Betrayal: Where is Justin Rutherford now?

Betrayal is one of the most popular true-crime podcasts that premiered in March 2022. The true-crime podcast delves into intricate stories of betrayal where family members uncover shocking secrets about people near and dear to them.

The third season of the Betrayal podcast went into a detailed account of the doctor named Justin Rutherford, who was charged with invasion of privacy and s*xual abuse of minors in 2023. The podcast detailed how Stacey Rutherford met Justin Rutherford when he was a medical student. The pair got married and led a normal life with children.

However, the shocking discovery about her husband's misdeeds rocked Stacey Rutherford to her core. Justin Rutherford is currently serving his prison sentence at a State Correctional Facility in Albion, Pennsylvania.

Betrayal Podcast season 3 was released on May 23, 2024, and the final episode of the season premiered on July 11, 2024. The podcast contained a total of eight episodes this season. The podcast is available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and iHeart.

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Betrayal Podcast - Where is the convicted doctor Justin Rutherford now?

Justin Rutherford was a respected doctor from the Amity Township in Berks County, Pennsylvania. As discussed in the Betrayal podcast season 3, he lived a picture-perfect family life in Pennsylvania with his wife, Stacey Rutherford.

The pair met in 2015 when Justin was still a medical student. Stacey Rutherford was a single mother at the time and fell in love with Justin. The pair eventually settled in Berks County, Pennsylvania where Justin established his career as a family doctor.

As a family doctor, Justin treated various patients including children and teenagers. However, Stacey Rutherford had no idea that Justin was a s*xual predator in disguise and preyed on his patients without their knowledge. It was only in 2021 when Stacey Rutherford got to know that her husband was a r*pist and used to record people with a camera without their consent.

Justin Rutherford's crimes were first discovered by a 13-year-old boy in July 2021. The teenager discovered a small black camera while taking a shower at a friend's house.

When the camera was submitted to the police, they discovered that the house where the camera was plugged belonged to Justin Rutherford. Upon further investigation, the police retrieved more than 2800 videos and around 1400 still photographs of undressed people.

The discovery of a hidden camera led to the eventual arrest of Justin (image via Unsplash)

They uncovered that Justin used to record people with a hidden camera when they used the house's bathroom. The videos and photographs also contained images of children and teenagers.

Eventually, two male teenagers came forward accusing Justin Rutherford of s*xually assaulting them. The Betrayal podcast focuses on the true crime story through the lens of these two victims. One of the victims claimed that Rutherford abused them after intoxicating them with alcohol and marijuana.

The other victim disclosed that Rutherford had been s*xually assaulting him for over five years. In a shocking turn of events, the twisted doctor even tried to get one of the victims killed while he was awaiting trial under police custody. However, the murder attempt was intercepted by the police.

In 2022, Justin Rutherford pleaded guilty to r*pe of an unconscious person, r*pe of a child, invasion of privacy, and s*xual abuse of multiple children. The Pennsylvania court sentenced Justin to 26 years and 10 months to 70 years in prison.

He is currently serving his prison sentence at the State Correctional Institution – Albion at 10745 PA-18 in Albion, Pennsylvania. Episode 5 of season 3 of the Betrayal podcast titled The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs. Justin Rutherford provides a detailed account of the case proceedings.

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All episodes of the Betrayal podcast are available for streaming. A Hulu series based on season 2 of the podcast is scheduled to be released on the streaming service on July 30, 2024.