He was found guilty on charges that he injected the men with methamphetamine in exchange for sex, leading to overdoses
Highlights
- Ed Buck, 67, sentenced to 30 years in prison on charges that he supplied and personally injected gay men with methamphetamine in exchange for sex.
- He was found guilty in July on all nine counts, including having a drug house, distributing methamphetamine and enticing men to travel for prostitution.
- Buck, a wealthy white man active in gay causes and animal rights issues, has given more than $500,000, mostly to Democratic politicians and causes since 2000.
- Prosecutors say Buck used his wealth and influence to prey on and exploit mostly vulnerable Black men for “party and play” encounters at his West Hollywood apartment.
- The encounters involved Buck paying men to use drugs, injecting large amounts and performing sex acts on them.