Libby Adame, a California woman known as the “butt lady,” is heading to prison for administering a lethal silicone injection.
Adame was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison on Wednesday, Nov. 5. She was convicted of second-degree murder last month for administering silicone injections that led to the death of actress Cindyana Santangelo.
Santangelo died at 58 in March due to an embolism caused by a silicone injection administered at her Malibu residence. At trial, Cindyana’s husband, Frank Santangelo, testified that Cindyana wanted an injection to smooth lumps from a previous hormone treatment, not to enlarge her buttocks.
Frank said his wife began “struggling to breathe” after receiving the injection and had “blood coming from each butt cheek,” per NBC4. He claimed that Adame told him, “this has never happened to a client of mine before,” but she was found guilty of manslaughter last year for a similar case. The manslaughter conviction stemmed from Karisa Rajpaul’s 2019 death, which occurred after Adame gave her an injection. Adame has also been convicted of practicing medicine without a certificate.
Adame’s defense claimed that she didn’t administer the injection that led to Cindyana’s death. Adame took the stand during the trial, testifying that Cindyana’s injection marks were “too high” to be her work. She claimed that Cindyana was “already breathing like she needed air” when she arrived at her home.
Frank has also filed a civil lawsuit against Adame. He stated in the complaint that his wife was “killed in the prime of her life in her own home after being unlawfully injected with unsafe and unapproved substances by Libby Adame, an unlicensed individual falsely holding herself out as qualified to perform cosmetic procedures,” per the Los Angeles Times.
“Tragically, her death not only could have, but should have been prevented,” Frank added.
Prior to her death, Cindyana made appearances on television shows including CSI: Miami, ER, and Married…with Children. She and Frank shared two sons, Dante and Luciano. Dante spoke at Adame’s sentencing hearing.
“I didn’t expect this to happen in my wildest dreams,” he said, per ABC 7. “I’m all for the law and everyone to get a fair chance, but I just don’t think someone who has no regard for human life or anything like that should be allowed back on the street, because clearly this is something that’s happened multiple times.”
Sara Donnellan
nj.com
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