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 …
The South Carolina home once belonging to convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh is for sale – again. In March, the 1,772-acre Moselle Farm was sold for $3.9 million to Jeffrey Godley and James Ayer. Now Godley and Ayer are selling a portion of that property for $1.95 million: just the main home and about 22 acres, …
On Thursday, convicted double murderer Alex Murdaugh admitted in a South Carolina court to 22 federal financial crimes that date back 10 years. The State reported that Murdaugh appeared and court and confessed to stealing $9 million from his former clients and law firm. While Murdaugh only pleaded guilty to crimes that transpired between 2011 …
The man who allegedly helped Alex Murdaugh stage his botched 2021 suicide said Murdaugh wanted to kill himself because he knew he was a suspect in his wife and son’s murders. Curtis Smith made the revelation during “Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal,” which was released on Netflix on Wednesday. Smith denied shooting Murdaugh — and …
Convicted double murderer Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty on Tuesday to 22 federal counts related to swindling his former clients and law firm. Greenville News reported that Murdaugh accepted a plea deal with the U.S. Department of Justice that may require him to submit to a polygraph test about criminal activity and hidden assets. In accepting …
South Carolina’s attorney general asked a court to give Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys 10 days to correct an error they say the lawyers made in their demand for a new trial for the convicted murderer. Attorney General Alan Wilson said in his response to the motion from Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin that he was inclined …
Former attorney Cory Fleming was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday for helping his longtime friend Alex Murdaugh siphon millions of dollars from Murdaugh’s clients and former law firm. Fleming is already serving 46 months in federal court on similar charges, but Judge Clifton Newman decided that wasn’t nearly enough and gave Fleming …
Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys tried to persuade a South Carolina judge to delay the disbarred attorney’s multiple financial fraud trials but failed to convince Judge Clifton Newman of the necessity. Newman set the first of the trials for November 27 in Beaufort County, the case relating to Murdaugh’s siphoning of a $4.3 million settlement …
Murdaugh’s co-defendants, Russell Laffitte and Cory Fleming, will be sentenced at Thursday’s hearing. Murdaugh is expected to attend as the judge may set dates for his trial.
South Carolina authorities announced on Thursday that they are investigating allegations by Alex Murdaugh’s defense attorneys that a court clerk committed jury tampering during the disbarred lawyer’s murder trial. In a joint statement to Greenville News, the S.C. Attorney General’s Office and the S.C. Law Enforcement Division (SLED) said Attorney General Alan Wilson requested SLED …
Attorneys representing jailed South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh held a press conference on Tuesday, on the heels of filing a motion to get Murdaugh a new trial for the murders of his wife and son. According to The Independent, Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin claimed that jurors have spoken out after South Carolina Clerk of …
Attorneys for convicted double murderer Alex Murdaugh have accused Colleton County court clerk Rebecca Hill of jury tampering in a motion filed Tuesday morning demanding a new trial for the disbarred attorney. According to the motion, a copy of which was obtained by FITSNews, Hill and the jury foreperson had frequent private conversations, and she …
