Youth Testifies That Luster May Have Drugged Him and Woman

A male college student who went out with a female classmate the night she was allegedly raped by cosmetics heir Andrew Luster testified Friday that he suspected the Mussel Shoals millionaire may have slipped drugs to both of them before the attack.

The man, identified in court only as David Doe, said Luster retrieved a cup of water for him, and that after drinking it, he felt extremely drunk and began to black out.

“I just felt heavily drunk after that,” Doe said. “It seemed almost immediately.”

Prosecutors charge that Luster, the 37-year-old great-grandson of Max Factor, used the “date rape drug” gamma hydroxybutrate, or GHB, to render three women unconscious before raping them at his home and videotaping at least two of the attacks.

A Ventura County Superior Court judge is expected to decide Monday whether there is enough evidence against Luster to force him to stand trial on 88 counts of rape, sexual assault, poisoning, sodomy and possession of a deadly weapon.

Defense attorneys claim that the sexual incidents were consensual and that the women making the allegations include a scorned ex-girlfriend seeking revenge and young party girls who made up the rape allegations because they were embarrassed by their behavior.

One woman testified she had lived with Luster for months but never knew about a tape made the first night she met him. It shows her unconscious as Luster has sex with her for about 30 minutes.