Alex Murdaugh facing new lawsuits from his brother and his former law firm partner
Alex Murdaugh faces two new lawsuits claiming he owes more than $523,000.
Alex Murdaugh faces two new lawsuits claiming he owes more than $523,000.
The family’s lawsuit says Murdaugh is trying to hide millions of dollars they could possibly collect in their lawsuit and he could shift money between unknown accounts and potentially sell off property and a boat after he turned all his affairs over to his surviving son, Buster Murdaugh.
Judge to decide next week who controls Murdaugh’s money
The Lowcountry attorney at the center of multiple investigations faced new charges Tuesday in Richland County. A judge denied bond for Alex Murdaugh, who is facing two felony counts of obtaining property by false pretenses related to a wrongful death lawsuit.
Tuesday morning, Judge Clifton Newman denied bond for Alex Murdaugh, saying he will reconsider bond after Murdaugh undergoes a psychological evaluation.
Former prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh is being held in the Richland County Detention Center. He is scheduled to appear in bond court Tuesday morning on charges he stole millions from an insurance payment meant for the sons of his family’s late housekeeper.
Alex Murdaugh is considered a person of interest in the death of his wife and son, according to his attorney. Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were shot and killed in June at the family’s estate in Colleton County. This comes as Murdaugh is under arrest for the second time in a month. He’s now accused of stealing settlement money from the family of his longtime housekeeper who died in 2018. At the time, Murdaugh said she died after tripping over the family dog at his home.
“He has indicated clearly that he is going to try to right every wrong – financial wrong – and others that he may have committed. Look, he’s reconciled to the fact he’s going to prison. He understands that. He’s a lawyer,” Murdaugh attorney Dick Harpootlian said Friday on “ Good Morning America.”
SLED says Alex Murdaugh has been charged with two felony counts of obtaining property by false pretenses. Authorities say the charges come in connection with SLED’s investigation into misappropriated settlement funds from the death of the family’s former housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield.
Twoo lawsuits filed this week claim a South Carolina lawyer charged with trying to arrange his own death created a fraudulent bank account to steal money from an insurance settlement for his dead housekeeper and from his law firm.