Alex Murdaugh

Lawsuit
October 15, 2024

Convicted Killer Alex Murdaugh Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Son’s Boat Crash

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 …

Famous Murder Cases
August 14, 2024

Alex Murdaugh Could Get New Murder Trial as State Supreme Court Reviews Appeals

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 …

Ethics
May 31, 2024

Court Clerk in Alex Murdaugh’s Murder Trial Faces 76 Counts of Ethics Violations

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 …

Court
April 1, 2024

Alex Murdaugh Says He’s ‘Filled with remorse’ as He’s Sentenced to 40 Years for Federal Financial Crimes

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 …

Court
March 29, 2024

Alex Murdaugh Violated Plea Deal by Failing Polygraph Tests, Feds Say

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 …

Famous Murder Cases
February 14, 2024

NEW VIDEO Shows Alex Murdaugh’s Arrest for Wife & Son’s Murders

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 …

Court
January 16, 2024

Court Clerk Ordered to Testify as Alex Murdaugh Seeks New Trial

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 …

Court
January 6, 2024

New Trial for Alex Murdaugh? Hearing Set for Later This Month

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 …