'Pumping Party' Defendant Sentenced - Man Gets Maximum Prison Time (W/photo)

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[chance33_98]

'Pumping Party' Defendant Sentenced

Man Gets Maximum Prison Time

POSTED: 4:20 a.m. EDT July 31, 2003 UPDATED: 4:29 a.m. EDT July 31, 2003

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. -- A man accused of illegally injecting a woman with silicone before her death was sentenced Wednesday.

Donnie Hendrix (pictured left) was given the maximum sentence of five years for operating without a license. He was given "time served" for a culpable negligence conviction.

Hendrix's co-defendant Mark Hawkins has a hearing for a new trial next week. The men were accused of causing the death of Vera Lawrence by injecting her buttocks with a large amount of industrial silicone at a "pumping party."

Hawkins' attorney is requesting a new trial after because he said it was learned that a nurse on the jury panel was giving medical information to the panel.

As a side note, a Fort Lauderdale detective was in court today to inform the judge that Hendrix is a cooperating witness in a case against Kevin Hoffman. The detective asked the judge to take that into account when sentencing Hendrix.

[chance33_98]

Ping

[King Prout]

"pumping party"?
This brand of idiocy happens often enough that it has a name?

[Bikers4Bush]

You only said "w/photo" you didn't say w/BUTUGLYphoto.

That face will haunt my nightmares tonight.

[SpinnerWebb]

Is that the GUY that did the pumping party? or the girl AFTER the party?!?!?

sheesh. I second the nightmare.

[colorado tanker]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- In the opening statements of a Fort Lauderdale murder trial, one lawyer told jurors to be ready for the "bizarre, flamboyant and unusual."

The trial is for two men, one who looks like a woman, both accused of killing a woman at a "pumping party" where they injected silicone to enlarge her buttocks.

Mark Hawkins and Donnie Hendricks, who prefers to use the name "Viva," are accused practicing medicine without a license, and of injecting so much silicone into Vera Lawrence (pictured, left) that it caused her death.

The pair is alleged to have injected 12,000 cc's of industrial strength silicone into each of Lawrence's buttocks.

According to witnesses in pre-trial hearings, Hawkins and Hendricks charged up to $1,000 per pumping party. Most of the witnesses are transsexual men who went to the parties for "body-sculpting."

Defense attorney George Reres said it was Lawrence's desire to have an "insane" amount of silicone injected into her body over the course of five years that over time caused her to essentially take her own life.

Reres also told jurors to be prepared to hear testimony from witnesses who are not just "drag queens, but are also drama queens."

Whenever I think our culture has sunk as low as it can go, something like this comes along.

[bedolido]

agree! Maybe he was pumping the wrong end.

[Kewlhand`tek]

its sicker than thought......they were transvestites http://www.click10.com/news/2198497/detail.html

[bedolido]

its sicker than thought......they were transvestites

ewwwwwwww

[ko_kyi]

Hawkins' attorney is requesting a new trial after because he said it was learned that a nurse on the jury panel was giving medical information to the panel.

Can't be having any knowledgable jurors now, can we?

[freeeee]

Hawkins' attorney is requesting a new trial after because he said it was learned that a nurse on the jury panel was giving medical information to the panel.

Justice is supposed to be blind.... and ignorant.

[AmericanCheeseFood]

The days of Second Timothy 3 continue. Huzz-ah for depravity!

Cheese.Orange here... I missed something, what exactly are we doing covering all this depravity? Oh it has to become normal somehow!

[Robert A Cook PE]

Is that a "he" or a "she" in the photo?

[Redcloak]

12,000 cc in each butt cheek? 24 liters?!? That's gotta be a typo.

[Eaker]

12,000 cc = 3.17007 US gallon

3gallons x 8pounds per gallon = 24pounds of silicone.

Just how big a butt did she want???

Mike, does this rate a "JUST DAMN"???

Eaker

[aardvark1]

Can't be having any knowledgable jurors now, can we?

My thoughts exactly. It's not like the nurse was giving them investment advice.

[spodefly]

Good Riddance ... to both of them.

[Eaker]

12,000 cc in each butt cheek? 24 liters?!?

I missed the each butt cheek!!!

Unless it is a typo, then that is 48 pounds!!!!

Eaker

[ko_kyi]

There is a book called "Galileo's Revenge" regarding admissability standards for scientific testimony. I recommend it if you really want to raise your blood pressure.

[ko_kyi]

I like big butts and I cannot lie
You other brothers can't deny
When the girl walks in with tiny waist
and a round thing in your face
you get sprung