Tracking Thabo Bester: Court rules in favour of Showmax
Thabo Bester and his disgraced doctor girlfriend, Nandipha Magudumana have failed to interdict Showmax against airing ‘Tracking Thabo Bester’
The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has dismissed Dr Nandipha Magudumana and Thabo Bester’s applications to interdict the airing of Showmax docu-series Tracking Thabo Bester.
The decision comes as disgraced celebrity doctor Nandipha Magudumana and convicted criminal Thabo Bester slapped the streaming service with letters of demand. They demanded copies of the docu-series before it premieres on Showmax on Friday 15 March.
BESTER AND MAGUDUMANA FAIL TO INTERDICT AIRING OF SHOWMAX’S ‘TRACKING THABO BESTER’
As previously reported by The South African, Bester and Magudumana slapped Showmax with letters of demand trying to interdict the airing of the docu-series, saying it could infringe on their Constitutional rights.
Through his lawyers, Bester argued that he had not granted Showmax, or any person, any rights or authority to produce, distribute, or commercially exploit a documentary or film based upon or taken from his life.
Similarly, Magudumana’s lawyers argued that the streaming of the docu-series may cause irreparable harm.
On Friday, Judge Stuart Wilson has dismissed the urgent applications with costs. This means that the documentary will premiere as previously announced on Showmax.
[WATCH] Judge Stuart Wilson asks Thabo Bester's lawyer Llewellyn Morland how the airing of a Showmax docuseries Tracking Thabo Bester will compromise the trial.#Newzroom405 pic.twitter.com/mLTuJlQnRW
— Newzroom Afrika (@Newzroom405) March 15, 2024
WHAT IS THE DOCU-SERIES ABOUT?
Tracking Thabo Bester is four-part investigation into Thabo Bester; why he was called the Facebook rapist and in jail originally. It also explores how a celebrity doctor fell for a convicted criminal and left her children behind to go on the run with him to Tanzania; and who really died in Cell 35.
Bester and Magudumana arrested in Arusha, Tanzania, and were deported to South Africa in April 2023. They are awaiting trial and are detained in different correctional centres in the country.