South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced a bevy of charges contained in seven new indictments against suspended attorney Alex Murdaugh Thursday, and sources told WCIV a bond hearing scheduled for Friday had been postponed until next week.
South Carolina grand juries have slapped seven new indictments on embattled attorney Alex Murdaugh, adding 21 more counts to the 27 he’s already facing. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the indictments — in three counties — on Thursday, WCIV reported. The indictments include nine counts of breach of trust, seven counts of computer …
Add another lawsuit to the mounting legal woes for disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh. Last week, the boyfriend of Mallory Beach, both of whom were thrown from a boat driven by a “grossly intoxicated” Paul Murdaugh in 2019, filed a personal injury lawsuit against Paul’s father and other defendants related to the boat crash, …
The estate of former Murdaugh family housekeeper Gloria Satterfield amended its lawsuit against Alex Murdaugh on Monday to say that Bank of America helped the disgraced attorney siphon millions of dollars in stolen funds from multiple victims. Satterfield died after what was called a “trip-and-fall” accident at one of the Murdaugh’s homes in 2018, as …
South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh paid an ex-client more than $155,000 from a fake account in the months leading up to the unsolved murders of his son and wife, according to recently-obtained bank checks and documents. Murdaugh, 53, is facing criminal charges for hiring his former client, Curtis Smith, 61, to fatally shoot him in …
On Tuesday, a South Carolina judge denied bail for legal scion Alex Murdaugh after finding him a danger to himself and others. Judge Clifton Newman’s decision means Murdaugh, 53, will remain at Richland County jail until trial. Newman initially denied Murdaugh’s request for bail on October 19, citing concerns regarding the lawyer’s opioid addiction and …
The president of Murdaugh’s former law firm is also seeking repayment of hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal loans he says he made to the embattled South Carolina legal scion.
Alex Murdaugh’s former law firm has reached a settlement with the estate of his former family housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield. Satterfield reportedly died in a “trip and fall” accident at the Murdaugh’s home in 2018, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Murdaugh persuaded her sons to hire his friend Cory Fleming to represent them in a wrongful death …
South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was denied bond on Tuesday, amid allegations that he misappropriated settlement funds related to the 2018 death of his longtime housekeeper. According to the Island Packet, Judge Clifton Newman also ordered Murdaugh, 53, to undergo a psychiatric evaluation as a condition of another bond hearing, which will be determined at a …
Embattled South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh waived extradition in Florida on Friday and will be returned to his home state to face charges related to millions in missing insurance money owed to the heirs of his former housekeeper’s estate. Murdaugh, whose law license was suspended by the South Carolina Supreme Court following allegations that he …
A lawyer for Alex Murdaugh appeared on “Good Morning America” Friday to insist that his client had nothing to do with the murder of his wife and son, while criticizing what he said were false rumors about the dramatic, complicated criminal web surrounding the prominent South Carolina legal family. Murdaugh’s attorney Dick Harpootlian was on …
‘If I’d have shot him, he’d be dead.’
