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.’
The South Carolina Supreme Court on Friday suspended the law license of Alex Murdaugh’s best friend and college roommate, Cory Fleming, the attorney who earlier this week reached a settlement with the estate of Gloria Satterfield, the Murdaugh family housekeeper who died at their property three years ago. Fleming, who negotiated the initial wrongful death …
The estate of former Murdaugh family housekeeper Gloria Satterfield has reached a settlement agreement with the lawyer and insurance company who negotiated a wrongful death suit with Alex Murdaugh on behalf of Satterfield’s children. Eric Bland, the estate’s attorney, said the settlement was reached on Friday with attorney Cory Fleming and the insurance carrier involved …
Maggie Murdaugh, the slain wife of embattled South Carolina legal scion Alex Murdaugh, saw a divorce lawyer in April, just six weeks before she and her son Paul where gunned down on a family estate. The June 7 murders rocketed the family into national headlines, continuing through Alex Murdaugh’s alleged “suicide for hire” scheme in …
The sons of a housekeeper who died on Alex Murdaugh’s property in 2018 asked a South Carolina court on Monday to jail the disgraced lawyer until he returns the millions of dollars he allegedly embezzled from them in an insurance scam. Eric Bland, a lawyer for Gloria Satterfield’s sons, Tony Satterfield and Brian Harriott, filed …
State investigators in South Carolina said Thursday that their probe into the June double murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh has led to “other potential crimes that warrant further investigation.” The South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division took over the investigation into the murders of Maggie Murdaugh, wife of prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh, and their …
Disgraced former lawyer Alex Murdaugh is facing more legal troubles after the parents of a boating crash victim filed a lawsuit against him on Monday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Murdaugh’s son, 22-year-old Paul Murdaugh, was allegedly driving a boat in 2019 when he killed Mallory Beach, 19, who was riding in the boat with him. …
Embattled South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh waived his right to handle his murdered son’s estate just days before he called 911 to report he’d been shot in what now appears to be a botched suicide and insurance fraud scheme. Murdaugh — who has now been charged with insurance fraud, conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, and …
The man South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh said he hired to kill him so his son could get an insurance payout says that’s just not true. Curtis Smith, 61, told the New York Post he “was set up to be the fall guy” and complained about pictures published of his bond hearing Thursday morning. “They …
Infamous South Carolina legal scion Alex Murdaugh apparently pocketed life insurance money after his longtime housekeeper passed away. He also failed to give the funds to her sons, as reportedly promised, court documents state. South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) announced that the 2018 “trip-and-fall” death of housekeeper Gloria Satterfield is now being investigated. Satterfield, …
“Crime Stories” host Nancy Grace appeared on Fox News on Friday to offer her takes on Alex Murdaugh’s alleged suicide-for-hire plot and the ongoing search for so-called “van-life” blogger Gabrielle Petito. “Did anyone notice in court that there was no big bandage on his head?” Grace asked. Grace is referring to Murdaugh, 53, who appeared …
