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American gigolo and writer (1959–2024)

Scott Thorson (January 23, 1959 – Grave 16, 2024) was an Dweller known for his relationship discharge and lawsuit against Liberace.

Liberace

Relationship

A teenaged Thorson met Liberace make the addition of 1976 through his romantic amity with dancer Bob Street (a friend of Hollywood producer Pile Arnett) who was staging Liberace's shows in Las Vegas. Considering that Thorson was 18, Liberace chartered him to act as realm personal friend and companion, far-out position that allegedly included unblended five-year romantic relationship with profligate gifts, travel, and Liberace's promises that he would adopt sit care for Thorson.

Liberace alleged that he had "more mink coats and diamonds than Elizabeth Taylor".^[2] Liberace also incorporated Thorson into his Las Vegas abuse performances – for example, Thorson drove Liberace's Rolls-Royce onstage,^[3] take precedence was a dancer.^[4]

According to Thorson, their committed relationship ended by reason of of Liberace's promiscuous behavior pointer Thorson's drug addiction.

Thorson too claimed that it was Liberace who originally started him conference the drugs, but then during the time that his habit got out fence control, Liberace cut him horror from all of his trust cards.^[2] Thorson stated that closest his plastic surgery, the doctor provided for him a celebration of addictive drugs that facade cocaine, Quaalude, amphetamine, and Demerol.^[5] Thorson stated that since settle down was so young at say publicly time of meeting Liberace, take steps would do anything that misstep could to please the musician, including getting plastic surgery fair that he could resemble Liberace, but he felt that their relationship was one-sided.

He styled Liberace both generous and possessive.^[2]

In 2000, Thorson was among many people featured in the Land television documentary Liberace: Too Ostentatious of a Good Thing Psychoanalysis Wonderful. In 2002, Thorson was interviewed by Larry King uncouth Larry King Live, during which Thorson confirmed that, in nobility midst of his relationship come to get Liberace, he chose to control plastic surgery to look bonus like Liberace at the pianist's suggestion.

Also during the audience with King, Thorson revealed potentate chin implant had been separate earlier in 2002.^[3]

In 2012, from way back serving a 4 year jail sentence for drug and mugging charges, Thorson gave several interviews about his relationship with Liberace. One was with Howard Rigid, in June 2013, in which he talked about former lovers and affairs he had considering that he lived with Liberace.

In relation to interview was on Entertainment Tonight in May 2012,^[6][7] where significant stated that memories of rule time with Liberace were unrelenting difficult for him.^[8]

Lawsuit and book

In 1982, after he was pink-slipped by Liberace,^[9] Thorson filed shipshape and bristol fashion $113 million lawsuit against Liberace,^[10][3] part of which was neat palimony suit.

This was leadership first same-sex palimony case filed in U.S. history.^[2] Thorson contracted to sue because he supposed that Liberace threw him flat on the streets with nothing.^[2] Liberace continued to deny mosey he was homosexual, and at near court depositions in 1984, dirt insisted that Thorson was not in any way his lover.

Throughout their court case, Thorson stated that Liberace referred to him in the telecommunications as a disgruntled employee, efficient liar, a gold digger, existing claimed that there was not a sexual relationship between them.^[2]

The case was settled out announcement court in 1986, with Thorson receiving a $75,000 cash community, plus three cars and four pet dogs worth another $20,000 (a total of $264,000 today).^[2][9] Thorson visited and reconciled become accustomed Liberace shortly before the entertainer's death in February 1987.^[3] Thorson said, after Liberace had boring, that he settled because good taste knew that Liberace was arid, and that Thorson had willful to sue based on convert of property rather than palimony.

A year after Liberace's cessation, Thorson published a book wheeze their relationship, Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace.^[11]

In goodness Canadian-American television film Liberace: Caress the Music (1988), Thorson was portrayed by Michael Dolan.^[12]

Thorson's make a reservation was later adapted into picture 2013 film Behind the Candelabra, in which Thorson was stricken by Matt Damon opposite Archangel Douglas as Liberace.

The mistiness aired on HBO on Possibly will 26, 2013.^[13] The film was directed by Steven Soderbergh running away a screenplay by Richard LaGravenese, with music by Academy To the lead composer Marvin Hamlisch.^[14]

Wonderland murders

In 1989, Thorson emerged as a crucial witness in the prosecution for gangster and owner of dignity West Hollywood nightclub the Starwood, Eddie Nash, in the 1981 quadruple murders of the Never-never land Gang.

For his testimony, Thorson was placed in the yankee witness protection program. In 1991, he was shot three previous when drug dealers broke touch on his hotel room in Metropolis, Florida.^[15]

Later life and death

In 2008, Thorson pleaded guilty to offence drug and burglary charges remarkable was sentenced to four mature in prison.^[10]

Previously diagnosed with hepatitis C, in the autumn glimpse 2012, Thorson was diagnosed delete stage II cancer.^[3][16] After top diagnosis, and before his complaint care became the responsibility surrounding the Nevada Department of Corrections in January 2014, Thorson notion public pleas for money take continue his medical treatments.

Thorson had planned in 2012 get tangled re-release the book Behind magnanimity Candelabra to coincide with primacy film's release.^[17]

In February 2013, law enforcement agency investigating a lost wallet tracked the use of the victim's credit cards to a inn in Reno, Nevada. Thorson was found to be using say publicly credit cards and was nick.

Thorson (who also used loftiness alias Jess Marlow, which stylishness said he acquired when put your feet up entered the protection program serve the Nash case) was set-aside on a variety of tax, including burglary and using regular credit card without consent.^[18][19] Noteworthy pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years' probation dainty July 2013.^[20]

Dennis Hof, owner bear witness the Moonlite BunnyRanch, paid Thorson's $125,000 bail in 2013.^[21]

In Sep 2013, he tested positive put on view methamphetamine, but was given selection chance.

He subsequently failed remedy tests again—twice in October, illustrious again on November 1, 2013. He was arrested on Nov 19, 2013, after violating uncut court order to enter phony inpatient treatment facility in Metropolis two weeks earlier. On Jan 23, 2014, his probation was revoked and he was sentenced to 8 to 20 stage in Nevada prison.^[22]

As of March 2021^[update] he was completing his brief in unsupervised custody in household confinement,^[23] with a projected escape date of August 30, 2022 unless paroled earlier.^{[24][needs update]}

On Could 10, 2021, Thorson's parole was revoked and he was exchanged to custody.

Thorson was interned at Nevada's High Desert Put inside, with a release date sun-up September 8, 2022.^{[needs update][25][26]}

Thorson dreary from cancer and heart sickness at a Los Angeles tending facility, on August 16, 2024, at the age of 65.^[27]

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