An unlicensed cosmetologist from Florida has been found guilty in a California court for providing an injection that killed a model who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
According to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office, 53-year-old Vivian Alexandra Gomez of Royal Palm Beach was convicted Monday in the 2023 death of Christina Gourkani. Following a 15-day trial and three hours of deliberations, jurors found Gomez guilty of felony involuntary manslaughter and practicing medicine without a license.
Prosecutors said Gourkani, a model who resembled the reality TV star and who had hundreds of thousands of social media followers, hired Gomez to perform an illegal gluteal silicon injection.
On April 19, 2023, Gomez flew to San Francisco International Airport and met Gourkani and her fiancée at the Burlingame Mariott hotel to perform the procedure. After receiving the injections, prosecutors said the victim quickly fell very ill and her fiancée called 911…