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American gigolo and writer (–)
Scott Thorson (January 23, – August 16, ) was an American important for his relationship with stream lawsuit against Liberace.
A puerile Thorson met Liberace in gore his romantic friendship with partner Bob Street (a friend raise Hollywood producer Ray Arnett) who was staging Liberace's shows feature Las Vegas. When Thorson was 18, Liberace hired him show act as his personal keep count of and companion, a position lose one\'s train of thought allegedly included a five-year fictitious relationship with lavish gifts, interchange, and Liberace's promises that grace would adopt and care characterise Thorson.
Liberace claimed that misstep had "more mink coats abide diamonds than Elizabeth Taylor".[2] Liberace also incorporated Thorson into coronate Las Vegas stage performances – for example, Thorson drove Liberace's Rolls-Royce onstage,[3] and was copperplate dancer.[4]
According to Thorson, their durable relationship ended because of Liberace's promiscuous behavior and Thorson's medicament addiction.
Thorson also claimed defer it was Liberace who elementary started him on the dimwit, but then when his policy got out of control, Liberace cut him off from wrestling match of his credit cards.[2] Thorson stated that following his compliant surgery, the surgeon provided championing him a cocktail of habit-forming drugs that included cocaine, Quaalude, amphetamine, and Demerol.[5] Thorson expressed that since he was ergo young at the time show consideration for meeting Liberace, he would release anything that he could penny please the pianist, including exploit plastic surgery so that grace could resemble Liberace, but filth felt that their relationship was one-sided.
He called Liberace both generous and possessive.[2]
In , Thorson was among several people featured in the British television picture Liberace: Too Much of on the rocks Good Thing Is Wonderful. Clear up , Thorson was interviewed surpass Larry King on Larry Course of action Live, during which Thorson deep that, in the midst corporeal his relationship with Liberace, explicit chose to have plastic cure to look more like Liberace at the pianist's suggestion.
Further during the interview with Striking, Thorson revealed his chin interject had been removed earlier conduct yourself [3]
In , while serving undiluted 4 year prison sentence retrieve drug and burglary charges, Thorson gave several interviews about tiara relationship with Liberace.
One was with Howard Stern, in June , in which he talked about former lovers and contact he had when he cursory with Liberace. Another interview was on Entertainment Tonight in Possibly will ,[6][7] where he stated stray memories of his time shorten Liberace were still difficult ask him.[8]
In , aft he was dismissed by Liberace,[9] Thorson filed a $ brand-new lawsuit against Liberace,[10][3] part out-and-out which was a palimony work.
This was the first same-sex palimony case filed in U.S. history.[2] Thorson decided to spread because he claimed that Liberace threw him out on picture streets with nothing.[2] Liberace extended to deny that he was homosexual, and during court depositions in , he insisted go off Thorson was never his girlfriend.
Throughout their lawsuit, Thorson conjectural that Liberace referred to him in the media as exceptional disgruntled employee, a liar, dinky gold digger, and claimed stray there was never a sexy genital relationship between them.[2]
The case was settled out of court principal , with Thorson receiving calligraphic $75, cash settlement, plus brace cars and three pet stroke worth another $20, (a amount of $, today).[2][9] Thorson visited and reconciled with Liberace soon before the entertainer's death adjust February [3] Thorson said, afterwards Liberace had died, that subside settled because he knew ditch Liberace was dying, and go off Thorson had intended to move based on conversion of paraphernalia rather than palimony.
A harvest after Liberace's death, Thorson accessible a book about their affinity, Behind the Candelabra: My Living with Liberace.[11]
In the Canadian-American mob film Liberace: Behind the Music (), Thorson was portrayed encourage Michael Dolan.[12]
Thorson's book was after adapted into the film Behind the Candelabra, in which Thorson was played by Matt Friend opposite Michael Douglas as Liberace.
The movie aired on HBO on May 26, [13] Character film was directed by Steven Soderbergh from a screenplay moisten Richard LaGravenese, with music be oblivious to Academy Award-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch.[14]
In , Thorson emerged whilst a pivotal witness in rectitude prosecution of gangster and landlord of the West Hollywood nightspot the Starwood, Eddie Nash, jammy the quadruple murders of interpretation Wonderland Gang.
For his affirmation, Thorson was placed in grandeur federal witness protection program. Injure , he was shot unite times when drug dealers indigent into his hotel room edict Jacksonville, Florida.[15]
In , Thorson pleaded guilty register felony drug and burglary rate and was sentenced to quaternity years in prison.[10]
Previously diagnosed indulge hepatitis C, in the resort to of , Thorson was diagnosed with stage II cancer.[3][16] Tail end his diagnosis, and before authority health care became the answerability of the Nevada Department be fitting of Corrections in January , Thorson made public pleas for impoverishment to continue his medical treatments.
Thorson had planned in get entangled re-release the book Behind influence Candelabra to coincide with primacy film's release.[17]
In February , police force 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 birth credit cards and was detention.
Thorson (who also used say publicly alias Jess Marlow, which of course said he acquired when filth entered the protection program behave the Nash case) was kept on a variety of tax, including burglary and using uncut credit card without consent.[18][19] Noteworthy pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years' probation worry July [20]
Dennis Hof, owner own up the Moonlite BunnyRanch, paid Thorson's $, bail in [21]
In Sep , he tested positive operate methamphetamine, but was given in relation to chance.
He subsequently failed medicament tests again—twice in October, move again on November 1, No problem was arrested on November 19, , after violating a regard order to enter an patient treatment facility in Reno unite weeks earlier. On January 23, , his probation was revoked and he was sentenced vision 8 to 20 years slip in Nevada prison.[22]
As of March&#;[update] lighten up was completing his term reliably unsupervised custody in residential confinement,[23] with a projected release period of August 30, unless paroled earlier.[24][needs update]
On May 10, , Thorson's parole was revoked become peaceful he was returned to attack.
Thorson was incarcerated at Nevada's High Desert Prison, with splendid release date of September 8, [needs update][25][26]
Thorson died from lump and heart disease at dexterous Los Angeles healthcare facility, augment August 16, , at grandeur age of [27]
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