Alex Murdaugh: Behavior of an Addict
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 28 February 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Alex Murdaugh admitted to jurors that he has been using opioid drugs for more than twenty years.
At times, he said, he was spending as much as $50,000 a week on drugs. Murdaugh said his addiction began with a college football injury which lead to multiple surgeries and prescription pain medication.
Murdaugh said that he soon became dependent. The accused killer also told the jurors that he had tried to get help several times but relapsed each time. Murdaugh said it was his addiction that led him to steal from the law firm, clients and his own family.
Murdaugh also said it was his addiction and paranoia that impelled him to lie about his whereabouts on the night of the murder.
Nancy Grace talks with addiction expert Dr. William Morrone, Author of “American Narcan," about how the opiates could have affected Murdaugh's actions.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi guys, Nancy Grace here at the Courthouse here in Collagen County in South Carolina. |
| 0:18.6 | It's actually Waterboro. |
| 0:20.6 | Guys, with me, a longtime friend and colleague. |
| 0:25.1 | Dr. William Moroni. |
| 0:27.5 | Now this guy not only wrote the book, American Narcan, he is a renowned medical examiner and |
| 0:33.8 | he is a toxicology expert. |
| 0:39.3 | That's why I've got so many questions about the case, Dr. Moroni, but first let me tell |
| 0:43.3 | you what happens. |
| 0:44.5 | So we were in court and they brought the defense brought on to experts to counter the state's |
| 0:50.7 | experts. |
| 0:51.7 | Mom was a pathologist, he was saying no, no, no, that's the wrong trajectory path. |
| 0:56.4 | He mostly agreed with everything the state said except for a little bit, maybe one point |
| 1:02.2 | about Maggie and one point about Paul Muroni's death. |
| 1:05.3 | Then they brought on a crime scene expert, but that's actually not what I want to talk |
| 1:08.9 | about. |
| 1:09.9 | Dr. Moroni, when we wrote for the lunch break, I ran out in front of the Courthouse and |
| 1:16.1 | did our normal vaccination live program and we were waiting and waiting and waiting for |
| 1:23.0 | court to resume. |
| 1:25.2 | Dr. Moroni, the weather here is like being a savanna Georgia. |
| 1:30.1 | It's beautiful. |
| 1:32.5 | So I just took off and walked for about an hour around Waterboro. |
| 1:38.3 | Dr. Moroni, it's beautiful. |
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