3 VICTIMS OF LUSTER LIKELY TO GET BAIL MONEY.Byline: Andrea Cavanaugh Staff Writer A judge said Monday that he planned to award the $1 million bail forfeited for·feit n. 1. Something surrendered or subject to surrender as punishment for a crime, an offense, an error, or a breach of contract. 2. Games a. by cosmetics heir Andrew Luster Andrew Stuart Luster (b. December 15, 1963) is the great-grandson of cosmetics giant Max Factor, Sr. and an heir to the Max Factor cosmetics fortune who was convicted of a series of rapes in 2003. For much of his life, he was supported by a $3. to three women he was convicted of drugging and raping. Ventura County Superior Court Judge Edward Brodie postponed his final ruling until today because Luster's attorney, Roger Diamond, was not in court. But Brodie indicated he would divide the money among the victims, two of whom have obtained civil judgments totaling nearly $40 million against Luster, who is now serving a 124-year prison sentence. A lawsuit by the third victim is pending. ``I intend ... to compensate each and every victim,'' Brodie said. ``Unless I'm convinced otherwise, I intend to make some orders of restitution In the context of Criminal Law, state programs under which an offender is required, as a condition of his or her sentence, to repay money or donate services to the victim or society; with respect to maritime law, the restoration of articles lost by jettison, done when the .'' Luster, the great-grandson of makeup mogul Max Factor, forfeited his $1 million cash bail when he fled his trial in January and was convicted in absentia in absentia (in ab-sensh-ee-ah) adj. or adv. phrase. Latin for "in absence," or more fully, in one's absence. Occasionally a criminal trial is conducted without the defendant being present when he/she walks out or escapes after the trial has begun, since the accused . Brodie earlier ruled that bounty hunter Name for a category of persons who are offered a promised gratuity in return for "hunting" down and capturing or killing a designated target, usually a person or animal. Duane ``Dog'' Chapman, who tracked Luster down in Mexico, was not entitled to any of the bail money. Andrea Cavanaugh, (805) 583-7604 andrea.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com |
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