Attorneys for Colleton County Clerk of Court release statement regarding plagiarism allegations

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– The attorneys for Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill have released a statement regarding her recent plagiarism allegations.

According to attorneys Justin Bamberg and Will Lewis, Hill is remorseful about her decision to use material written by BBC reporter Holly Honderich as her own words.

Statement from attorneys regarding Hill’s plagiarism allegations:

Becky Hill is deeply remorseful regarding an allegation of plagiarism that has recently surfaced from her new book, Behind the Doors of Justice:  The Murdaugh Murders.

The pressures of developing additional content under tight time deadlines resulted in Ms. Hill taking material written by BBC reporter Holly Honderich and submitting it to her co-author Neil Gordon as if it were her own words.

Ms. Hill accepts full responsibility for this unfortunate lapse in judgment and has personally reached out to Ms. Honderich to express her sincere apologies.

The self-published book is only available online through Amazon and Audible and the decision has been made to unpublish the book for the foreseeable future until next steps for the book have been identified.

Ms. Hill has great respect for the tireless work journalists do every day and sincerely regrets using Ms. Honderich’s words as her own.