Update from Season 3 | BONUS | Stacey and Tyler’s Story
Betrayal Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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4.6 • 655 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Producer Carrie Hartman catches up with Stacey Rutherford from Season 3. Stacey gives an update on Justin’s actions from behind bars.
Content Warning for sexual abuse.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast, guaranteed human. |
| 0:16.1 | Hi, I'm Carrie Hartman, a senior producer on betrayal. |
| 0:20.3 | If you've been following the podcast, you know the stories we tell don't end when the episodes do. |
| 0:26.2 | People's lives keep moving forward, and sometimes we like to check back in. |
| 0:30.9 | Recently, I had the chance to talk with Stacey Rutherford. |
| 0:34.6 | In season three, Stacey and her son Tyler shared the harrowing story of her husband's |
| 0:39.7 | sexual abuse of Tyler. It's one of the most chilling cases we've covered. And there've been some |
| 0:45.7 | recent developments. Here's my conversation with Stacey. We all know everybody who listened to |
| 0:53.3 | her season that Justin pled guilty not once, but twice, to sexual assault of Tyler and another child. |
| 1:02.2 | He also pled guilty for voyeurism. And eventually, he also pled guilty for a murder for hire scheme. |
| 1:09.5 | And it seems like with that sentence that he received, |
| 1:13.2 | that should have been the end of it. You should have walked out those doors that day. He would do |
| 1:18.4 | decades in prison. This would be over. But that's not how it's gone. No. What's happened? |
| 1:25.6 | So in August of last year, 2025, Tyler was served with civil suit. |
| 1:32.7 | Justin was suing him for defamation of character. |
| 1:35.9 | Tyler had called him a child rapist and a child predator, and Justin's response was that he was |
| 1:43.3 | illegally detained, illegally charged, and that he was |
| 1:47.6 | coursed into signing the plea deal. |
| 1:50.3 | So he's not these things that Tyler is saying he is because he's illegally detained for |
| 1:57.5 | these things. |
| 1:58.7 | I'm just reminded of your sister after Justin was sentenced. |
| 2:04.2 | I'll never forget this. |
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