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Legal battle looms as Bester and Nandipha challenge Netflix documentary
The Star
|August 28, 2025
WITH less than two weeks until the highly anticipated debut of the true-crime docuseries “Beauty and the Bester’, incarcerated duo Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana have filed an urgent court application to stop the release.
Streaming giant Netflix is scheduled to premiere the docu-series on September 12; however, the couple argues through their legal team that the series contains inaccurate, defamatory and unsubstantiated claims and violates their constitutional rights.
The matter is now set for a court hearing on September 9, just three days before the documentary’s airing.
The gripping three-part documentary delves into the shocking 2022 prison escape of Thabo Bester, a convicted rapist and murderer, from the Mangaung Maximum Security Prison, and his lavish double life.
It also covers the nationwide manhunt that ended with their arrest in Tanzania in 2023, alongside his partner and celebrity doctor, Nandipha Magudumana.
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