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A woman has been arrested in connection to the death of a Kim Kardashian lookalike who died last month of a heart attack.
Christina Ashten Gourkani, 34, who was known by fans as Ashten, died in hospital on April 20 after having surgery and suffering a cardiac arrest.
Now reports say that a suspect has been arrested in connection with the death of the internet star.
E News! have reported that a woman named Vivian Gomez, 50, will appear in court later this month.
Gomez will face charges of "two felony counts of carrying out involuntary manslaughter" and "practicing medicine without a license to result in great bodily injury", according to court records obtained by the outlet.
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Vivian Gomez will appear in court later this month (BROWARD COUNTY)
Christina Ashten Gourkani died last month (Christina Ashten Gourkani/Instagram)E News! have also stated that Gomez had a booking at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport in Florida on April 20 and is "set to be extradited to California" before her May 22 court appearance.
At the time of the Kim Kardashian lookalike dying, he family took to social media to announce the sad news: "It is with deep sorrow and an immensely heavy broken heart that we have to share the most shattering, unfortunate and unexpected passing of our beautiful beloved daughter and sister Christina Ashten Gourkani."
The statement continued to describe the awful moment someone realised Christina was dying.
The Kim Kardashian lookalike had a substantial fan base online (Christina Ashten Gourkani/Instagram)
Christina was best-known for being a Kim Kardashian lookalike and running an OnlyFans pageIt said that at 4.30am the family was called and someone was screaming: "Ashten is dying, Ashten is dying."
The family then went on to describe how the call was like a living nightmare before they watched Christina rapidly decline in health following her cardiac arrest.
They described her as "such a caring and loving free spirit that always took the time to bring a smile to anyone's face she crossed paths with".
Concluding the tribute, they penned: "Christina Ashten Gourkani you will forever be our guardian angel."