Woman Who Performed Fatal Butt Injections Sentenced To Four To Eight Years In Prison

After pleading guilty to second-degree manslaughter, 49-year-old Whalesca Castillo was sentenced to four to eight years in prison on Thursday.

Castillo, from the Bronx, New York, had confessed to performing an unlicensed cosmetic surgery, on 43-year-old Lesbia Ayala, that turned fatal. Castillo had injected silicone into her buttocks and thighs. She is accused of running an unlawful clinic out of her apartment back in 2018.

“I have been regretting this so much. I am so ashamed,” Castillo commented in court.

“I don’t believe for a minute that she is remorseful about what happened,” said Vanessa Ayala, the victim’s sister.

Castillo’s lawyer stated that his client is a good woman who did something that turned out horrific. He added that she didn’t mean for anyone to be harmed.

A 39-year-old woman had also been hurt and had to undergo surgery.

Lesbia Ayala’s sister said that the pressures for people to look a certain way is the root of the problem. She also said that Castillo abused her sister’s trust.

“Four years is not enough. I think today was a great injustice to my family, to my sister,” Vanessa Ayala remarked.

Back in 2012, Castillo was convicted of a similar offense and was in prison for less than a year.

Now, she heads back there.