Interesting topic.
I wonder if Lutter suffered from low self esteem and needed all these relationships to build up his fragile ego. I think the fact that he pursued the type of women that he did - women from male dominated cultures - may fit the rubric as well. Such women would be a lot less likely to ask questions and more likely to submit to Lutter and "need" him, both as a bread winner and a companion, which probably fed his ego further.
On the other hand, I am reminded of something a member on my wife's side of the family told me awhile back. He was an airline pilot for over 30 years until the airline he worked for went bankrupt about 5 years ago. I once asked him about this sort of behavior and he said he knew a man who engaged in similar shenanigans and had two families along his route. Apparently neither family knew of the other. So, this sort of thing may not be entirely uncommon, yet Lutter took it to an extreme.
I often wonder if Lutter continued this behavior over the years as it seems he was never seriously taken to task for any of it.
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