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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Max Factor Heir Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison

Andrew Luster the heir to the Max Factor fortune has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for 20 counts of drug induced rape. Luster was released on awaiting trail when in 2003 he left the country and was declared a fugitive from justice. Luster was then tried in absentia and was convicted. While on the lam Luster lived under the name David Carrera in Puerto Vallarta. On June 18, 2003 Dog The Bounty Hunter tracked him down and Luster was arrested and sent back to the US from Mexico.
Luster grew up in Malibu and was supported by a $3.1 trust fund as he was the heir to the Max Factor Cosmetics founder Max Factor's fortune.
Max Factor started his cosmetics company as made to order wig company in Los Angeles in 1904. The company was sold to Proctor and Gamble in 1973 for $500 million.

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