Andrew Luster
| Andrew Luster | |
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| Born |
15 December 1963 Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Criminal charge | Rape, sodomy, oral copulation, unlawful flight to avoid prosecution |
| Criminal penalty | 50 years (124 years before appeal), $1 million fine |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated in Mule Creek State Prison |
| Children | Connor Quinn |
| Parent(s) | Henry Luster (deceased) Elizabeth Luster |
| Conviction(s) | January 22, 2003 (in absentia; captured June 18, 2003) |
Andrew Stuart Luster (born December 15, 1963) is the great-grandson of cosmetics giant Max Factor, Sr., and heir to the Max Factor cosmetics fortune. He was convicted of multiple sexual assaults using the date-rape drug GHB in 2003.
Andrew Luster is the son of Henry Luster, a psychiatrist, and Elizabeth Luster (née Shore). His mother was the adopted daughter of Max Factor, Sr.'s daughter Freda. He grew up in Malibu, California, and attended Windward School in Los Angeles.
After graduating, Luster moved to Mussel Shoals, California, subsisting on a $1 million trust fund and living in a $600,000 cottage on the beach. According to the Los Angeles Times, this move and Luster's "freewheeling lifestyle" weakened his "already tenuous" ties to the Factor family, which was heavily involved in the Arts and philanthropy.
In 2000, Luster was arrested when a student at a local college told police that she had been raped at Luster's home. Upon investigation, police charged Luster with drugging three women with the date-rape drug GHB, sexually assaulting them, and video-taping the assaults, having found videotapes of the assaults when they searched his home. After paying $1 million bail, Luster failed to appear in court to defend himself against the charges in January 2003. Luster was convicted in absentia and sentenced to 124 years in prison. In June 2003, he was abducted by American bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; both men were subsequently arrested by Mexican police.
Luster is currently incarcerated at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, California. Under California law, since his crimes harmed other persons, he is required to serve at least 85% of his sentence before becoming eligible for release with time off with good behavior. Had his original sentence stood, Luster would not have even been considered for release until he served 105 years—effectively a life sentence.
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