Prominent California Democratic donor Ed Buck was convicted Tuesday on charges he injected gay men with methamphetamine in exchange for sex, leading to two deaths and other overdoses.
A federal jury found 66-year-old Buck guilty of all nine felony counts against him, which could lead to a life sentence.
The verdict came exactly four years after one of his victims, 26-year-old Gemmel Moore, was found dead of an overdose in Buck's West Hollywood apartment.
'Today is bittersweet,' said LaTisha Nixon, Moore's mother, after the verdict.
'We got victory today.'
The jury deliberated for more than four hours after a two-week trial. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.
Prosecutors said Buck paid black men and provided drugs in return for sex acts, having hunted online for partners with the familiar term 'PnP' - 'party and play', or using meth, then having sex.
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