Andrew Luster Freed After 23 Years as California Credits Cut 124-Year Rape Sentence
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 22
Andrew Luster Freed After 23 Years as California Credits Cut 124-Year Rape Sentence
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 22
Summary
Andrew Luster, convicted on 86 counts of drugging and raping three women, was released on Oct. 11 after serving more than two decades in prison.
California's Proposition 57 and earned-release credits shortened his time behind bars after his original 124-year sentence was cut to 50 years in 2013.
One victim said the release is "very unsettling," citing a notebook with a "payback list" found in Luster's Mexico hotel room and fears for her family and other victims.
Duane "Dog" Chapman, who captured Luster in Puerto Vallarta in 2003 after he fled mid-trial, said the case cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars and helped launch his public profile.
Luster, a Max Factor heir, remains a registered sex offender and is on parole for three years, while his release has renewed criticism of California's treatment of such crimes as nonviolent.