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Gomez Sentenced 4 Years for Gourkani Silicone Death

6/20/2026

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  • Vivian Alexandra Gomez received a four-year prison sentence for Christina Ashten Gourkani’s April 2023 death.
  • San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said Gourkani died of cardiac arrest after silicone entered her bloodstream, which plastic surgeon Michael K. Obeng warned can migrate, block vessels and cause tissue death.
  • Gomez flew from Florida to San Francisco, injected silicone in a hotel, left the state, was arrested on a San Mateo County warrant.