Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh has settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought against him by the mother of a 19-year-old woman killed when his drunken son drove his boat into a bridge piling in February 2019. According to WCSC, Murdaugh’s insurance company agreed to a $500,000 payout for the family of Mallory Beach on the condition …
On Tuesday, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that it would decide whether Alex Murdaugh will get a new murder trial. The Post and Courier reported that the court decided it would take over Murdaugh’s case after his trial attorneys requested the court to take jurisdiction over one of their two appeals. Murdaugh’s attorneys appealed …
The former South Carolina court clerk accused by the Alex Murdaugh defense team of tampering with the jury has been summoned to a State Ethics Commission hearing to answer to more than 75 ethics violations uncovered during the course of the investigation. Becky Hill, at the time the Colleton County Clerk of Court, resigned from …
On Monday, a federal court sentenced ex-lawyer — and convicted killer — Alex Murdaugh to 40 years for stealing millions from his former clients. The Greenville News reported that Murdaugh’s 40-year federal sentence will run concurrently with the 27-year state sentence he received last year for similar crimes. Murdaugh is currently serving two life sentences …
On Tuesday, federal authorities said that convicted killer Alex Murdaugh violated the terms of a plea agreement by failing a polygraph test regarding his financial crimes. Prosecutors, who did not provide specifics, said the FBI interviewed Murdaugh on four instances and he was deceptive and avoided providing answers. They also claimed Murdaugh, 55, failed two …
A newly-released video shows Alex Murdaugh’s arrest in Florida for the 2021 murders of his wife and son at their family property in South Carolina. CourtTV obtained the bodycam footage which shows Murdaugh’s arrest outside a rehab facility where he underwent treatment for drug and alcohol addiction after he had a family friend shoot him …
A South Carolina judge on Tuesday ordered the court clerk involved in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial to testify in an upcoming hearing regarding jury tampering. Murdaugh’s legal team has accused Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill of rushing jurors to reach a guilty verdict for a book she was writing and self-publishing on …
A retired South Carolina chief justice will hear arguments later this month on whether the Colleton County court clerk tampered with the jury in disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial last year. Murdaugh was convicted of the shooting deaths of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, and sentenced to consecutive life sentences. He has …
Will Alex Murdaugh get a new trial? So far, the possibility is up in the air, as allegations of jury tampering have been levied against Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca (Becky) Hill. Hill has denied any wrongdoing. At the same time Hill’s son, Jeff, has been arrested and is facing charges related to wiretapping. …
South Carolina’s attorney general has filed a detailed response to convicted killer Alex Murdaugh’s push for a new trial that includes an equally detailed affidavit from the court clerk Murdaugh’s attorneys accused of jury tampering. The filing notes that arguments from Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin — that Colleton County Court Clerk Rebecca Hill urged …
