

“I’m not holding up too well,” Smith said. Reached at her home in Hawaii, Beth Smith, Chapman’s business partner and companion, said she was happy Chapman would be released. When she told the men they would be allowed to post bail, Duane Chapman responded, “Thank you” and “muchas gracias.” Duane Chapman and his son both responded, “actors.” Born in Groom, Texas, in 1976, Leland Chapman is the son of Duane Chapman, better known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, and his first wife.
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She then read the charges and asked a barrage of questions, including their professions. Leland Chapman Net Worth: Leland Chapman is an American bounty hunter, bail bondsman and TV personality who has a net worth of 2 million. The badge contained Duane Chapman’s name and the words “Fugitive Apprehension.” Hortensia Rubio, the court clerk, informed the men of their rights, including the right to post bail - set at $15,000 pesos, or about $1,500. Prosecutors went through the group’s belongings, which included baseball hats, cash, sunglasses, an American flag lighter and a black badge resembling a police officer’s. The men, wearing jail uniforms that included beige shirts and shorts, stood behind bars in front of the judge in the tiny room packed with attorneys, reporters and television cameras.

The group included Duane Chapman’s brother, Tim, 38, Boris Krutonog, 41, an actor and television producer, and cameraman Jeff Sells, 35. A few hours later, in a judge’s chambers, they were formally charged. On Friday morning, Chapman and the other men were transferred to a state prison outside Puerto Vallarta. Ventura County Sheriff Bob Brooks said he was certain that Chapman would not receive any portion of Luster’s bail money. authorities, who refused to help secure their release.

But Chapman and his group remained jailed in Mexico. Luster was deported Thursday to California and taken to Wasco State Prison in Kern County to begin serving a 124-year sentence. Responding to reports of a possible kidnapping, police later caught up with the men and arrested all of the participants On Wednesday morning, the bounty hunters tackled Luster on a city street, doused him with pepper spray, loaded him into a van and sped away, according to witnesses. He had been staying in a $30-a-night motel next door to the Puerto Vallarta district attorney’s office. Luster, 39, the great-grandson of cosmetics legend Max Factor, was convicted in absentia for drugging and raping three women.įollowing up on a tip, Chapman and his crew traveled to Mexico this week to search for Luster. Hoping to snag a portion of Luster’s forfeited $1-million bail, Chapman had hunted down the fugitive more than five months after he bolted from house arrest during a break in his Ventura County trial.
