Lawsuits: Murdaugh used attorney friend to manipulate

[Jilly_in_VA]

A South Carolina lawyer charged with trying to arrange his own death steered the family of a housekeeper who died in his home to use a longtime friend as their attorney without revealing their friendship and then tried to take a $4 million settlement, according to the family's lawyer.

Alex Murdaugh also tried to convince a friend of his son to use the same lawyer again without revealing their friendship as investigators tried to sort out who was driving a boat in a 2019 fatal crash, according to a lawsuit filed this week. Murdugh's son would eventually be charged.

That son, Paul Murdaugh, was killed along with his mother, Maggie, in an unsolved shooting at the family's home in June. Since the deaths, state police have started a half-dozen investigations into the Murdaugh family.

Alex Murdaugh remains in out-of-state drug rehab, which he entered shortly before being charged with insurance fraud and filing a false police report for trying to arrange his own death Sept. 4 so his surviving son could collect his $10 million life insurance policy. Authorities said the shot from a hitman only grazed Murdaugh, leaving him able to call 911.

This week's revelations surrounding Murdaugh involved two lawsuits that said he tried to manipulate the legal system — one to prevent his housekeeper's sons from collecting on her insurance policy and a second to try to prevent criminal trouble for his son in the boat crash.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lawsuits-murdaugh-attorney-friend-manipulate-80190053
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More of the Murdaugh mess.....

[Ocelot II]

1. This will be a tv mini-series for sure someday.

[ZZenith]

2. "Authorities" are lying through their teeth.

He didn’t have a scratch on his head at his bail hearing and the cameras caught him from every angle. Either he’s turned state witness or the corruption down there is well-nigh unbelievable. The gunman was always supposed to miss, making him look like a target for revenge. The “insurance for his son” story was cobbled together after the failed hit story fell apart.

I would like to know why all the national media insist on reporting the story as his lawyers tell it instead of the easily ascertained facts of the case.