A lady alleged to have operated an unlicensed cosmetology enterprise is accused of administering a deadly beauty process in a Burlingame lodge to a girl who was well-known on-line for being a Kim Kardashian look-alike, based on the San Mateo County District Legal professional’s Workplace.
Vivian Gomez, 50, a resident of Royal Palm Seashore, Florida, was extradited over the weekend and appeared in courtroom on Monday, Might 22, for fees of felony involuntary manslaughter and working towards medication and not using a license leading to demise and is going through eight years in state jail if convicted, based on the DA’s Workplace.
Gomez allegedly flew in from Florida and carried out an unlawful gluteal silicone injection April 19 to Christina Gourkani, 34, who’s a Kim Kardashian look-alike with an internet following, on the Burlingame Marriott Lodge. Shortly after the process, Gourkani felt sick and her fiancé referred to as 911. She was transported to Mills Peninsula Hospital in Burlingame the place she died the subsequent day of respiratory failure and pulmonary embolism, District Legal professional Steve Wagstaffe stated.
The alleged process carried out is disapproved by the Meals and Drug Administration because of its well being hazard and Wagstaffe stated his workplace and investigators are ready for a toxicology report’s completion to find out what Gourkani administered.
The DA stated he’s additionally trying into if Gourkani had earlier procedures administered by Gomez.
“I’ve by no means heard of this kind of crime earlier than,” stated Wagstaffe, who added crimes out of the Burlingame lodge sector have occurred earlier than however he has by no means seen a medical process sort crime from the resorts.