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Ed Buck hires former OJ Simpson prosecutor Christopher Darden for defense

#ChristopherDarden #EdBuck #Meth #Drugs #Overdose #TimothyDean #GemmelMoore California  Democratic activist and  megadonor Ed Buck  has hired former  O.J. Simpson  prosecutor  Christopher Darden  to defend him against federal charges in connection with two overdose deaths at his West Hollywood apartment, according to new reports. Buck was indicted in October  with distributing methamphetamine that resulted in the deaths of Timothy Dean in January and Gemmel Moore in 2017. Federal prosecutors said Buck, 65, who has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democratic causes, preyed on vulnerable gay black men and pressured them to let him inject them with drugs as part of a sexual ritual known as “party and play,"   NBC Los Angeles  reported. Buck was arrested Sept. 17  and hit with state charges of operating a drug house.  Two days later, federal prosecutors charged him with distributing metha...