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This is quite a bizarre activity that I've never heard of before:
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'Pumping Party' Trial: 'Bizarre, Flamboyant, Unusual"
Transsexuals Testify Against Men Accused Of Deadly Silicone Injection
In the opening statements of a Fort Lauderdale murder trial, one lawyer told jurors to be ready for the "bizarre, flamboyant and unusual."
The trial is for two men, one who looks like a woman, both accused of killing a woman at a "pumping party" where they injected silicone to enlarge her buttocks.
Mark Hawkins and Donnie Hendricks, who prefers to use the name "Viva," are accused practicing medicine without a license, and of injecting so much silicone into Vera Lawrence (pictured, left) that it caused her death.
The pair is alleged to have injected 12,000 cc's of industrial strength silicone into each of Lawrence's buttocks.
According to witnesses in pre-trial hearings, Hawkins and Hendricks charged up to $1,000 per pumping party. Most of the witnesses are transsexual men who went to the parties for "body-sculpting."
Defense attorney George Reres said it was Lawrence's desire to have an "insane" amount of silicone injected into her body over the course of five years that over time caused her to essentially take her own life.
Reres also told jurors to be prepared to hear testimony from witnesses who are not just "drag queens, but are also drama queens."
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Verdict Reached In Silicone 'Pumping Party' Trial
Two Men Accused Of Giving Woman Lethal Injection
POSTED: 8:00 p.m. EDT May 23, 2003
A verdict has been reached in the trial of two men accused of giving a woman a lethal injection of silicone.
Mark Hawkins and Donnie "Viva" Hendrix were found guilty of charges stemming from the death of a Miramar woman, Vera Lawrence, who died after being injected with industrial-grade silicone in 2001.
Prosecutors say Hawkins and Hendrix ran a business in which they held private "pumping parties" where paying guests received silicone injections. Hawkins died from complications after receiving an injection to enlarge her buttocks.
The case became something of a spectacle in Miami, as several male witnesses, who like Hendricks dress as women, took the stand.
Hawkins was found guilty of third-degree murder, culpable negligence, and practicing medicine without a license..
Hendricks was found guilty of culpable negligence and practicing medicine without a license.
The two men face sentences of up to 30 years in prison.
The silicone the men used to inject patients was never meant to be injected into human beings, the manufacturer testified during the trial, which lasted just over a week.
The jury deliberated for just one day before returning a verdict.
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