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Mason Verger is a character in the novel Hannibal. He is played by Gary Oldman in the movie.
Mason Verger was the son of a wealthy meat packer. He was a devout Christian who ran Christian Summer camps for children but started to sexually abuse the children. He had a younger sister named Margot. Mason regularly abused Margot before brutally raping her and dislocating her arm. Margot went into therapy and met Dr Hannibal Lecter, who was sickened by Mason's abuse. Lecter was introduced to Mason in the 1970s when a court recommended therapy after he was found guilty of child molestation. Verger and Lecter seemed to get on well until Verger invited Lecter to his pied de terre. After Verger showed him his noose to perform autoerotic asphyxiation, Lecter broke a mirror. He fed Mason Angel Dust and several other mind altering drugs. Picking up a piece of broken mirror, he convinced Mason to tear his face off and feed it to his pet dogs. Mason did so and also gouged out one of his eyes and ate his own nose. Lecter finished off Verger by breaking his neck. Amazingly, he survived this horrific assault and was on a life support machine for the rest of his life.
According to the police, Verger was one of three victims to survive the attacks of Dr Lecter. When Lecter was captured, Verger never issued a statement in Lecter's trial.
In 1983, Lecter escaped prison. Mason was furious that he didn't have Lecter killed in prison. He then contacted a group of Sardinians to breed several large, man eating boars to eat Lecter.
In 1990, the boars were ready. Verger had planned to use Clarice Starling as bait by discrediting her. A crooked FBI agent also helped in the frame up. A tip off from a detective called Pazzi located Hannibal Lecter was in Florence, who was now known as Dr Fell. Pazzi tried to kidnap Lecter but ended up murdered along with a Sardinian and a pickpocket. Lecter then fled to the United States.
Lecter killed a deer hunter and the FBI knew that he was back in America. Lecter was eventually kidnapped by Verger's men and was about to be eaten by the boars when Starling rescued him. She was wounded and Lecter took her to safety. Verger was murdered by his sister by placing an eel down his throat. Lecter claimed responsibility for the death.
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