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damon plays scott thorson
Thorson met Liberace in 1976, when he was 16, through his friendship with Hollywood film producer Ray Arnett. When Thorson was 16, 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 Thorson. Liberace also incorporated Thorson into his Las Vegas stage performances (e.g., Thorson drove Liberace's Rolls-Royce onstage,[4] and was a dancer[5]).
According to Thorson, their committed relationship ended because of Liberace's sexual promiscuity and Thorson's drug addiction, brought on by Liberace's hiring a plastic surgeon to restructure Thorson's face to resemble a young Liberace, and the doctor's prescribing a cocktail of highly addictive drugs, including cocaine, quaaludes, Biphetamine, and demerol post-surgery. Thorson also later suffered from Hepatitis C.[4][6]
In 1982, Thorson filed a $113 million lawsuit against Liberace,[7] the most famous part of which was a palimony suit. In 1986, Thorson and Liberace agreed to settle out of court for $95,000, two cars, and two pet dogs. He visited and reconciled with Liberace shortly before the entertainer's death in 1987.[4] A year later, Thorson published a book about their relationship, Behind the Candelabra: My Life With Liberace
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