MALIBU—Libby Adame, 55, who resides in Riverside County, is an unlicensed cosmetologist. On Wednesday, November 5, she was sentenced for performing an unlicensed cosmetic procedure that caused the death of a woman.
Adame has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. She was charged with second-degree murder and practicing medicine without a license, and in October, she was found guilty.
The name of Adame’s sole victim is Cindyanne Santangelo. She was a professional dancer and actress. She died in March at her home. Cindyanne Santangelo died from a silicone embolism. The cause of this was silicone oil that was injected into her rear, and, unknown to her, it migrated from the spot where it had been injected to her bloodstream, and then the oil spread into her lungs. There, the oil caused a silicone embolism, which prevented her lungs from being able to supply oxygen to her body. It became difficult to breathe. Afterwards, she died.
Santangelo lived in Malibu. She died on March 24 at the age of 58. During her acting career, she appeared in guest roles on the television shows “Married… with Children,” “E.R.” and “CSI: Miami.”
Libby Adame was at Cindyanne Santangelo’s house when she died. However, Adame’s lawyers disputed the charges against her while in court and claimed that she was there to perform a consultation with the actress and did not perform he procedure.
In 2024, Libby Adame was convicted of involuntary manslaughter along with her daughter, Alicia Galaz, for illegally injecting silicone into Karissa Rajpaul. She died from an embolism.
In this case, both Adame and her daughter were sentenced to prison. However, a judge later ordered that both of them be released as the judge believed that they had already completed their required prison time, while they were forced to wear electronic monitoring devices.
