Overview
- Jurors found Vivian Alexandra Gomez guilty of felony involuntary manslaughter and practicing medicine without a license after a 15-day trial and roughly three hours of deliberations.
- Following the verdict, Gomez was remanded into custody without bail after previously posting a $200,000 bond, and she will be sentenced on May 5.
- In April 2023, Gomez flew to the Bay Area, met Christina Ashten Gourkani at a Burlingame hotel, and injected silicone into her buttocks during a hotel-room procedure.
- Gourkani, a 34-year-old social media model known as “Ashten G,” fell gravely ill, was taken to Mills-Peninsula Hospital, and died the next day of respiratory failure and a pulmonary embolism.
- Authorities arrested Gomez in Florida and extradited her to San Mateo County, and officials cited FDA warnings that injectable silicone for body contouring is not approved and can cause embolisms, disfigurement, and death.