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Beresford-Redman Case Over Child Visits Continues
(CNS) Posted Friday September 10, 2010 - 3:55pm
The sisters of slain Los Angeles restaurant owner Monica Beresford-Redman are firing back at her in-laws' attempt to get a judge to appoint a third party to oversee their visits with her two young children.
David and Juanita Beresford-Redman made their request after the children's aunts allegedly told one of the youngsters that their father was responsible for their mother's death.
Beresford-Redman's body was found in April in a sewer at the Moon Palace Hotel in Cancun, where she was vacationing with her husband, Bruce.
An arrest warrant has been issued in Mexico for Bruce Beresford-Redman, who is charged in that country with his wife's killing.
"I have never said anything negative about the children's father to or in the presence of the children, and furthermore I will never say such things because I care deeply for the children and would never want to hurt them,' one of the sisters, Jeane Burgos, says in a sworn declaration.
"I am disappointed that Bruce does not take the same care to refrain from discussing me with the children or using the children as messengers.'
The statement contradicts a sworn declaration by Juanita Beresford-Redman in support of monitored visitation. She said her granddaughter, 5-year- old Camila, said Burgos and her sister, Carla Van Bastelaar, were critical of her father.
``They told me daddy was a stupid old man and he killed my mommy,' the girl said, according to her paternal grandmother.
And in his own declaration, Bruce Beresford-Redman says the alleged comments by his sisters-in-law are regrettable.
"I am saddened to say that it appears Carla and Jeane are using the children as pawns in a battle they wish to have with me,' the former "Survivor' producer says. "I am no longer comfortable with my children having unmonitored visitation with their maternal aunts.'
He said that he and his parents have "carefully avoided making any negative comments about the maternal aunts.'
In her declaration in opposition to the monitored visitation, Van Bastelaar says it's important that Camila and her 3-year-old brother, Alec, receive the love they need from their father's side of the family, as well as from their aunts.
"It disturbs me that David and Juanita repeatedly accuse me and my sister Jeane of making negative statements about Bruce, David and Juanita to or around the children,' she says.
"As I have consistently explained to the court, I have never and will never discuss the circumstances of my sister Monica Beresford-Redman's death with the children or make any negative statements about their father or grandparents to them.'
Van Bastelaar said she was "shocked' to learn during an Aug. 31 visit with the children that Camila knew how to make an obscene gesture with her middle finger.
"I certainly have never done that in front of the children and I have never seen Jeane make that gesture in front of the children either,' she said.
Van Bastelaar says the gesture by Camila and other behavior by the children, including their statements that when they are upset with someone that they want to "kill' that person, worries her "about what is going on in the house with David, Juanita and Bruce.'
Before the death of their sibling, both Burgos and Van Bastelaar had ``regular and extensive contact' with their niece and nephew, according to their court papers.
Now, the visits are limited to several hours a week, Phillips' court papers state.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff is scheduled to rule on the grandparents' request for monitored visits on Sept. 17.
Juanita and David Beresford-Redman were previously appointed temporary guardians of their grandchildren. They have opposed any additional visitation time by the aunts.
Beckloff is scheduled to preside over a trial -- set for Nov. 8 -- to decide permanent custody of the children.
Meanwhile, Alison Triessl, one of the sisters' lawyers, said today she wrote a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton requesting the extradition of the children's father.
"We're asking that (Clinton) assist the Mexican authorities in carrying out their request,' Triessl said on NBC's "Today' show. "We're simply asking that the United States not stand in the way in Mexico's pursuit of justice.'
The sisters of slain Los Angeles restaurant owner Monica Beresford-Redman are firing back at her in-laws' attempt to get a judge to appoint a third party to oversee their visits with her two young children.
David and Juanita Beresford-Redman made their request after the children's aunts allegedly told one of the youngsters that their father was responsible for their mother's death.
Beresford-Redman's body was found in April in a sewer at the Moon Palace Hotel in Cancun, where she was vacationing with her husband, Bruce.
An arrest warrant has been issued in Mexico for Bruce Beresford-Redman, who is charged in that country with his wife's killing.
"I have never said anything negative about the children's father to or in the presence of the children, and furthermore I will never say such things because I care deeply for the children and would never want to hurt them,' one of the sisters, Jeane Burgos, says in a sworn declaration.
"I am disappointed that Bruce does not take the same care to refrain from discussing me with the children or using the children as messengers.'
The statement contradicts a sworn declaration by Juanita Beresford-Redman in support of monitored visitation. She said her granddaughter, 5-year- old Camila, said Burgos and her sister, Carla Van Bastelaar, were critical of her father.
``They told me daddy was a stupid old man and he killed my mommy,' the girl said, according to her paternal grandmother.
And in his own declaration, Bruce Beresford-Redman says the alleged comments by his sisters-in-law are regrettable.
"I am saddened to say that it appears Carla and Jeane are using the children as pawns in a battle they wish to have with me,' the former "Survivor' producer says. "I am no longer comfortable with my children having unmonitored visitation with their maternal aunts.'
He said that he and his parents have "carefully avoided making any negative comments about the maternal aunts.'
In her declaration in opposition to the monitored visitation, Van Bastelaar says it's important that Camila and her 3-year-old brother, Alec, receive the love they need from their father's side of the family, as well as from their aunts.
"It disturbs me that David and Juanita repeatedly accuse me and my sister Jeane of making negative statements about Bruce, David and Juanita to or around the children,' she says.
"As I have consistently explained to the court, I have never and will never discuss the circumstances of my sister Monica Beresford-Redman's death with the children or make any negative statements about their father or grandparents to them.'
Van Bastelaar said she was "shocked' to learn during an Aug. 31 visit with the children that Camila knew how to make an obscene gesture with her middle finger.
"I certainly have never done that in front of the children and I have never seen Jeane make that gesture in front of the children either,' she said.
Van Bastelaar says the gesture by Camila and other behavior by the children, including their statements that when they are upset with someone that they want to "kill' that person, worries her "about what is going on in the house with David, Juanita and Bruce.'
Before the death of their sibling, both Burgos and Van Bastelaar had ``regular and extensive contact' with their niece and nephew, according to their court papers.
Now, the visits are limited to several hours a week, Phillips' court papers state.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff is scheduled to rule on the grandparents' request for monitored visits on Sept. 17.
Juanita and David Beresford-Redman were previously appointed temporary guardians of their grandchildren. They have opposed any additional visitation time by the aunts.
Beckloff is scheduled to preside over a trial -- set for Nov. 8 -- to decide permanent custody of the children.
Meanwhile, Alison Triessl, one of the sisters' lawyers, said today she wrote a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton requesting the extradition of the children's father.
"We're asking that (Clinton) assist the Mexican authorities in carrying out their request,' Triessl said on NBC's "Today' show. "We're simply asking that the United States not stand in the way in Mexico's pursuit of justice.'
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