Andrew Luster
Andrew Stuart Luster (born December 15, 1963 ) is a great-grandson of Max Factor and one of the heirs to his estate. He was best known for a media-laden criminal case for serial rape , in the course of which he fled equally media-laden.
Life
Andrew Luster and his sister grew up with his mother in Malibu, California . His father, a psychiatrist, died of lung cancer when Luster was nine. He attended Santa Barbara City College , but without attaining a degree. His interests in skiing, surfing and skateboards were stronger than any academic ambition . In 1981 his mother bought him a house on Mussel Shoals Beach , south of Santa Barbara . He lived mostly on a funded pension of $ 55,000 a year. The fund was set up after the Max Factor company was sold in 1970. In addition, he dealt with real estate transactions and stock market speculation, but his main occupation remained surfing. He had two children with a friend (born in 1991 and 1994). Otherwise, he had no long-term relationships.
The criminal case
On July 13, 2000, he met a 21-year-old woman and her acquaintance in a bar in Santa Barbara. He gave her a glass of water to drink and took her to his bungalow in Mussel Shoals, where he had sex with her several times. The next day he explained to her that he had given her so-called liquid ecstasy . She then filed a complaint on July 17, 2000. However, the drug could no longer be detected in her body. The police then suggested that she call Luster while the conversation was to be recorded. During the telephone conversation, he again confirmed the administration of the drug. A house search was carried out . During this process, video recordings and photographs could be obtained that showed lustful sexual acts with 13 unconscious women. The following investigations were limited to three women, with a total of 88 sexual acts in 1996, 1997 and 2000.
The process
The trial took place in the Ventura County Court .
First, Andrew Luster was given bail of $ 10 million as there was a high risk of escaping. His lawyers began working closely with the media and made a number of allegations against them. They assumed that Luster's prominent position would make him the target of career-conscious civil servants and that the three victims were after his money. In particular, the last victim was simply not proud of her actions, which is why she filed the complaint. The other two victims had sex during other relationships, which is why it is now alleged that the sex was not consensual. The victim's unconsciousness was often only posed because he wanted to get into the porn industry. The recordings were studies. After Luster five months pre-trial detention had been sitting, the original bail amount was determined by a court of appeal reduced to one million US dollars. From this sum he raised $ 300,000 and his mother raised $ 700,000. As a support he had to wear an electronic ankle cuff .
The main hearing began on December 16, 2002. Initially, Luster was granted an easing of the bond requirements. He was now able to move freely between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. and only had to be in his house during the rest of the time. His electronic handcuff was disabled during the day. Andrew Luster took the position that he had done nothing wrong. At Christmas 2002, the trial was ordered to be suspended for two weeks. When the court convened again on January 6, 2003, Luster was not present. Since January 3, 2003, he could no longer be located using the ankle cuffs. The proceedings continued. On January 21, 2003, the jury found him guilty of 86 of the 87 rape cases. The judge fixed the sentence in absentia at 124 years imprisonment .
The bounty hunter Duane Dog Chapman was told that Luster would be in Puerto Vallarta , Mexico . Luster lived there as David Carrera in a cheap hotel. Chapman and three coworkers captured Luster on the street in June 2003 and dragged him into a car to take him back to California. The Mexican police, called by witnesses, arrested Chapman and his staff on the grounds that this practice in Mexico was to be regarded as a deprivation of liberty . Luster was extradited to the USA the next day and transferred to Mule Creek State Prison .
An application for an appeal was rejected because, according to the appeals court, Luster had deprived himself of his right to appeal by fleeing. Appeals against this decision were dismissed by the US Supreme Court on July 2, 2003. The reason for the motion was that Luster's legal remedies had been unfairly withdrawn by the legal opinion of the California courts. On March 11, 2013, a further appeal denied him a new trial, but a new verdict was awarded. On April 16, 2013, a judge reduced the sentence from 124 to 50 years.
filming
The case was filmed back in 2003 with the television film A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster , directed by Bobby Roth . The script was written by Christopher Canaan . Jason Gedrick starred in the role of Andrew Luster ; further stepped Marla Sokoloff on the victim in the role, indicating that Luster.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barbara Munker / DPA: Crime: rabid craft. In: stern.de. June 23, 2003, accessed March 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Decision of the California Appellate Court, Ref. S116867, from October 9, 2003 ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ US Supreme Court, Luster v. California, Ref. B166741 ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ UStoday of January 26, 2004
- ↑ welt.de: Penalty for Max Factor inheritance reduced to 50 years
- ↑ A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Luster, Andrew |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Luster, Andrew Stuart; Luster, Drew; Carrera, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American millionaire heir and serial rapist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1963 |