UCLA prof allegedly died in mummification sex play with Hollywood exec

About seven months after the death of UCLA professor Doran George at age 48, autopsy information surfaced by a Los Angeles-based crime reporter's podcast suggests that George died during mummification-related sex play at a Hollywood executive's home, Variety reported after obtaining its own copy of the autopsy.

The death reportedly occurred in the basement BDSM dungeon of Skip Chasey — a TV exec at William Morris Entertainment — in Los Feliz, Calif., last November.

The autopsy found the immediate cause of death to be "sudden death during recreational mummification bondage."

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George, who preferred not to use gendered pronouns, had been mummified in plastic wrap as a part of consensual sex play that also involved a chastity device and chains, according to the Hollywood Reporter. When George was found, there were defibrillator pads on George's chest and George had suffered broken ribs consistent with having received CPR, the autopsy said.

Safety experts within the BDSM community often warn that any kind of breath play has the potential to be deadly.

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A scholar of choreography, George taught in the UCLA disability studies and LGBT studies programs, according to an obituary on the university's website. George was also a child star in the world of musical comedy during George's upbringing in the United Kingdom, it said.

The executive's lawyer, John Duran, told People that the pair had engaged in the mummification play before, that neither was under the influence of drugs on the night of George's death, and that Chasey was left scarred by the events of that November night.

"The two guys were friends, they'd had sexual relations for months," Duran said. "The way it ended was not what either man expected."

Filipa Ioannou is an SFGATE staff writer. Email her at fioannou@sfchronicle.com and follow her on Twitter