Magudumana legal team gives MultiChoice until Saturday afternoon to supply Bester documentary copy
Magudumana’s lawyers said she did not permit a documentary to be produced and streamed in her name, adding that 'any and all facts which may be featured in the documentary series relate to evidence which still stands to be proven by the State in a Court of Law.'
Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana exchange whispers and held hands in the dock during the court session on 8 August 2023. Picture: Katlego Jiyane/Eyewitness News
JOHANNESBURG - MultiChoice has until 2 pm on Saturday to supply a copy of the soon-to-be-released doccie on Showmax, Tracking Thabo Bester.
That's according to Nandipha Magudumana's legal team, who have threatened to seek a High Court interim interdict to halt the release of the four-part series, should MultiChoice not comply.
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The documentary is scheduled for broadcast on Showmax on 15 and 22 March respectively.
Magudumana’s lawyers said she did not permit a documentary to be produced and streamed in her name, adding that "any and all facts which may be featured in the documentary series relate to evidence which still stands to be proven by the State in a Court of Law."
According to Magudumana's legal team, the four-part investigative doccie about Bester covers, among other things, why he was called the 'Facebook rapist', and 'why Magudumana fell for a convicted criminal and left her children to go on the run with him to Tanzania.'
Magudumana faces among others, charges of fraud, corruption, defeating the ends of justice and aiding and assisting a prisoner to escape.
This is related to the escape of her boyfriend, convicted murderer and rapist Bester from the Mangaung Prison in May 2022.