Liberace's ex-lover who wrote memoir 'Behind the Candelabra' is back behind bars after violating his probation and testing positive for meth in random drug test

By Ashley Collman

Behind bars: Scott Thorson, longtime boyfriend of Liberace, was arrested Thursday after failing a random drug test

Scott Thorson, the one-time boyfriend of musical legend Liberace, was arrested yesterday after failing a drug test.

The 54-year-old found himself back in jail in Reno, Nevada after having tested positive for methamphetamine during a random parole drug test.

Thorson - who now goes by the alias Jess Marlow - has consistently battled drug addiction, but it  wasn't until a book he wrote about his life with Liberace was turned into a movie that he received much attention.  

Thorson was played by Matt Damon opposite Michael Douglas' Liberace in the HBO film 'Behind the Candelabra'

The two were together for five years, starting in 1976 when Thorson was just 16 years old.

But their relationship ended in a messy break-up. In 1982, Liberace kicked the job-less Thorson, whose drug habits started getting worse, out of his house.

Eventually Thorson sued Liberace for $113million, and the pianist settled out of court for $75,000, giving up three cars and two pet dogs as well. Liberace died in 1987 after succumbing to an AIDS-related illness.

This past July, Thorson was sentenced to five years of probation after pleading guilty to burglary and identify theft charges.

Behind the Candelabra: Thorson's memoir of his life with Liberace was recently turned into a movie on HBO starring Matt Damon as Thorson to Michael Douglas ' Liberace

He will have to deal with the consequences of breaking the terms of his probation in court next Wednesday.

 

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But Thorson's attorney David Houston feels that the drug testing was wrong.

Thorson, who is currently in remission for anal cancer and had to have nasal surgery recently, asked not to be tested so he could take needed medication.

The end of the affair: Thorson dated Liberace for five years starting in 1976 when he was just 16 years old. The two eventually broke up when Thorson's drug habits started getting out of hand

'I have not seen this much of a concerted effort of those in the system to have someone fail in all of my years of practice,' Houston told the Reno Gazette-Journal Thursday .

He believes that the results could