A woman has been convicted of murder and practising medicine without a licence after a BBL procedure led to the death of an actress – and it isn’t the first time she’s been caught
A woman known as ‘The Butt Lady’ has been found guilty of murdering a TV star after a botched silicone injection session.
Libby Adame was already on probation for an involuntary manslaughter case involving buttocks injections when she fatally administered the jab to Cindyana Santangelo, an actor who appeared in ER and Married … with Children.
The 55-year-old was convicted by a Los Angeles jury of second-degree murder and practising medicine without a license after 58-year-old Santangelo died from a fatal embolism caused by silicone injections Adame administered in the star’s home, The Independent reports.
In California, second-degree murder carries a mandatory minimum of 15 years, practising medicine without a license can add up to three years, and the special allegation of causing great bodily harm adds three to six years to Adame’s sentence.
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Adame’s defense lawyer J. told jurors that Adame was only consulting on behalf of licensed doctors and didn’t actually perform the fatal procedure on Santangelo, the LA Times reports.
He also argued that Santangelo already had bandages on her buttocks when Adame consulted with her, suggesting someone else performed the fatal procedure, according to NBC4 Los Angeles. Adame denied that she administered the injections.
At the time of Santangelo’s death, Adame was on probation for a 2019 involuntary manslaughter case involving the fatal buttocks injections of 26-year-old Karissa Rajpaul.
Rajpaul’s death was ruled a homicide caused by acute cardiopulmonary dysfunction and silicone injections. Investigators said the women, presenting themselves as specialists, mixed safe cosmetic substances with dangerous chemicals.
Santangelo, best known for her roles on Married… with Children and ER, had a history of substance abuse but had been sober for several years.
Her husband, Frank Santangelo, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Adame, claiming his wife was “killed in the prime of her life in her own home.”
During the trial, Frank Santangelo testified that his wife appeared to be breathing normally before meeting with Adame, but later struggled to breathe on the massage table and was bleeding from both butt cheeks.
He claimed Adame told him, “This has never happened to a client of mine before,” mentioned she might have something in her car to help, but then packed her bag and never returned.
Source: Mirror
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