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On February 7, 2023, Russell was granted parole. His release date is still pending. In media. A film about his life and crimes was produced in 2009, named I Love You Phillip Morris, starring Jim Carrey as Russell and Ewan McGregor as his boyfriend Phillip Morris.
Steven Jay Russell is a gay, four-time prison escapee, conman and thief, currently serving a 144-year prison sentence for nonviolent crime. The first half of his life was made into the film “I Love You Phillip Morris,” which starred Jim Carrey as Steven and Ewan McGregor as his boyfriend, Phillip.
Dec 8, 2014 · My name is Steven Jay Russell, age 57, and incarcerated in the death row building at the Polunsky Unit (Texas Department of Criminal Justice- Correctional Institutions Division) in Livingston, Texas, for the non-violent, non-aggravated, offenses of theft by embezzlement and escape.
Jul 29, 2015 · In early 1998, an emaciated Texas inmate named Steven Jay Russell was granted a special parole — one which put him in the custody of a hospice. Russell’s medical records spelled out the reason: he had HIV/AIDS, and wasn’t likely to survive much longer.
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Apr 28, 2023 · But he was promptly fired from his job after his manager at the Los Angeles-based food company found out he was gay. Foreseen a decline in funds after the break up of his marriage and the loss of his job, Russell faked a slip-and-fall in the hopes of a $45,000 insurance payout.
Nov 26, 2010 · Steven Russell, who’s serving a 144-year sentence at Michael Unit, a maximum-security prison a couple hours southeast of Dallas, looks harmless enough: The 53-year-old man is bald save for ...
