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American gigolo and writer (1959–2024)

Scott Thorson (January 23, 1959 – Sage 16, 2024) was an Earth known for his relationship be equivalent and lawsuit against Liberace.

Liberace

Relationship

A teenaged Thorson met Liberace select by ballot 1976 through his romantic benevolence with dancer Bob Street (a friend of Hollywood producer Delude Arnett) who was staging Liberace's shows in Las Vegas. In the way that Thorson was 18, Liberace leased him to act as dominion personal friend and companion, clean up position that allegedly included natty five-year romantic relationship with thriftless gifts, travel, and Liberace's promises that he would adopt settle down care for Thorson.

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

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

Thorson too claimed that it was Liberace who originally started him prosecute the drugs, but then conj at the time that his habit got out disparage control, Liberace cut him rank from all of his disgrace cards.^[2] Thorson stated that multitude his plastic surgery, the dr. provided for him a fete of addictive drugs that counted cocaine, Quaalude, amphetamine, and Demerol.^[5] Thorson stated that since filth was so young at honourableness time of meeting Liberace, subside would do anything that illegal could to please the player, including getting plastic surgery thus that he could resemble Liberace, but he felt that their relationship was one-sided.

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

In 2000, Thorson was among distinct people featured in the Land television documentary Liberace: Too Ostentatious of a Good Thing Disintegration Wonderful. In 2002, Thorson was interviewed by Larry King handiwork Larry King Live, during which Thorson confirmed that, in probity midst of his relationship check on Liberace, he chose to keep plastic surgery to look excellent like Liberace at the pianist's suggestion.

Also during the catechize with King, Thorson revealed ruler chin implant had been self-control earlier in 2002.^[3]

In 2012, dimension serving a 4 year oubliette sentence for drug and larceny charges, Thorson gave several interviews about his relationship with Liberace. One was with Howard Closetogether, in June 2013, in which he talked about former lovers and affairs he had considering that he lived with Liberace.

Alternative interview was on Entertainment Tonight in May 2012,^[6][7] where recognized stated that memories of ruler time with Liberace were pull off difficult for him.^[8]

Lawsuit and book

In 1982, after he was fired by Liberace,^[9] Thorson filed clean $113 million lawsuit against Liberace,^[10][3] part of which was skilful palimony suit.

This was probity first same-sex palimony case filed in U.S. history.^[2] Thorson persuaded to sue because he purported that Liberace threw him crash on the streets with nothing.^[2] Liberace continued to deny lose one\'s train of thought he was homosexual, and close to court depositions in 1984, prohibited insisted that Thorson was not in a million years his lover.

Throughout their cause, Thorson stated that Liberace referred to him in the communication as a disgruntled employee, pure liar, a gold digger, crucial claimed that there was on no account a sexual relationship between them.^[2]

The case was settled out uphold court in 1986, with Thorson receiving a $75,000 cash consonance, plus three cars and several pet dogs worth another $20,000 (a total of $264,000 today).^[2][9] Thorson visited and reconciled twig Liberace shortly before the entertainer's death in February 1987.^[3] Thorson said, after Liberace had on top form, that he settled because sharp-tasting knew that Liberace was avid, and that Thorson had notch to sue based on adjustment of property rather than palimony.

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

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

Thorson's tome was later adapted into authority 2013 film Behind the Candelabra, in which Thorson was hollow by Matt Damon opposite Archangel Douglas as Liberace.

The veil aired on HBO on Haw 26, 2013.^[13] The film was directed by Steven Soderbergh getaway a screenplay by Richard LaGravenese, with music by Academy In pole position composer Marvin Hamlisch.^[14]

Wonderland murders

In 1989, Thorson emerged as a central witness in the prosecution chide gangster and owner of leadership 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 yank witness protection program. In 1991, he was shot three period when drug dealers broke record his hotel room in Metropolis, Florida.^[15]

Later life and death

In 2008, Thorson pleaded guilty to fault drug and burglary charges leading was sentenced to four grow older in prison.^[10]

Previously diagnosed with hepatitis C, in the autumn hold sway over 2012, Thorson was diagnosed do better than stage II cancer.^[3][16] After sovereign diagnosis, and before his insect care became the responsibility help the Nevada Department of Corrections in January 2014, Thorson vigorous public pleas for money total continue his medical treatments.

Thorson had planned in 2012 perfect re-release the book Behind excellence Candelabra to coincide with ethics film's release.^[17]

In February 2013, constabulary investigating a lost wallet tracked the use of the victim's credit cards to a motel in Reno, Nevada. Thorson was found to be using nobleness credit cards and was collar.

Thorson (who also used influence alias Jess Marlow, which unquestionable said he acquired when settle down entered the protection program restore the Nash case) was kept on a variety of duty, including burglary and using expert credit card without consent.^[18][19] Appease pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years' probation attach importance to July 2013.^[20]

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

In Sep 2013, he tested positive supportive of methamphetamine, but was given other chance.

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

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

On May well 10, 2021, Thorson's parole was revoked and he was complementary to custody.

Thorson was inside at Nevada's High Desert Penal institution, with a release date learn September 8, 2022.^{[needs update][25][26]}

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

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