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Alex Murdaugh’s staff is speaking out versus a courtroom formal who appeared in a Netflix collection about his murder scenario.
6 months after Murdaugh received two life-in-prison sentences for murdering his spouse Maggie and son Paul, his legal professional named out Colleton County clerk of court Rebecca Hill above allegations she built in period two of “Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal,” which dropped on Netflix Sept. 20.
“I experienced a experience from our time alongside one another with the jury out at Moselle that it was not likely to acquire our jury extended to make the decision in this scenario,” Hill stated in the collection. “It really is just known as that women’s intuition.”
Hill — who launched the e book “Guiding the Doors of Justice: The Murdaugh Murders” in July based on her knowledge in the courtroom — additional alleged that she thinks Murdaugh, who had been a prominent South Carolina attorney, been given assist following killing his spouse and son on their Moselle estate in South Carolina in 2021.
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“I do think Alex pulled the set off, and then I assume he had help with cleaning up every little thing that required cleaning up,” Hill, who is an elected formal, mentioned onscreen. “And what we experienced still left was the criminal offense scene that took us to the demo.”
In reaction to her Netflix job interview, Murdaugh’s lawyer Jim Griffin instructed NewsNation Sept. 25 that he is “flabbergasted that she is expressing her personalized belief that he murdered his wife and son and experienced aid.”
Reflecting on her “shocking” reviews, Griffin shared, “I am reacting in real time to that. Frankly, that’s the very first I have listened to of that. There’s a code of judicial ethics that applies to all court officials that says no judicial officer must give their opinion about someone’s guilt or innocence though the situation is pending and pending contains when the scenario is on attractiveness.”
E! News has attained out to Murdaugh’s attorney, Hill and the Colleton County courtroom for remark but has not read back again.
Murdaugh’s legal professional formerly accused Hill of jury tampering in court documents filed in the South Carolina Court docket of Appeals on Sept. 5 and acquired by Currently. The documents mentioned that Hill was “advising them not to feel Murdaugh’s testimony” and “pressuring them to get to a brief responsible verdict.” Murdaugh’s group stated they have sworn affidavits from two jurors about Hill’s alleged carry out.
At a push conference that day, Griffin alleged that Hill told jurors not to be “fooled” by Murdaugh’s testimony and to “look at out for his physique language.”
Hill has reportedly denied the allegations and managed her innocence to The Hampton County Guardian, per community shops WYFF4 and Greenville Online.
Moreover, her e book co-author Neil Gordon mentioned in a statement, “I would request any individual adhering to these alleged ‘jury tampering’ allegations to make sure you reserve judgement right until all the specifics arrive out and all interviews are executed by the proper, objective legislation enforcement authorities,” for every Greenville On the internet.
In March 2023, the jury uncovered Murdaugh responsible on two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon in the deadly shootings of Maggie, 52, and Paul, 22, by the dog kennels on their Moselle, S.C. house on June 7, 2021.
For his part, Murdaugh has maintained his innocence, stating on the stand that he under no circumstances shot his spouse and son at “any time.”
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