Alex Murdaugh's defense attorneys are delivering their closing arguments in his murder trial as they seek to raise reasonable doubt about whether he killed his wife and son in 2021.
Alex Murdaugh's defense attorneys are delivering their closing arguments in his murder trial on Thursday as they seek to raise reasonable doubt about whether he killed his wife and son in 2021.
"This defendant ... has fooled everyone, everyone, everyone who thought they were close to him," prosecutor Creighton Waters told the jury. "Everyone who thought they knew who he was, he's fooled them all. He fooled Maggie and Paul, too, and they paid for it with their lives. Don't let him fool you, too.
SEE MORE: Murdaugh trial updates: Former lawyer testifies in own defense, admits he lied to investigators Murdaugh was a partner at a powerful law firm with his name on it. But that prominence belied underlying issues, and the killings of his wife and son were followed by accusations of misappropriated funds, his resignation, a bizarre alleged suicide-for-hire and insurance scam plot, a stint in rehab for drug addiction, dozens of financial crimes, his disbarment and, ultimately, the murder charges.
Second, Murdaugh was facing a lawsuit from the family of Mallory Beach, a 19-year-old woman who was killed in February 2019 when a boat allegedly driven by Paul, and owned by Murdaugh, crashed. A hearing in that civil case was scheduled for June 10, 2021, and had the potential to reveal his financial problems, prosecutors argued.
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