Alex Murdaugh testifies in his own defence. He faces a life in prison if found guilty.For generations, the Murdaugh family dominated their rural swath of South Carolina - then Alex Murdaugh was accused of the brutal murders of his wife and son. What followed was the stunning unravelling of a life of power and privilege, exposing embezzlement, drug abuse and a failed hitman suicide plot.In the fifth week of his murder trial, Alex Murdaugh took the stand.
But since the brutal killings of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, in June 2021, a series of bizarre and tragic events helped bring about Mr Murdaugh's spectacular fall from grace. The 54 year old has denied the murders, which prosecutors allege were a desperate diversion from decades of financial wrongdoing. But on the stand, he admitted to a number of other crimes, including embezzlement, fraud and a faked assassination attempt.
"They could get a verdict that would exceed the norm dramatically," said South Carolina lawyer Joe McCulloch.Their judicial circuit became known as a mecca for plaintiffs. Corporations who could avoid it reportedly skipped the area entirely."When people graduated high school, they would send gifts; they paid for funerals, sent flowers to people who were in the hospital," said Eric Bland, a malpractice attorney based in South Carolina. "They salted the town with goodwill.
Mr Murdaugh's success was due "not from his work ethic", Ms Seckinger said, "but his ability to establish relationships and manipulate people into settlements and clients into liking him." For years, Ms Seckinger testified, she had noticed yellow flags, small irregularities in Mr Murdaugh's files. But the firm was a "brotherhood", she said. "They trusted him."
One year after Gloria Satterfield died, there was another fatal accident in the Murdaugh family orbit. But this time, prosecutors allege, the tragedy would present a problem that Alex Murdaugh could not contain. On the stand last week, Mr Murdaugh called any claims that he had "fixed witnesses" or influenced any part of the boat wreck investigation "totally false".Alex Murdaugh is accused of murdering his wife, Maggie, and his youngest son Paul
So Mr Tinsley filed a motion to compel Mr Murdaugh to disclose his finances. A hearing on the matter was scheduled for 10 June, 2021. The disclosure would reveal his years of corporate fraud.Mr Murdaugh has pleaded not guilty to the murders of his wife and son.
Looking forward to the Netflix documentary.
Doogie Howser (Neil Patrick Harris) could definitely play this guy in the made for television movie.
power, corruption and lies
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Its everywhere. Power, privilege and downfall!!!
It’s murder, or murdaugh, or murdmadaugh….. either way, he done it good and proper.