Wednesday 21 September 2022 08:41 PM California mom and daughter deny murdering woman, 26, who died during butt lift trends now
A Los Angeles mother and daughter have denied murdering a 26 year-old aspiring porn star by giving her an illegal Brazilian butt lift injection that ended up killing her.
Libby Adame, 52, and her daughter, Alicia Galaz, 24, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to the September 2019 killing of Karissa Rajpaul at an LA court hearing Tuesday.
The pair, whose mugshots suggest that they are no strangers to surgery and injectables themselves, are also charged with three counts of practicing medicine without license to do so.
The operation occurred in a private home in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles in September 2019, with Adame and Galaz allegedly saying they only accepted cash. Neither of the women had the proper medical training.
Karissa Rajpaul, 26, received three separate operations and died of a heart attack immediately following the third procedure on October 15, 2019.
The victim shared a video of herself to social media during one of the operations, which was meant to help her with her work in the adult film industry after moving to California from South Africa.
When complications arose during Rajpaul's surgery, the mother and daughter dialed 911 and fled the scene, leaving the victim to die of her injuries, it is claimed.
Libby Adame, 52, has been charged with the muder of 26-year-old Karissa Rajpaul, who died during an illegal Brazilian butt lift performed by Adame and her daughter
'The suspects fled the scene without identifying or informing the paramedics of the cosmetic procedure for proper life-saving protocols to be initiated. As a result, the victim died in an emergency room with tending physicians unaware of the silicone injection,' said the police in a statement.
Coroner's records indicate that Rajpaul's death was ruled a homicide and that she died from acute cardiopulmonary dysfunction and intramuscular/intravascular silicone injections.
Adame and Galaz are currently free on bond but will head back to court November 3, when a hearing is scheduled to determine if there is enough evidence for the case to head to trial.
They were previously photographed by DailyMail.com during an earlier court hearing.
Alicia Galaz, 24, was part of the mother-daughter duo who left a dying patient to convalesce after an illegal procedure went wrong in 2019
Karissa Rajpaul, 26, underwent three butt augmentation procedures and died immediately after the third in October of 2015
