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Smiling Alex Murdaugh appears in court in shackles as trial date set in financial fraud case

The disbarred South Carolina attorney is already facing two life sentences for the June 2021 murders of his wife Maggie and son Paul

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

​​Alex Murdaugh to appear in court for first time since murder trial sentencing for financial crimes hearing

The convicted killer is facing more than 100 state and federal charges over his alleged financial crimes

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023

An Alex Murdaugh juror gained infamy with a dozen eggs. Now she’s at the centre of his bid for a new trial

Juror number 785 hit headlines due to a comedic moment where she asked to retrieve a dozen eggs from the jury room after being dismissed from Murdaugh’s trial. Now, the so-called ‘egg juror’ could be about to blow the killer’s case wide open again. Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

Alex Murdaugh judge says he ‘felt sorry’ for convicted killer

Judge Clifton Newman believes Murdaugh will be haunted by wife and son

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2023

Alex Murdaugh pleads not guilty -- for now -- to federal wire fraud and money laundering charges

Alex Murdaugh has been arraigned on federal money laundering and wire fraud charges for indictments saying he stole money from his clients

The Independent UK · May 31, 2023

A judge halts South Carolina's new abortion law pending state Supreme Court review

A judge put South Carolina's new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy on hold until the state Supreme Court can review the measure.

WEKU · May 26, 2023

Feds indict Alex Murdaugh, charge alleged accomplice Cory Fleming in new financial crimes

Federal officials on Wednesday indicted convicted South Carolina killer Alex Murdaugh for a host of financial crimes and, in a separate document, charged an alleged accomplice in a scheme involving the theft of some $4.3 million in insurance proceeds.

Tribune News Service · May 24, 2023

Trial date set for alleged Murdaugh accomplice Cory Fleming in financial theft case

HAMPTON, S.C. — Suspended Beaufort County lawyer Cory Fleming will go on trial Sept. 11 for financial crimes he allegedly carried out with convicted killer and former lawyer Alex Murdaugh.

Tribune News Service · Apr 22, 2023

Smith, Murdaugh’s alleged accomplice in fraud schemes, will get out of South Carolina jail on bond

COLUMBIA, S.C. — After 235 days behind bars, Curtis “Eddie” Smith, whom indictments allege was Alex Murdaugh’s accomplice in various money laundering, drug and fraud schemes, can get out of jail on $250,000 bond — if he behaves himself, a state judge said Monday.

Tribune News Service · Apr 3, 2023

Curtis ‘Cousin Eddie’ Smith released on bond one month after Alex Murdaugh’s murder conviction

The man who allegedly shot Alex Murdaugh in the head in a bizarre botched hitman plot has been released on bond – one month after the disgraced attorney was convicted of murdering his wife and son.

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023