kill the boy&quest;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;He was nonchalant&comma; he changed the subject&period; He wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t answer anything about Gemmel Moore&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He added&colon; &&num;8216&semi;The third time I met Buck&comma; I was stupid and dumb and wanted to go back for more&period; I wanted to get him to admit that he had something to do with Gemmel Moore&&num;8217&semi;s death&period; I went back for more trouble and fell back into his s&ast;&ast;&ast;&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"splitLeft">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Gemmel-Moore-2&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Gemmel Moore 2" width&equals;"591" height&equals;"789" &sol;><strong>Over the summer&comma; Gagnon said he had learned about the death of Gemmel Moore &lbrack;photo&rsqb;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Gemmel-Moores-body-is-removed-from-Edward-Bucks-apt-1&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Gemmel Moore's body is removed from Edward Buck's apt 1" width&equals;"624" height&equals;"362" &sol;>Gemmel Moore&&num;8217&semi;s body is removed from Edward Buck&&num;8217&semi;s west Hollywood apt in July 2017&period; Buck had also engaged hi services<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>The circumstances of the 26-year-old&&num;8217&semi;s death and subsequent police investigation was so bizarre that shortly after his passing the WeHo Times<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wehotimes&period;com&sol;sex-politics-meth-death-west-hollywood&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer"> published a story<&sol;a> that quoted Moore’s mother LaTisha Nixon as saying that she didn’t believe it was as cut and dry as the coroner’s office was making it&period;  She had learned that her son had been doing escort work and that her son’s friend was also engaged in similar activity—and that they had a client in common&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Gemmel-Moore-photo-and-right-and-with-his-mother-LaTisha-Nixon-3&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Gemmel Moore &lbrack;photo&rsqb; and right and with his mother LaTisha Nixon 3" width&equals;"636" height&equals;"678" &sol;>Gemmel Moore<&sol;strong> &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; <strong>and his mother LaTisha Nixon<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Speaking to the <em>WeHo Times<&sol;em>&comma; Nixon said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I called one of my son’s friends and was like&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;who the hell is Edward Buck&quest;’  And my son’s friend was like&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;oh my God&comma; that’s that white guy&comma; that wealthy white politician guy… he was like &OpenCurlyQuote;oh my God…’  When he calmed down&comma; he told me that Ed Buck was one of my son’s clients and that Ed Buck was one of his clients as well&period;  &lbrack;Buck&rsqb; would have my son to go out to… Santa Monica Boulevard looking for young gay black guys so he could inject them with drugs&comma; see their reaction and how &lbrack;they&rsqb; would react and take pictures of them&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Moore’s own personal journal seemed to corroborate those statements&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Among Moore’s personal belongings collected by his family from the coroner’s was a journal in which he documents his feelings about the direction of his life and the role of Ed Buck in it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Jermaine-Gagnons-journal-1&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Jermaine Gagnon's journal 1" width&equals;"841" height&equals;"895" &sol;><strong>In this undated journal entry&comma; Gemmel Moore admitted he &&num;8216&semi;ended up back at Ed Buck house &lpar;sic&rpar; again and got manipulated into slamming down again&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i1&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;MEs-office-remove-second-Black-man-found-dead-in-Edward-Bucks-apt-1&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"ME's office remove second Black man found dead in Edward Buck's apt 1" width&equals;"725" height&equals;"499" &sol;>Serial deaths&colon; On Monday&comma; another victim &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; described as a black man in his 50s&comma; was found dead in Buck&&num;8217&semi;s West Hollywood apt<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">Continuing the story of his return to Ed buck&&num;8217&semi;s world&comma; Gagnon said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I was going through my drug abuse and I needed the money so I met up with him again&period; When you&&num;8217&semi;re in that situation&comma; you do anything to be able to survive&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I wasn&&num;8217&semi;t thinking about it&&num;8217&semi;s hurting me&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s killing me&period; I was thinking I need this money&period; I need food&comma; I need a place to sleep&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gagnon said when he arrived he didn&&num;8217&semi;t like the atmosphere&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Buck wasn&&num;8217&semi;t himself&period; He was too jittery&comma; like he had a task to do but was procrastinating&period; He was determined to finish something&comma; but I don&&num;8217&semi;t know what he was determined to do&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The 28-year-old said Buck offered him a drink of Gatorade&period; When he drank it&comma; Gagnon said&comma; he began to feel as if he&&num;8217&semi;d been drugged&comma; and suspects the drink contained a drug such as GHB&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;We did the usual&comma; I changed into his clothes&period; I drank most of the Gatorade then within a few minutes&comma; I felt woozy&period; I didn&&num;8217&semi;t feel like my normal self&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;I was so scared&period; I felt the sensation of death&period; I felt death walked into my soul&period; I said&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Mom&comma; I feel like he&&num;8217&semi;s going to kill me&comma; I think I&&num;8217&semi;m going to die&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I could barely keep my eyes open&period; I was real drowsy and limp&period; I was laying in the middle of the floor&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Edward-Buck-4&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Edward Buck 4" width&equals;"841" height&equals;"961" &sol;><strong>The 28-year-old said Buck &lpar;pictured&rpar; offered him a drink of Gatorade&period; When he drank it&comma; Gagnon said&comma; he began to feel as if he&&num;8217&semi;d been drugged&comma; and suspects the drink contained a drug such as GHB<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">Gagnon does not believe that Buck raped or sexually assaulted him while he was incapacitated&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Buck said&comma; &&num;8216&semi;You&&num;8217&semi;re not high enough for me&comma; I want you to do another point&period;&&num;8217&semi; I was so blurred in the situation&period; He actually pointed me and when he injected me with crystal meth&comma; my body heated up like fire&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;My head felt like it was going to explode and I just felt so dizzy and limp&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;My body was numb&comma; I could barely move&period; It was a matter of seconds&period; My speech started slurring&comma; I was in and out&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I saw him preparing the drugs at the table&period; He said &&num;8216&semi;you&&num;8217&semi;ve got to watch&period;&&num;8217&semi; I couldn&&num;8217&semi;t really stand up&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I really thought I was the next person that was going be dead at Ed Buck&&num;8217&semi;s house&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gagnon said that Buck didn&&num;8217&semi;t say anything while he was lying on the floor unable to move and just moved around&comma; watching him&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&&num;8216&semi;He was touching things&comma; periodically picking things up and moving them around&period; He was quiet as a church mouse but you can feel when someone has an agenda&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;He took my phone&period; I was so scared&period; I felt the sensation of death&period; I felt death walked into my soul&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i1&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Jermaine-Gagnon-with-one-of-Edward-Bucks-sex-toys-2&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Jermaine Gagnon with one of Edward Buck's sex toys 2" width&equals;"644" height&equals;"673" &sol;><strong>Jermaine Gagnon with one of the sex toys from Ed Buck&&num;8217&semi;s collection<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">Gagnon believes the Democrat donor should be arrested&period; &&num;8216&semi;He needs to be put away for the rest of his life&period; I want to see Ed Buck prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gagnon said that he dragged himself to his feet because he knew he had to drink water&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I went and drunk out of the faucet&period; I found my phone and called my mother&period; I said&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Mom&comma; I feel like he&&num;8217&semi;s going to kill me&comma; I think I&&num;8217&semi;m going to die&period;&&num;8217&semi; She said&comma; baby&comma; I love you&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gagnon said he lay praying for two and a half hours while Buck wandered around the apartment&comma; seemingly unconcerned&period; When he came down from his high&comma; Gagnon told Buck he wanted to go outside for a walk&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Democrat donor gave Gagnon &dollar;60 and told him to get a drink at a nearby bar&period; Instead&comma; Gagnon went to a corner store and bought a taser and two knives to protect himself&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;While he was out&comma; he noticed Buck&&num;8217&semi;s friend and neighbor following him&period; He recognized the man from his previous visits&comma; describing him as white&comma; in his 50s&comma; about 6&&num;8217&semi;4&&num;8242&semi; and weighing around 215 lbs&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gagnon said the neighbor had also been calling Buck every two or three hours&comma; checking Buck was drinking enough water and eating&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;When Gagnon returned to the apartment&comma; he said Buck had become cold and distant&comma; and asked Gagnon to leave because he had another young man coming round to his home&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;He started blowing me off and brushing me to the side&period; He was saying &&num;8216&semi;how about you go to Las Vegas for the weekend and when you&&num;8217&semi;re ready to go home I&&num;8217&semi;ll pay for your ticket to go back to Minnesota&period;&&num;8217&semi; It sounded like a good idea just to get away from him&comma;&&num;8217&semi; said the 28-year-old&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Buck paid Gagnon &dollar;300 and bought his flight back to Minnesota&comma; and the two never spoke again&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Looking back on that day&comma; I was frightened&comma; I was vulnerable&period; I was frustrated because I allowed this person to harm me&period; I put myself in harm&&num;8217&semi;s way again&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Edward-Buck-3&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Edward Buck 3" width&equals;"721" height&equals;"548" &sol;><strong>Jermaine Gagnon claime Buck &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; took advantage of him when he most vulnerable<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">Gagnon said he did not report Buck to the police at the time because he had no other way to pay for a plane ticket home and he felt extremely paranoid about what had happened<br &sol;>&NewLine;The 28-year-old is now living in Brooklyn&comma; New York with two close friends from his hometown of Minneapolis&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Jermaine is currently fighting to stay off drugs and he is due to enter rehab later this month for his addiction issues&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gagnon said he did not report Buck to the police at the time because he had no other way to pay for a plane ticket home and he felt extremely paranoid about what had happened&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;He has taken pictures with Hillary Clinton&comma; who knows who he knows&quest;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;It just amazes me when at the same time&comma; he degrades gay&comma; black men who live with HIV and makes them go through more pain and struggle&period; I don&&num;8217&semi;t understand the human mind that can do that&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gagnon added&colon; &&num;8216&semi;It frustrated me when I heard about the second body&period; Just imagine what my mother went through when she heard that phone call from me and what Gemmel&&num;8217&semi;s mother is going through&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s going to take for him to kill a whole village before they do anything about it&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Gagnon believes the Democrat donor should be arrested&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;He needs to be put away for the rest of his life&period; I want to see Ed Buck prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;These boys are not just dying of an overdose&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s not a coincidence another person has died in the same home during the same situation&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;This man is a murderer and he&&num;8217&semi;s getting away with it and it&&num;8217&semi;s all because the media wants to sweep it under the rug because he&&num;8217&semi;s this rich&comma; white man&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;If my body was a little bit weaker&comma; I wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t be here&period; I wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t be telling you the story&period; I would have died at Ed Buck&&num;8217&semi;s house that night&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"imageCaption"><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Protesters-outside-Edward-Bucks-apt-1&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Protesters outside Edward Buck's apt 1" width&equals;"680" height&equals;"449" &sol;><strong>Protesters gather outside Ed Buck&&num;8217&semi;s home in California on Monday night after it emerged that a second black man had died there in the space of 18 months<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Jasmyne Cannick&comma; a Democratic candidate for California state assembly who has worked with Gemmel Moore&&num;8217&semi;s family&comma; said the DA and Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Department &&num;8216&semi;have blood on their hands&&num;8217&semi; for failing to properly investigate the donor after Moore&&num;8217&semi;s death&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;At the time of Moore&&num;8217&semi;s death the Los Angeles County District Attorney&&num;8217&semi;s Office decided not to prosecute Buck&comma; saying there was &&num;8216&semi;insufficient &lbrack;evidence&rsqb; to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that &lbrack;Buck&rsqb; is responsible for the death of Gemmel Moore&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The DA&&num;8217&semi;s Office said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Likewise&comma; the admissible evidence is insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that suspect Buck furnished drugs to Gemmel Moore or that suspect Buck possessed drugs&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In February of last year Moore&&num;8217&semi;s family published pages from his diary in which he alleged that it was Buck who first introduced him to narcotics&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;These revelations prompted the LASD to reopen its investigation into Buck but that too was closed until this week&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Since the investigation was launched&comma; a number of other men of color have come forward to claim political power player Buck&comma; who is single and came out as gay at 16&comma; paid them to take drugs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class&equals;"media-library&lowbar;&lowbar;list-item-centered" draggable&equals;"false" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i2&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Jasmyne-Cannick-1&period;jpg&quest;ssl&equals;1&amp&semi;w&equals;450" alt&equals;"Jasmyne Cannick 1" width&equals;"739" height&equals;"494" &sol;>Jasmyne Cannick&comma; a Democratic candidate for California state assembly who has worked with Gemmel Moore&&num;8217&semi;s family&comma; said the DA and Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Department &&num;8216&semi;have blood on their hands&&num;8217&semi; for failing to properly investigate the donor after Moore&&num;8217&semi;s death<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">The coroner&&num;8217&semi;s report&comma; from July 31&comma; 2017&comma; noted that investigators spoke with a woman who knew Moore&comma; who said that the prostitute had told her about another man he knew that had been tied up by Buck &&num;8216&semi;over a year ago&&num;8217&semi;&comma; who then &&num;8216&semi;held him against his will at the residence in West Hollywood&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The report also stated that Buck&&num;8217&semi;s apartment was full of drug paraphernalia including dozens of syringes containing brown residue&comma; five glass pipes with white residue&comma; several baggies of white power&comma; and a bag of a &&num;8216&semi;crystal-like&&num;8217&semi; substance&comma; such as crystal meth&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Pages from Moore&&num;8217&semi;s personal journal allege that Buck had a strange fascination with watching others take drugs&comma; and had even supplied him his first hit of crystal meth&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;No details of the death of the latest man&comma; including his name or the cause&comma; have been revealed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Buck&&num;8217&semi;s attorney&comma; Seymour Amster&comma; said the man was a long-time friend of Buck&&num;8217&semi;s in his 50s&comma; and had lived in West Hollywood for 25 years&period; Amster claimed that the man had &&num;8216&semi;a history of substance abuse&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Unfortunately in the early hours this morning&comma; a good friend of Ed&&num;8217&semi;s reached out to him&period; Ed was reluctant to have him over but he was insistent&period; He had him come over and come into his apartment&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Amster revealed on Monday&comma; hours after the death&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Ed had just gotten out of the shower&comma; so he went to get himself more appropriately attired&period; He came back into his living room and his friend was acting with bizarre behavior&period; Shortly thereafter it was obvious his friend needed medical assistance&period; Ed called paramedics&period; They arrived&comma; they were unable to revive him&comma; and unfortunately he died in the apartment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;It seems the individual came over already having consumed controlled substances&period; There were no controlled substances ingested in the presence of Ed&comma; nor did Ed give any to his friend&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The attorney said Buck was initially interviewed by officers who arrived on the scene&comma; but has declined further interviews with homicide detectives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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