Transgender entertainer accused of illegally injecting woman who slipped into coma
October 31st
NEW ORLEANS - Armani Nicole Davenport performs at transgender pageants throughout the southeast. But New Orleans police want to talk to the Dallas resident about an alleged link to another line of work -- injecting silicone into people without a license, sending someone into a coma in the process.
The victim was at a friend's apartment in the 1200 block of S. Salcedo in Zion City, getting silicone injections in her hips and buttocks just after 1 a.m. Oct. 24, said police.
Hours later, her health took a turn for the worse. She was rushed to the University Medical Center in critical condition, and remains in a coma.
"They're saying that her lungs will never be the same again, she won't be able to do a lot of things that she used to do," said Tela Love, who knows the victim well.
"You get desperate to try to blend in, to try to be able to pass in society or be accepted without people heckling you or laughing at you," said Love. "You want to have some sense of normalcy. You know you're a woman on the inside. You want your outsides to match."
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Thoughts for the woman in coma.
I just find it shocking that the NOPD is actually investigating ... anything.