Jurors Will Hear About Alex Murdaugh’s Other Alleged Crimes At Murder Trial, Judge Rules

A Thursday ruling by a judge, defense attorneys allowed the prosecution to present evidence about other crimes that Alex Murdaugh, disgraced South Carolina attorney, may have committed.

Judge Clifton Newman ruled that he would allow prosecutors to bring up Murdaugh’s other alleged crimes during the trial to decide if he killed his wife and son. Newman stated that the defense was ready to defend. “opened the door” to allow that evidence in when they questioned Murdaugh’s friends about his character, Buzzfeed News reported.

“The witness was asked whether he could think of any reason … why Mr. Murdaugh would commit the crimes he’s accused of committing,” According to Newman, “That, in effect, turned the cross-examination of that witness from dealing with specific issues in the case to having that witness testify as a character witness for Mr. Murdaugh.”

Newman suggested that questions regarding whether Murdaugh was a good father/provider were not appropriate. “opened the door for the state to respond by asking questions as the state did.”

Now jurors will hear about Murdaugh’s other alleged crimes, including financial crimes and charges related to his alleged attempt to stage a fake “hit” On himself. Those are the charges.https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/alex-murdaugh-charged-with-murder-in-death-of-wife-son/2022/07/14/677dce78-0387-11ed-8beb-2b4e481b1500_story.html”>according The Washington PostAfter his wife and son had been killed, he was brought to justice in September 2021. However, he hadn’t been indicted until July 2022 for their deaths.

The murder case was the final in a series of bizarre stories about the once-prominent South Carolina lawyer. After Murdaugh’s wife and son were murdered, police began looking into Murdaugh’s life and discovered numerous disturbing details.

Murdaugh was accused in stealing $8.5million from people who had employed him as an attorney. Murdaugh is also accused of orchestrating his own murder, hiring a friend as his attorney to kill him in order to give his surviving son, Buster a $10m life insurance payout. Murdaugh is alleged to have lied to police, saying that a stranger had shot him in the side of a road. This all took place just days after Murdaugh’s firm discovered he had stolen money from clients.

State police also began investigating the hit-and run death of a 19 year-old girl in July 2015 to see if it was connected to Murdaugh. However, no further details have been provided. Authorities also exhumed the body of Murdaugh’s former housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield, who was said to have died after a fall in 2018. Murdaugh allegedly collected more than $4 million from his home insurer by claiming wrongful death and saying he was working for Satterfield’s family, but the family didn’t receive any of the money, according to prosecutors.

Murdaugh was also charged with money laundering and creating an ad. “distribution network” The Associated Press is the best source for painkillers reported The time was at the moment. Murdaugh is alleged to have run the drug ring alongside the same friend that he hired to murder him.

Murdaugh denied murdering his wife and son. He said he was only visiting his parents at that time. He’s been in jail since October 2021 with a $7 million bond. The South Carolina Supreme Court expelled him last summer. His lawyers declined to contest the arguments against the disbarment.