Alex Murdaugh murder jury to hear financial crimes evidence
1 year, 10 months ago

Alex Murdaugh murder jury to hear financial crimes evidence

Associated Press  

A judge ruled Monday he will allow jurors to hear evidence that disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was stealing money from his law firm and clients and committing other financial crimes long before his wife and son were killed in 2021. In explaining his ruling, Judge Clifton Newman said the jury is entitled to consider whether Murdaugh’s “apparent desperation” and “dire financial situation” resulted in the killings of his family. Newman’s decision to allow evidence of Alex Murdaugh’s possible financial crimes came after hearing from a potential witness Monday — a lawyer representing a family suing Murdaugh over a boat crash killed 19-year-old Mallory Beach in 2019. Beach family attorney Mark Tinsley said Alex Murdaugh and his lawyer were working hard to keep his financial information out of Tinsley’s hands when the killings happened. He said Murdaugh’s lawyer told him Alex Murdaugh was broke, but Tinsley didn’t believe it given what appeared to be a successful law practice and his family’s generational wealth.

History of this topic

Alex Murdaugh’s murder appeal cites biased clerk and prejudicial evidence
1 week, 5 days ago
Clerk over Alex Murdaugh trial spent thousands on bonuses, meals and gifts, ethics complaint says
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Alex Murdaugh is sentenced to 40 years in prison for federal financial crimes
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh gets 40 years in federal prison for stealing from clients and his law firm
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Alex Murdaugh gets 40 years in federal prison for stealing from clients and his law firm
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Alex Murdaugh sentenced in federal court to 40 years in prison for financial crimes
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers say FBI agent’s mention of Joran van der Sloot led to failed polygraph test
8 months, 3 weeks ago
FBI says Alex Murdaugh lied about where money stolen from clients went and who helped him steal
8 months, 4 weeks ago
FBI says Alex Murdaugh lied about where money stolen from clients went and who helped him steal
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Elizabeth ‘Libby’ Murdaugh, mother of Alex, dies in hospice
9 months ago
Alex Murdaugh is denied new double-murder trial after judge hears jury tampering allegations
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Alex Murdaugh’s pursuit of a new murder trial is set for an evidentiary hearing next month
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Alex Murdaugh confronted at sentencing: ‘What kind of animal are you?’
1 year ago
Alex Murdaugh sentenced to 27 years for financial fraud after victims angrily confront him in court
1 year ago
Alex Murdaugh is sentenced to 27 years in prison for nearly 2 dozen state financial crimes
1 year ago
Mother of murdered teen linked to Murdaugh family reveals new information
1 year, 1 month ago
Alex Murdaugh pleads guilty to financial crimes in a deal that gives him more prison time
1 year, 1 month ago
Alex Murdaugh pleads GUILTY to 100 financial crimes and pleads for just 27 years in prison as he admits to stealing $9M of customers' cash at his law firm
1 year, 1 month ago
Alex Murdaugh pleads guilty to state financial charges
1 year, 1 month ago
Alex Murdaugh murder trial judge steps aside after Murdaugh asks for new trial
1 year, 1 month ago
Clerk denies tampering or influencing jury that found Alex Murdaugh guilty of murder
1 year, 1 month ago
Alex Murdaugh doesn’t want the judge from his murder trial deciding if he gets a new day in court
1 year, 1 month ago
Appeals court allows Alex Murdaugh to argue for new trial because of possible jury tampering
1 year, 2 months ago
Alex Murdaugh murder case headed back to lower court over jury tampering allegations
1 year, 2 months ago
Latest fight in the Alex Murdaugh case is over who controls the convicted murderer’s assets
1 year, 2 months ago
EXCLUSIVE: Becky Hill, 'biased' court clerk in Alex Murdaugh trial, ADMITS in new book that she worried jury would acquit legal scion of murdering wife and son
1 year, 2 months ago
Alex Murdaugh lawyers say he can’t afford trial as they float murder theory
1 year, 2 months ago
Will Alex Murdaugh be granted a new trial? Legal expert weighs in
1 year, 3 months ago
Alex Murdaugh’s bombshell confession before infamous botched hitman plot revealed
1 year, 3 months ago
Alex Murdaugh pleads guilty to financial crimes — the first time he’s admitted blame to a judge
1 year, 3 months ago
Alex Murdaugh pleads guilty to federal fraud and money laundering charges
1 year, 3 months ago
Alex Murdaugh pleads guilty to federal fraud and money laundering charges
1 year, 3 months ago
Court clerk accused of jury tampering in Alex Murdaugh trial says daughter was ‘excited’ to be on jury
1 year, 3 months ago
Alex Murdaugh trial: Key revelations from disgraced attorney’s murder case
1 year, 3 months ago
Alex Murdaugh pleads guilty to committing crime for first time
1 year, 3 months ago
Alex Murdaugh: Prosecutors cast doubt on jury tampering claims - citing his lawyers’ TV interviews
1 year, 3 months ago
Smiling Alex Murdaugh appears in court in shackles as trial date set in financial fraud case
1 year, 3 months ago
South Carolina lawmaker Todd Rutherford stands to shake hands with convicted killer Alex Murdaugh in court
1 year, 3 months ago
Alex Murdaugh makes his first appearance in court since his murder trial
1 year, 3 months ago
Another twist in the Alex Murdaugh double murder case. Did the clerk tamper with the jury?
1 year, 3 months ago
Alex Murdaugh's lawyers want a new trial. They say the court clerk told jurors not to trust him
1 year, 3 months ago
Alex Murdaugh loses prison phone privileges after lawyer records phone call for documentary
1 year, 3 months ago
Alex Murdaugh’s friend gets almost 4 years in prison for helping steal from his dead maid’s family
1 year, 4 months ago
Alex Murdaugh jail call audio reveals awkward interaction with son Buster
1 year, 5 months ago
Alex Murdaugh pleads not guilty to 22-count fraud indictment
1 year, 6 months ago
Alex Murdaugh’s longtime friend admits helping to steal $4 million wrongful death settlement
1 year, 6 months ago
Alex Murdaugh Writing Letters From Prison Claiming He Is Innocent Of Murder
1 year, 7 months ago
As Alex Murdaugh sits in prison cell, legal woes continue
1 year, 7 months ago
Alex Murdaugh 'Invented' Story About Housekeeper’s Fatal Fall, His Attorneys Say
1 year, 7 months ago
Alex Murdaugh makes shocking confession about 2018 death of housekeeper
1 year, 7 months ago

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