“Survivor” Producer Set to be Extradited From California to Mexico to Answer for Murder Charges
The producer of reality show phenomenon “Survivor” is set to be extradited from California to Mexico to answer for murder charges. Last year, Mexican prosecutors charged Bruce Beresford-Redman with aggravated murder when his wife was discovered dead in a septic tank at a resort in Cancun where the couple and their children were vacationing. Prosecutors claim that the Beresford-Redman…who was arrested on a fugitive’s warrant in his home in Rancho Palos Verdes, California…had a motive to kill because his wife had just discovered he was having an affair. This is a federal extradition, so California’s extradition laws will not come into play.
However, federal extradition laws follow the same pattern as California’s extradition laws, in that the defense will have an opportunity to challenge the extradition so that Beresford-Redman can remain in California. This challenge is known as a writ of habeas corpus and will likely keep the defendant in a Los Angeles jail for up to a year while the defense team fights the extradition order. In the event that he is extradited and convicted, he faces up to thirty (30) years in prison.
