In 2000, Luster was arrested when a student at a local college told police that she had been raped at Luster's home.[1][4] Upon investigation, police charged Luster with drugging three women with the date-rape drug GHB, sexually assaulting them, and video-taping the assaults, having found videotapes of the assaults when they searched his home.[4] After paying $1 million bail, Luster failed to appear in court to defend himself against the charges in January 2003.[4] Luster was convicted in absentia and sentenced to 124 years in prison.[1][5]