US EditionAlex Murdaugh’s Lawyers Blast Hulu’s ‘Death In The Family’ For ‘Distorting the Truth’
Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers say Hulu’s series includes numerous inaccuracies and misleading portrayals, criticizing lack of family consultation and dramatization of personal relationships.
- As the series heads toward its Nov. 19 finale, Alex Murdaugh's legal team said the Hulu miniseries contains numerous inaccuracies and misleading portrayals that distort their truth.
- The Hulu miniseries, created by Michael D. Fuller and Erin Lee Carr, dramatizes multiple criminal cases from 2015–2021 and follows the June 7, 2021 murders, with the sixth of eight episodes marking the climax.
- Graphic reenactments depict Paul shot in the stomach then head and Maggie shot repeatedly defending herself, while Murdaugh is shown staging alibis with a friend's dog video and sitting with his elderly mother.
- The series is streaming on Hulu with episodes released Wednesdays and the sixth of eight installments marking the climax as Murdaugh: Death in the Family approaches its Nov. 19 finale and Alex Murdaugh’s team responds publicly.
- Murdaugh's lawyers say producers did not contact the Murdaugh family or attorneys, while observers criticized casting and makeup as distracting and exploitative.
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Alex Murdaugh's Lawyers Slam 'Inaccuracies' in Hulu's 'Death in the Family'
Alex Murdaugh’s legal team is speaking out about how he is depicted in Hulu’s Murdaugh: Death in the Family. His attorneys issued a statement to The New York Post on Wednesday, November 5, calling out what they claimed were “numerous inaccuracies and misleading portrayals that distort the truth” about the Murdaugh family. Murdaugh’s lawyers noted that their client is “deeply disappointed and disturbed” by the scripted true crime series. “The dep…
Alex Murdaugh’s Lawyers Slam Hulu’s ‘Death in the Family’: “Deeply Disappointed & Disturbed”
As Murdaugh: Death in the Family heads toward its Nov. 19 finale on Hulu, the disgraced patriarch at the center of the true crime story is speaking out. Alex Murdaugh‘s legal team has said that the convicted murderer “is deeply disappointed and disturbed” by the depiction from creators Michael D. Fuller and Erin Lee Carr, accusing them of “numerous inaccuracies” in the series, new episodes available Wednesdays on the streamer. “The program c…
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