MEXICO CITY, Mexico (GlossyNews) — Emmy nominated reality television producer Bruce Beresford-Redman has been detained as a suspect in the killing of Monica Beresford-Redman, his wife. According to officials in Cancun, the body of Monica Beresford-Redman was found in a sewer at the Moon Palace resort where the family was on vacation.
Beresford-Redman was nominated for three Emmys for his work on “Survivor,” in which groups of strangers are sent to exotic wilderness locales around the world to compete for prizes. His other production credits include “Pimp My Ride” and “Crash Course.”
Although the cause of death has not been disclosed to the media, investigators and witnesses have shed some light on a probable scenario. Testimonies obtained from sources close to the incident portray a hostage situation that Beresford-Redman orchestrated at a bustling nightclub on the resort property, where he barred the doors and forced party goers into a bizarre tribal contest.
“It was like something out of ‘Lord of the Flies,'” said one witness. “He’d gotten in with some guys from the local drug cartels. They were armed. Bruce spent the night drinking with them, and you could tell he was losing control. Once the guns came out, there was nothing we could do. They locked down the kitchen and the bar. Then they broke us up into two groups. Bruce was directing everything. His wife Monica was shoved into one of the groups after she tried to stop him. He was already upset with her. They’d fought earlier about his idea for a TV show like the ‘Bachelor,’ where a bunch of young girls go camping in the woods with OJ Simpson. The rest of the night was disgusting and cruel.”
Beresford-Redman allegedly presented the groups with rules for various contests that involved acts of deviant sexual abuse and bestiality. The most difficult for witnesses to discuss was something Beresford-Redman called “Donkey Show.” Another, which involved a war of the sexes between elderly males and female minors, was called “Joy Division.”
Successful tribes were awarded amenities to make the night more endurable. In one instance, winning teams were allowed to use the restroom. However, the team could select only one person from the group, which led to increased conflict and in-fighting. In other challenges, winning tribes were treated to bottles of beer and tamales. Losing teams found themselves forced to drink Mexican tap water. They were also deprived of all food except Oaxaca City tacos (limited to beef snout, chopped tongue, pig skin and eyeballs) and something called corn smut.
Those who became violently ill were left to fester unconscious in puddles of their own sick. This process of eliminating tribal members, according to unofficial reports, was referred to by Beresford-Redman as being “voted off the island.” Other eyewitness accounts suggested that weaker hostages managed to gain immunity by performing various sexual acts on Beresford-Redman’s wife while he watched and pleasured himself.
Monica Beresford-Redman was described as severely dehydrated and physically traumatized by the end of the night. Because her team lost every challenge, investigators believe she may have been suffering from dysentery when she died.
No court dates have been set, and the Mexican government has denied all appeals for extradition from the United States.