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.
Can we extradite them to Saudi Arabia ?
Holy jeesh! Twenty-four liters of silicone? No wonder the poor woman checked out.
"Honey, do these jeans make my butt look fat?"
"No, dear, it's the 24 liters of silicone."
Do these freaks inject this clear plastic straight into their skin?
I feel sorry for this person dying, but I have a hard time leaving her off the hook. She should have known better than buying some silicone and injecting the poison directly into her skin.
Poor fella. He's ugly as a man, and even uglier as a woman.
Thanks for rectifying the photo with the lead "A man accused ..."
no argument from me on that. just... damn!