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Luka Rocco Magnotta, also known as Eric Clinton Kirk Newman at birth, was born on July 24, 1982, in ''[[wikipedia:Scarborough, Ontario|Scarborough, Ontario]]''. He was the eldest of Anna Yourkin and Donald Newman's three children. Magnotta's upbringing was fraught with challenges, as his mother was notoriously obsessive about cleanliness and would frequently subject both her children and pets to harsh conditions. His father was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1994, and this eventually led to his parents' divorce. Following this, Magnotta moved in with his grandmother, Phyllis. He attended [[wikipedia:I. E. Weldon Secondary School|''I. E. Weldon Secondary School'']] in Lindsay, but was later diagnosed with schizophrenia and was granted a disability allowance, which he supplemented with prostitution. In 2003, he began to work as a stripper and appeared in a handful of gay pornographic videos over a period of five years. Magnotta legally changed his name to ''Luka Rocco Magnotta'' on August 12, 2006. However, he faced financial difficulties and declared bankruptcy in March 2007, with debts totaling $17,000, which were eventually fully discharged in December of that same year.

In 2007, Magnotta participated in OUTtv's reality series ''COVERguy'' but was unsuccessful. After undergoing several cosmetic surgeries, he auditioned for ''Plastic Makes Perfect'', a television show on the Slice network in February 2008. Magnotta had created multiple profiles on various social media and discussion forums using different names and identities, falsely promoting himself as a successful model and prominent porn star, and used these pages to spread false information about himself and attack people he disliked. In 2007, he denied rumors of being in a relationship with Karla Homolka, a convicted murderer. Although Montreal police claimed during the murder investigation in 2012 that the two had dated, they later retracted the statement due to lack of evidence. Magnotta repeatedly denied these claims and other hoaxes he had planted as part of a cyberstalking campaign against him.  

''Luka Rocco Magnotta'' was convicted of impersonation and fraud in 2005 for which he was found guilty of one count of impersonation and three counts of fraud against [[wikipedia:Sears Canada|''Sears Canada'']], [[wikipedia:The Brick|''The Brick'']], and 2001 Audio Video. During the fraud, he convinced a mentally disabled woman to apply for credit cards and used them to purchase goods worth over $10,000. Magnotta pleaded guilty to these charges and received a nine-month conditional sentence with 12 months of probation, with the court noting his significant psychiatric issues and inconsistent medication use. In 2010, Magnotta uploaded a video on [[YouTube]] titled "[[1 Boy 2 Kittens|1 boy 2 kittens]]" in which he was seen suffocating two kittens in a plastic bag using a vacuum cleaner. In the same year, he posted additional videos of himself drowning a cat in a bathtub and feeding a cat to a python. These videos were condemned by animal rights activists, who identified him as the perpetrator and offered a $5,000 reward for his capture. Online communities reported him to the authorities and warned that he might pose a threat to humans. The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals filed a complaint with the Toronto police in February 2011, leading to an investigation that involved law enforcement agencies in Canada, Britain, and the United States. The 2019 true crime series [[wikipedia:Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer|''Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer'']] documented the investigation into Magnotta's actions.