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Netflix's Beauty and the Bester details the investigation into convicted criminal Thabo Bester, who was serving a life sentence for rape and murder when he escaped prison in 2022

He allegedly had been living under several aliases in Johannesburg with his partner, celebrity doctor Nandipha Magudumana

Bester and Magudumana have claimed the docuseries is defamatory, but a judge rejected their bid to block its release and noted they could sue again for defamation in the future

Netflix is sharing more gripping details into one of South Africa 's most notorious criminals: Thabo Bester.

Beauty and the Bester , the three-part docuseries that was released on the platform on Sept. 12, pulls back the curtain on one of South Africa's most scandalous and shocking criminal cases

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