27 Facts About Scott Thorson

Scott Thorson was an American known for his relationship with and lawsuit against Liberace.

When Scott Thorson was 18, Liberace hired him to act as his personal friend and companion, a position that allegedly included a five-year romantic relationship with lavish gifts, travel, and Liberace's promises that he would adopt and care for Scott Thorson.

Liberace incorporated Scott Thorson into his Las Vegas stage performances: for example, Scott Thorson drove Liberace's Rolls-Royce onstage, and was a dancer.

Scott Thorson claimed that it was Liberace who originally started him on the drugs, but then when his habit got out of control, Liberace cut him off from all of his credit cards.

Scott Thorson stated that following his plastic surgery, the surgeon provided for him a cocktail of addictive drugs that included cocaine, Quaalude, amphetamine, and Demerol.

Scott Thorson stated that since he was so young at the time of meeting Liberace, he would do anything that he could to please the pianist, including getting plastic surgery so that he could resemble Liberace, but he felt that their relationship was one-sided.

In 2000, Scott Thorson was among several people featured in the British television documentary Liberace: Too Much of a Good Thing Is Wonderful.

In 2002, Scott Thorson was interviewed by Larry King on Larry King Live, during which Scott Thorson confirmed that, in the midst of his relationship with Liberace, he chose to have plastic surgery to look more like Liberace at the pianist's suggestion.

Also during the interview with King, Scott Thorson revealed his chin implant had been removed earlier in 2002.

In 2012, while serving a 4 year prison sentence for drug and burglary charges, Scott Thorson gave several interviews about his relationship with Liberace.

In 1982, after he was dismissed by Liberace, Scott Thorson filed a $113 million lawsuit against Liberace, part of which was a palimony suit.

Scott Thorson decided to sue because he claimed that Liberace threw him out on the streets with nothing.

Liberace continued to deny that he was homosexual, and during court depositions in 1984, he insisted that Scott Thorson was never his lover.

Scott Thorson visited and reconciled with Liberace shortly before the entertainer's death in February 1987.

Scott Thorson said, after Liberace had died, that he settled because he knew that Liberace was dying, and that Scott Thorson had intended to sue based on conversion of property rather than palimony.

Scott Thorson's book was later adapted into the 2013 film Behind the Candelabra, in which Scott Thorson was played by Matt Damon opposite Michael Douglas as Liberace.

In 1989, Scott Thorson emerged as a pivotal witness in the prosecution of gangster and owner of the West Hollywood nightclub the Starwood, Eddie Nash, in the 1981 quadruple murders of the Wonderland Gang.

In 2008, Scott Thorson pleaded guilty to felony drug and burglary charges and was sentenced to four years in prison.

Previously diagnosed with hepatitis C, in the autumn of 2012, Scott Thorson was diagnosed with stage II cancer.

Scott Thorson had planned in 2012 to re-release the book Behind the Candelabra to coincide with the film's release.

Scott Thorson was found to be using the credit cards and was arrested.

Scott Thorson was booked on a variety of charges, including burglary and using a credit card without consent.

Scott Thorson pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years' probation in July 2013.

Scott Thorson was arrested on November 19,2013, after violating a court order to enter an inpatient treatment facility in Reno two weeks earlier.

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

Scott Thorson was incarcerated at Nevada's High Desert Prison, with a release date of September 8,2022.

Scott Thorson died from cancer and heart disease at a Los Angeles healthcare facility, on August 16,2024, at the age of 65.