Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana Take Netflix to Court to stop Beauty and the Bester. Notorious convicted Facebook rapist and killer and one time escapee Thabo Bester and his life partner Nandipha Magudumana and alleged escapee helper have instructed attorneys to apply for an urgent order to halt the Netflix three part documentary true-crime series Beauty and the Bester. Both Bester and Magudumana want the court to interdict Netflix from releasing the documentary on September 12, 2025, claiming that the series contains inaccurate, defamatory and unsubstantiated claims and violates their constitutional rights. Netflix has widely advertised the three part series, which examines the connection between Magudumana's and Bester's alleged explosive prison escape and their subsequent journey.