Andrew Luster
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Andrew Luster is an heir to the fortunes of the Max Factor cosmetics company, and much of his life has been spent traveling, surfing at various beaches. Luster, however, also "socialized", picking up a woman named "Shauna," as well as other women. He allegedly gave those women GHB, also known as the date-rape drug, and allegedly had sex with "Shauna" and other women while they were unconscious. Prosecutors soon arrested Luster and brought Luster to trial; meanwhile, police officers found videotapes of Luster having sex with the women in question, including one tape labeled "Shauna GHBing." After one of the victims had testified, but before the jury viewed the "Shauna" tape, Luster vanished from his house, along with his dog and his truck.
Luster was later convicted in absentia to 124 years in prison by a California court.
Luster found his way to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where he was taken into custody, by Duane Chapman, his son and brother, a trio of bounty hunters from Hawaii, and two TV crewmen, in a noisy scuffle on June 18, 2003. The next day he was returned to the U.S., and imprisoned.
External links
- Sacramento Bee report (http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/6875322p-7825146c.html)
- bounty hunter website (http://www.DogtheBountyHunter.com/)
- CBS News site, describing the capture of Luster (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/09/national/main535821.shtml)