Overview
- A Los Angeles jury on Oct. 9 convicted Libby Adame of second-degree murder and practicing medicine without certification in the March 24 death of Cindyana Santangelo, and found a great-bodily-injury enhancement true.
- Judge Sam Ohta denied a new-trial motion and said he did not find Adame’s testimony credible before imposing the indeterminate term.
- Authorities determined Santangelo died of a silicone embolism following an injection administered at her Malibu home.
- Adame was arrested May 12 and remains in custody; her attorney says she will appeal, and Santangelo’s husband has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit.
- Prosecutors cited Adame’s 2024 involuntary manslaughter conviction in a 2019 injection death to show she knew the danger, as the FDA warns silicone buttocks injections are unapproved and can be deadly.