LOS ANGELES (AP) – Former O.J. Simpson prosecutor Christopher Darden is now representing Ed Buck, the wealthy Democratic donor charged in two overdose deaths at his Los Angeles-area apartment.
The 65-year-old Buck has pleaded not guilty to distributing meth resulting in the deaths of Timothy Dean in January and Gemmel Moore in 2017.
Federal prosecutors say Buck preyed on vulnerable gay men and pressured them to let him inject them with drugs as part of a sex ritual. His trial has been delayed until August. He’s being held without bail.
Court records show Darden replaced Buck’s deputy public defender earlier this month.
