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Federal judge won’t make disgraced clerk pay Alex Murdaugh’s $600,000 in legal fees for 1st trial
Judge Richard Gergel said Murdaugh would have faced the same defense costs because Becky Hill did not initiate the charges.
- On Wednesday, District Judge Richard Gergel dismissed Alex Murdaugh's lawsuit seeking $600,000 in legal fees from former court clerk Becky Hill, whose alleged misconduct led to his murder convictions being overturned on appeal.
- The South Carolina Supreme Court overturned Murdaugh's murder convictions earlier this year, ruling that Hill's comments to jurors improperly influenced the verdict and undermined his right to a fair trial.
- Finding that the plaintiff's claim contained a "fatal flaw," Gergel ruled no causal connection existed between the defense funds expended in the first trial and the defendant's alleged misconduct.
- Despite the overturned murder convictions, Murdaugh remains in prison serving sentences for financial crimes, having admitted to stealing around $12 million from clients and his law firm.
- His retrial on the murder charges has been scheduled for April 5, 2027, with Murdaugh continuing to deny murdering Maggie and Paul, whose bodies were found at the family property in 2021.
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Federal judge won’t make disgraced clerk pay Alex Murdaugh’s US$600,000 in legal fees for 1st trial
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit by Alex Murdaugh seeking $600,000 in legal fees by the former court clerk whose misconduct led his murder convictions to be overturned on appeal.
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Federal judge dismisses Alex Murdaugh’s lawsuit against former clerk over $600K trial costs
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Alex Murdaugh against former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill, ruling that Murdaugh lacks standing to sue her for the $600,000 he spent on his initial trial.
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