Ex-’Survivor’ producer facing extradition ‘not credible,’ judge says
A federal judge has issued a ruling supporting her decision to extradite a former “Survivor” TV show producer to Mexico, where he faces charges in the killing of his wife at a luxury Cancun resort.
In the 17-page ruling, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Chooljian said she doubted the credibility of Bruce Beresford-Redman and said his 6-year-old daughter’s recollections do not disprove that a fight may have occurred the day he last saw his wife alive.
Beresford-Redman’s attorneys said they will seek to have Chooljian’s decision overturned by a higher court. Such appeals could take as long as a year to resolve. Beresford-Redman remains in a federal lockup.
Chooljian said she found sufficient evidence of probable cause that the onetime “Survivor” producer, who is charged in Mexico with aggravated homicide in the death of Monica Burgos Beresford-Redman, 41, committed the crime.
In April 2010, his wife’s naked body was found in a wastewater tank a short distance from the couple’s Cancun hotel room.
The producer said his wife had left alone to go shopping three days before her body was found, leaving him with their two children.
Chooljian found Beresford-Redman’s statements “not credible” when he denied admitting to the hotel staff that the noise coming from his room April 5 was due to an argument.
The judge also cast doubt on the contention that the daughter’s statement shows there was no argument or fighting in the room.
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