Noted politico, campaign donor and alleged meth predator Ed Buck has suffered another blow following his arrest last week: His landlord served him with eviction papers at his West Hollywood apartment.
Police arrested Buck earlier this month after allegedly injecting an African-American man with methamphetamine. The man in question overdosed but survived. Nevertheless, the incident caused police to finally act after years of inaction. In 2017, another African-American man named Gemmel Moore overdosed and died in Buck’s apartment during a sexual encounter. A similar incident happened earlier this year resulting in the death of Timothy Dean, another African-American man.
Since the death of Gemmel Moore, African-American and civil rights groups have called for an investigation into Buck. A number of journalists have identified a pattern of behavior by which Buck would seduce young, African-American men, lure them to his apartment for sex and inject them with drugs. Court records suggest Buck has amassed at least 10 victims over the years.
Related: Wealthy Democratic donor Ed Buck arrested after third man overdoses in his home
One of those journalists, Jasmyne Cannick, celebrated Buck’s arrest on Twitter. “I’ve never been one to gloat over someone being evicted—especially in #LosAngeles with these high ass rents,” she tweeted. “But y’all, it looks like #EdBuck is FINALLY getting evicted! And you know what—I’m okay with that.”
I’ve never been one to gloat over someone being evicted—especially in #LosAngeles with these high ass rents. But y’all, it looks like #EdBuck is FINALLY getting evicted! And you know what—I’m okay with that. #weeverywhere pic.twitter.com/K5CdTvbCw4
— Jasmyne Cannick (@Jasmyne) September 25, 2019
Critics, including the family of Gemmel Moore, have accused LAPD of inaction thanks to Buck’s long history as a political donor.
“Timothy Dean’s death could’ve been prevented if they had listened to us. But they didn’t,” Moore’s mother, LaTisha Nixon, said in an interview. Earlier this month, courts added an additional charge against Buck of “one count of distribution of methamphetamine resulting in death” related to the death of Gemmel Moore.
Cam
Serial Meth Predator. Great wording there!
I’m surprised he wasn’t evicted before. Hopefully this saves some lives.
MacAdvisor
The landlord has not evicted Buck. The landlord has given a Three-Day Notice. It asks him to leave and do so within three days. If Buck does not leave (quit the premises), the landlord may then file an expedited lawsuit called an unlawful detainer that could result in Buck being evicted. There is a long way to go from here to that judicial order, however. At this time, Buck retains possession.
Brian
I’m not surprised Queerty doesn’t know the difference. As soon as I saw the headline I knew that whatever the story was, it wasn’t an eviction. This is California, even with dead bodies no landlord is going to get an eviction notice anywhere near that quickly.
Chrisk
Please. It’s not like he’s coming back for for quite some time. This is about $$ and nothing else.
LostMyClothesAgain
All the news always reports Buck as a wealthy individual yet the apartment is 1234 N. Laurel which is kinda scuzzy. If he were wealthy he wouldn’t be renting and would probably live further west. I wonder if the apartment was a centrally located play place … Buck’s personal slammer club.
Bob LaBlah
That address or a not so ritzy neighborhood such as where these incidents occurred is where a predator would do these sort of acts. Its makes sense because an area like that is where the working class (the or three jobs that pay no more than enough to get to work and home) gay men live mostly and it would add credence that he only had at most fifty dollars to give them after the whole thing was over. Ed Buck was about as low as they came. What I think they ought to do (though its probably too late now) is go back at least ten or fifteen years and check the fingerprints of all evidence that was found around the dead bodies of black men found in alleys or bushes that autopsies report were drug overdoses for ol’ Ed’s fingerprints being somewhere on something. I could see him dumping bodies and probably had numerous places he has dumped these poor guys. I bet they didn’t even bother to check the surrounding areas for evidence once it was determined these guys were on drugs or had prior drug arrests.
Brian
He has enough spare cash to make big donations to politicians, but he never even bought himself a condo? It never crossed my mind that he’d be a renter.
truthseeker
@Brian
My guess is that this is one of his residences. He probably just uses this small apartment as a drug den for play
CenterRight
No one forced these men to go to his house. They voluntarily extended their arm to him so that they could be injected the nasty drug into their system. There is no sympathy, not one iota, for these druggies. In a way they got exactly what they deserved – death. They are in a better place now, thanks to another druggie.
Cam
What a shock, the same account that routinely defends anti-LGBT bigots, thinks that black drug addicts deserve to be murdered.
JaredMacBride
He won’t be needing the apartment anyway. He has new long-term accommodations.