Liberace lover to spend 8 to 20 years in prison

[TexasTowelie]

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A former lover of Liberace who was the subject of an HBO film on the pianist's life has been sentenced to eight to 20 years in a Nevada prison for failing another court-ordered drug test while on probation for burglary and identity theft convictions.

Washoe District Judge Patrick Flanagan sentenced Scott Thorson on Wednesday after a string of bad drug tests capped by his failure to show up at a court-ordered treatment facility.

Flanagan originally suspended the prison sentence in July and gave Thorson a second chance in September after testing positive for methamphetamine, but he failed tests twice in October and again on Nov. 1. He was arrested Nov. 19 after violating an order to enter an inpatient treatment facility in Reno two weeks earlier, court records show.

Thorson, 54, whose real name is Jess Marlow, had admitted he was an addict but insisted he was determined to get sober when he tearfully appealed to the judge in September to spare him from prison.

More at http://www.wfaa.com/news/entertainment/241727991.html .

[SharonAnn]

1. I'm sorry for him and that he wouldn't avail himself treatment for his addiction(s).

[defacto7]

2. Addiction can be more than some people can overcome

just by logical acceptance. It can have a mind of its own like a life within a life. When someone gets that far they have to be forced into submission and hopefully that submission is a treatment facility. The likelihood of someone that far gone surviving their addiction is practically nil. He can't control himself.

[Fearless]

3. If there is a silver lining

Hopefully some time behind bars will help him get clean.