Posted on 03/02/2026 7:05:54 PM PST by nickcarraway
California trial set for Florida cosmetologist charged in death of Kim Kardashian lookalike By Tim Fang Updated on: March 2, 2026 / 3:42 PM PST / CBS San Francisco
Add CBS News on Google A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
The San Mateo County District Attorney's Office announced Monday that jury selection is set to begin on March 9 in the trial of Vivian Alexandra Gomez, who is charged in the 2023 death of Christina Gourkani.
Gomez, a 53-year-old from Royal Palm Beach, is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter and practicing medicine without a license, along with enhancements for great bodily injury. She pled not guilty to all charges.
kim-kardashian-lookalike-death-030226.jpg Vivian Alexandra Gomez (left), who is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the April 19, 2023 death of Christina Gourkani (right), a model who became known as a lookalike for reality TV star Kim Kardashian. CBS Prosecutors said Gourkani, a model who resembled the reality TV star and who had hundreds of thousands of social media followers, hired Gomez to perform an illegal gluteal silicon injection. According to the Food and Drug Administration, the injections have not been approved and can cause serious injuries, disfigurement and even death.
On April 19, 2023, Gomez flew to San Francisco International Airport, prosecutors said. She then met Gourkani and her fiancée at the Burlingame Marriott Hotel to perform the procedure.
Prosecutors said Gourkani fell ill quickly after the injection and was taken to Mills Peninsula Hospital. She died the following day of respiratory failure and a pulmonary embolism.
Gomez traveled back to Florida where she was later arrested. She waived extradition and was brought back to San Mateo County to face charges.
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Gomez remains out of custody on $200,000 bail. She was ordered to surrender her U.S. and Colombian passports and cannot leave California without a GPS tracking device.
Prosecutors said Gomez is also barred from performing any medical or cosmetic procedures or possessing any instruments to perform procedures.
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Cosmetologists can’t by law do injections. You have to be an RN.
She's got issues in places where a normal woman doesn't even have places.
Yikes!
No worries, it's obviously either 100% AI, or AI-enhanced.
Deep fake.
I never taught cosmetology, because I don’t believe in makeup exams.
When I saw Kardashian, i figured an extremely large gluteus maximus (also sometimes known as a fat ***) would be involved.
No way is her waist that tiny.
Perhaps I travel in unusual circles, but I have never said, nor have I heard, “She’d be pretty cute if she just had a bigger butt.”
Ya THINK? LOL!
Do men really like that?
>>Do men really like that?<<
It’s more curiosity than anything. Sorta like skydiving. You do it once just to say you did, but you realize, you do it enough, it’ll end badly.
Also like Cherenkov radiation, beautiful in a weird way, but you know, you stray too closely, it’s all over.
“Do men really like that?”
Well, those who think more deeply than a water spill on a level table top don’t..
What man wants woman who looks like that and goes BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! when she walks? Is she Mr Eds niece?
I’m with you, don’t care for it, but some do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X53ZSxkQ3Ho
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