Lucas Babin

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Lucas Babin

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| office = District Attorney of Tyler County

| term_start = January 1, 2019

| term_end =

| predecessor = Lou Ann Cloy

| successor =

| relations = Brian Babin (father)

| birth_name = Lucas Edwin Babin

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|July 30, 1979}}

| birth_place = Beaumont, Texas, U.S.

| education = {{ubl|Sam Houston State University (BA)| University of Houston (JD)}}

| party = Republican

}}

Lucas Edwin Babin (born July 30, 1979) is an American attorney, actor, and fashion model who has served as district attorney of Tyler County, Texas since 2019. As an actor, Babin was noted for playing Spider in School of Rock (2003).{{Cite web |last=Martinez |first=Sarah |date=2021-04-08 |title='School of Rock' star is now a Republican district attorney in Texas |url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/School-of-Rock-actor-texas-district-attorney-16086399.php |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=mySA |language=en-US}}

Early life and education

Babin was born on July 30, 1979, in Beaumont, Texas. Babin is the son of Republican Congressman Brian Babin and the brother of former U.S. Navy SEAL officer and Extreme Ownership author, Leif Babin.{{Cite web |title=Babin named 'Citizen of the Year' |url=https://www.tylercountybooster.com/index.php/communities/2685-babin-named-citizen-of-the-year |access-date=2021-02-03 |website=Tyler County Booster |language=en-gb}}

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sam Houston State University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law School.{{Cite web|title=Lucas Babin|url=https://www.whisenhantlaw.com/lucas-babin/|access-date=2021-02-03|website=Lindsey B. Whisenhant Law Office PLLC|language=en-US}}{{cite web|date=|title=State Bar of Texas | Find A Lawyer | Lucas Edwin Babin|url=https://www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Find_A_Lawyer&template=/Customsource/MemberDirectory/MemberDirectoryDetail.cfm&ContactID=333711|accessdate=2019-09-08|publisher=Texasbar.com}}

Acting and modeling career

He is known for playing Spider in the Paramount Pictures film, School of Rock, and has appeared in worldwide advertisements for Gucci, Versace, Versace Jeans Couture, CK, Calvin Klein, Roberto Cavalli, Just Cavalli, GAP, Louis Vuitton, and other top fashion brands.{{Cite web|url=http://www.uomoclassico.com/year/2000/season/Spring-Summer|title=Uomo Classico - The Advertising Years|website=www.uomoclassico.com}}Norwich, William (2002) "[https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/10/magazine/paris-texas.html?pagewanted=all Paris, Texas]", New York Times, March 10, 2002, retrieved 2011-02-05Bellafante, Ginia (2000) "[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/04/style/front-row.html Front Row: MILAN — Singing, but Not for His Supper]", New York Times, July 4, 2000, retrieved 2011-02-05{{cite web|date=|title=Jury trial scheduled to remove Cloy from office|url=http://www.tylercountybooster.com/index.php/news/2417-jury-trial-scheduled-to-remove-cloy-from-office|accessdate=2019-09-08|publisher=Tylercountybooster.com}}

Babin is the only American to star in a Brazilian telenovela, appearing in 67 episodes of the series América, on the Globo Network. He speaks Portuguese fluently. Babin was Paris Hilton's love interest in the music video "Stars Are Blind", as well as the knight in shining armor and boyfriend of Alanis Morissette in the 2002 music video for "Precious Illusions".{{Cite web|title=Lucas Babin|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0044974/|access-date=2021-02-03|website=IMDb}}

Legal career

After several years in Houston, Babin moved back to his hometown Woodville, Texas. In 2018, Babin ran for and was elected as the district attorney of Tyler County, Texas.{{cite web |date=2018-11-29 |title=The Honorable Lucas Babin (R) |url=https://www.txdirectory.com/online/person/?id=60548&office=15857 |accessdate=2019-08-04 |publisher=Texas State Directory}}

As district attorney, Babin indicted Netflix for allegedly distributing lewd content through the release of Cuties (2020), which garnered controversy over its depiction of pre-adolescent girls. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit agreed with Netflix that Babin's prosecution was carried out in bad faith with the intent to harass Netflix, including presenting only selective portions of the film as evidence to the grand jury.{{cite web | date=2023-12-18

|title=Appeals Court Rules Texas DA's 'Cuties' Child Porn Charges Against Netflix to Be 'Bad-Faith Prosecution'

|url=https://www.thewrap.com/netflix-wins-appeals-court-against-texas-da-child-porn-charges/

| accessdate=2023-12-20

| publisher=TheWrap }} According to Variety, commentators have suggested that the suit stands to boost Babin's political standing to prepare for a run for higher office.{{Cite web |last=Maddaus |first=Gene |date=2020-10-09 |title=Netflix's 'Cuties' Sparks a Culture War in a Tiny Texas Town |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/cuties-netflix-texas-indictment-lewd-content-1234796595/ |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}