September 10, 2013
Liberace's Ex Fails Drug Test, Lands in Jail
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 1 MIN.
An ex-lover of Liberace who was the subject of a recent HBO film on the pianist's life is back in jail in Reno after failing a drug test.
Nevada Parole and Probation officials say Scott Thorson was arrested Thursday on a parole violation charge after he failed the court-ordered test.
He remained in the Washoe County jail on Friday pending a Wednesday hearing in Washoe County District Court.
Thorson was sentenced to probation in July after earlier pleading guilty to unlawful possession and use of a credit card stolen from a man at a motel next to a Reno strip club.
The 54-year-old Thorson also was sentenced to the county's outpatient drug court program.
He's author of the book "Behind the Candelabra" used as the basis for the HBO film.
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.
