Reality TV producer should be extradited to Mexico in wife's death, U.S. Justice Department says
A hearing on Mexico's request to extradite reality TV producer Bruce Beresford-Redman on suspicion of the slaying of his wife at a Cancun resort has been scheduled for May 16.
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday filed a 45-page extradition memorandum in U.S. District Court supporting Mexico's extradition request, outlining the legal issues in the case, and summarizing the evidence presented by the Mexican government.
Beresford-Redman's lawyers have until April 29 to file a response, and if the government chooses to respond to that, it has until May 9 to do so.
The body of Monica Beresford-Redman, 41, was found April 8 stuffed head-first into a waste water treatment pump at the Cancun resort where the couple had gone in a last-ditch effort to patch up their failing marriage.
An autopsy, which is detailed in Mexico's 438-page affidavit arguing for the suspect's extradition, said she suffered a blow to the head compatible with a metal tube or bat and died by asphyxiation. Bruce Beresford-Redman, 39, reportedly had cuts on his hands, neck and feet when he was detained by Mexican authorities.
Told to remain in the country, he instead returned to his Rancho Palos Verdes home the following month. He was arrested on Nov. 16 and is being held in a federal detention center in Los Angeles, pending the outcome of the extradition proceedings.
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reality TV hero, slime master . . . this is where it comes from
Posted by: bill | March 14, 2011 at 10:48 PM
My guess is that they didn't patch up their marriage.
Posted by: uncle_max | March 14, 2011 at 10:50 PM
Maybe someone will make a reality show about it?
Posted by: alan shore | March 15, 2011 at 01:10 AM
That took long enough. Now, are they going to act on it or are they going to let him keep playing the system, including stacking the judges in Family Court to keep his wife's family away from the kids? Corrupt, much?
Posted by: Coriolana | March 15, 2011 at 07:50 AM
Strange statement by the DOJ as we cannot get Mexico to extradite murders unless we tell them we take the death penalty off the table. Once again we give more than we get in the way of human rights under the present administration which cannot find things to do except smack golf balls around!
Posted by: Happy Jack | March 15, 2011 at 08:42 AM
Bill,
You've got that right. "Reality" TV is the vilest slime ever broadcast, and anyone connected with producing it is coated in slime.
Can you imagine the shrieking hysterical outrage in the US if someone we wanted extradited back here from Mexico was being coddled by the Mexican judicial system?
Posted by: Lou Bricano | March 15, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Of course he should. It seems that the Authorities in Mexico have evidence which leads them to believe he comitted the crime. He has certainly behaved reprehensibly.
We expect other countries to extradite their citizens to the US if they are accused of a crime and there is evidence to support the allegation. Well, that should work both ways.
In addition I would prefer him to not be able to foind another wife to abuse if he is guilty of the crime. He can't be tried in the US because he didn't commit the crime here. Shipop him off to face a trial.
Posted by: Angela Birch | March 15, 2011 at 10:49 AM
I am relieved to note that Beresford has been "held in a federal detention center" since November. I wouldn't trust him to stick around if released on bail.
Posted by: mnemon | March 15, 2011 at 10:57 AM
Extradition seems the appropriate thing to do.
Posted by: bob | March 15, 2011 at 11:09 AM