SAN DIEGO -- Convicted rapist Andrew Luster, (pictured, left), sought to justify his crimes and listed his victims and prosecutors under the word "PAYBACK" in a notebook left in Mexico after his capture, it was reported.

"To want to take a good man's life and destroy his family ... was nothing short of ruthless and much more to the point of unforgivable," said an entry in the notebook, the Ventura County Star reported Sunday.

The 13 pages also listed topless bars in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, the names of people Luster hoped would send him money, and notes on Spanish pickup lines, the newspaper said.

Luster, 39, is the great-grandson of cosmetics magnate Max Factor. He jumped his $1 million bail and spent nearly six months on the run until he was captured by a bounty hunter Wednesday in the Mexican resort. He was returned to California Thursday to begin serving a 124-year prison sentence for drugging and raping three women at his Ventura County home northwest of Los Angeles.

Oscar Lopez, manager of the motel where Luster stayed in Puerto Vallarta, said Sunday that the Star reporter and others fished the notebook out of a trash can in Luster's room Saturday. Lopez said motel staff later threw out the notebook and when authorities sought it on Sunday they were told it was gone.

John Moore, assistant managing editor at the Star, said Monday that Lopez actually took the reporters to a storage area where Luster's belongings had been collected. The reporters asked to look at the notebook, which was in a duffel bag, and then returned it to Lopez, he said.

On one page of Luster's notebook, the former fugitive listed names of prosecutors, including the former county district attorney and deputy district attorney who prosecuted him.

The names of the women he raped, detectives and an investigator, also were listed. All the names were under the heading "PAYBACK," which was underlined, the Star reported.

In several entries, Luster attempted to justify his actions and criticized county authorities for prosecuting him.

"Yes they were in an extreme state of inebriation ... But this -- as any actively sexual person (player) knows is not outside the grounds of ethical play," Luster wrote in one entry.

The notebook reportedly contained Spanish/English translations for sexual words and phrases, such as: "Can I touch your chest" and, "I will make you feel better."

Star editors said the newspaper's reporter, who covered Luster's trial, recognized his handwriting.

Laura Bosley, an FBI spokeswoman in Los Angeles, declined to say whether the FBI knew of the notebook or was trying to obtain it. She said the bureau does not comment on ongoing investigations but was continuing to work with Mexican authorities in its investigation.

Among the other belongings Luster left behind were a camera, video recorder, two surfboards and beach clothes, Lopez said.

Luster's attorney Roger Diamond said he knew nothing about any notebook his client had, but said its contents would have no bearing on his efforts to reinstate Luster's appeal, which was dismissed June 10.