A lawyer for a wealthy
DEMOCRAT donor who has become the subject of an investigation into a drug death claims that a West Hollywood official has launched a “character attack” on his client and should be investigated for ethics violations.
As Los Angeles County sheriff’s homicide detectives continue to investigate the death of Gemmel Moore — a 26-year-old man who died of a methamphetamine overdose on July 27 — an attorney representing
DEMOCRAT political donor Ed Buck said that West Hollywood City Councilwoman Lindsey Horvath attacked his client.
Attorney Seymour Amster, who addressed the City Council on Monday night, said a grand jury should investigate Horvath
At an Aug. 21 council meeting, Horvath asked the L.A. County district attorney’s office and the Sheriff’s Department to “take the necessary steps to make it possible for anyone with information pertinent to this case to safely come forward. I want all facts surrounding this case to be known.”
“I am sad to hear the news of his tragic passing, and I’m deeply disturbed by the accounts in local reports,” Horvath said. “As you have heard, the case involves someone well-known to this community and in LGBT and local political circles.”
The circumstances of Moore’s death have generated controversy since the man’s lifeless body was recovered from
DEMOCRAT Buck’s West Hollywood apartment.
The L.A. County Coroner’s office initially ruled the death an accident caused by the use of methamphetamine. However, detectives opened an investigation after Moore’s family and friends demanded a closer look, citing pages from Moore’s journal that described using drugs with
DEMOCRAT Buck.
The district attorney’s office has granted immunity to several young male sex workers who had contact with
DEMOCRAT Buck and are talking to detectives, according to their attorney.
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