Actor Recalls Role in Luster Capture
L O S A N G E L E S, Calif., June 30 -- — During the capture of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster, actor Boris Krutonog's real life began to look a lot like one of the movies he's acted in.
Krutonog accompanied his bounty hunting friend, Duane "Dog" Chapman in his dramatic capture of Luster nearly two weeks ago.
The 41-year-old actor who appears in the recently released movie The Italian Job, was thrilled about his release from the Mexican jail cell he shared with Chapman and the rest of the bounty hunter's crew.
'Worst Four Nights'
On ABCNEWS' Good Morning America Krutonog described his time behind bars as, "The worst four nights of my life."
"I'll tell you, having Dog [Chapman] around really helped. He made the experience bearable," he said.
Krutonog joined Chapman in his hunt for Luster, a 39-year-old convicted rapist, as part of the documentary film crew shooting the capture.
The Russian-born actor said never expected that he and the rest of Chapman's team would end up in a Mexican prison after Luster was found.
Luster, an heir to the Max Factor family fortune, jumped bail and fled during his trial in January. The great-grandson of cosmetics mogul Max Factor, Luster was convicted of multiple counts of rape, poisoning and drug possession involving three women.
When Chapman's team found Luster in the Mexican beach resort city of Puerto Vallarta during the early morning hours of June 18, they were hauled into jail with the former fugitive.
"The five of us, we cried and hoped and prayed, and suffered all together," Kruntonog said. "I'll tell you, we had no idea what was going to happen to us," he said.
Luster was captured by Chapman, his brother Timothy and his son Leland, while Krutonog and two other film crew members recorded the incident.
Then they were all handcuffed and loaded into the back of a police truck along with Luster. Although bounty hunters enjoy police-like powers in the United States, under Mexican law, arrests by bounty hunters are considered kidnappings.
