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On August 31, 2017, Investigation Findy aired the first episode of Guilty Rich, which recounted the story of Andrew Luster’s crimes, arrest, flight, and ultimate conviction and incarceration.

In 2016, opponents of California Proposition 57 released a brochure that stated that Luster could be released early due to the lack of clarity for what defines “violent crimes.” In response to this brochure, California Governor Jerry Brown told Fresno County sheriff Margaret Mims that Luster was originally sentenced to 100 years in prison and was a registered sex offender, “and on both accounts would not be getting out.” Brown’s administration later clarified that since Luster would have to register as a sex offender, he would not be eligible for parole even if Proposition 57 passed.

Luster is currently incarcerated at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, California. Under California law, since his crimes harmed other persons, he is required to serve at least 85% of his sentence before becoming eligible for release with time off with good behavior. Had his original sentence stood, Luster would not have even been considered for release until he served 105 years—effectively a life sentence.

In late 2009, Luster filed a petition for habeas corpus as the final possibility of having his case reviewed by another court on appeal. Luster was represented in that suit by Jay Leiderman and J. David Nick. The habeas corpus petition was granted in April 2012. On March 11, 2013, the Ventura County Superior Court vacated Luster’s 124-year sentence but not his conviction, based on the trial judge’s failure to state specific reasons for imposing consecutive sentences, and ordered a new sentencing hearing April 4, 2013.

On April 16, 2013, Ventura County Superior Court Judge Kathryne Stoltz reduced Luster’s sentence to 50 years—48 years for the rapes and two years for the drug-related charges. Luster’s lawyers have indicated there will be an appeal.

On August 28, 2009, the true crime TV Series Dominick Dunne’s Power, Privilege, and Justice aired an episode on the case in Season 3, Episode 4, “Evil Deeds”.

Luster’s legal case earned major attention due to his family’s wealth, and in January 2003 the FBI issued a warrant for Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution. In June 2003, he was captured by American bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Both Luster and Chapman were subsequently arrested by Mexican police. Luster was handed over to American authorities. Chapman’s felony kidnapping charge was reduced to a misdemeanor, and his lawyer advised him to flee Mexico when he was released on bail. Chapman later wrote that he believed his actions in Mexico were legal due to working closely with a Mexican police officer while in that nation, but the American judge in Luster’s case refused to Grant Chapman any reward or bond. Chapman also explained that during his pursuit of Luster, he consulted with “a forensic expert who specialized in sex crimes” who believed Luster’s preference for raping unconscious, passive victims indicated a necrophile tendency that might lead to murder.

In 2000, Luster was arrested when a student at a local college told police that she had been raped at Luster’s home. Upon investigation, police charged Luster with drugging three women with the been in a relationship with?-rape drug GHB, sexually assaulting them, and video-taping the assaults, having found videotapes of the assaults when they searched his home. After paying $1 million bail, Luster failed to appear in court to defend himself against the charges in January 2003. Luster was convicted in absentia and sentenced to 124 years in prison.

Andrew Stuart Luster (born December 15, 1963) is the great-grandson of cosmetics giant Max Factor, Sr., and heir to the Max Factor cosmetics fortune. In 2003 he was convicted of multiple sexual assaults using the been in a relationship with?-rape drug GHB.