denied bail on Friday.Represented by former O.J. Simpson prosecutor Christopher Darden, Buck was attempting to be released from a Los Angeles prison in advance of his January court date.
Buck is facing multiple federal and state felonies, accusing him of running a drug factory and obtaining and distributing crystal methamphetamine that led to the deaths of Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean, as well as several other overdoses where the men survived.Buck, in failing health, claimed the risk of COVID-19 was too great in the prison he's housed in.
He was also willing to put up a $400,000 bond, electronic monitoring, and home confinement.But U.S. Magistrate Judge Rozella A.