Mexico lets the Dog out, Duane Chapman off the hook!
Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Hot Momma
A Mexican appellate court has put the Duane Dog Chapman case to rest after years of legal wrangling. A Mexican judge ruled that Chapman, his son Leland and his brother Tim cannot be sent back to Mexico to face charges stemming from their apprehension of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster off a street in Puerto Vallarta on June 18, 2003. Luster, who fled the U.S. during his trial on rape and sexual assault charges, now sits in prison serving a 124-year sentence. Chapman and his cohorts tracked Luster to Mexico and attempted to bring him to justice, only to be arrested themselves because bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico. Because of the ‘illegal’ circumstances, Chapman was never able to collect on the $1 million bail the fugitive Max Factor heir forfeited when he vanished during his trial.
With this nightmare behind him, Chapman can continue to try to mend fences after his racially charged phone call to his son, cost Dog his A&E TV show and damaged his reputation.
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Dog really was really treated unfairly by Mexico. He takes Andrew Luster back to prison where that snake belongs and almost has to go to jail himself. That had to be a lot of stress for him and his family. I hope to see him back on TV someday.