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Impact of Influence: The Murdaugh Family Murders and Other Cases

Matt Harris and Seton Tucker

True Crime

4.1 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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The defamation lawsuit filed by Buster Murdaugh in the South Carolina Supreme Court involves Netflix/Cinemark, Michael Dewitt and The USA Today Company is moving along. You will hear parts of the Netflix documentary, Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal that Buster Murdaugh believes caused the defamation to his name. A lot of Impact listeners have thoughts on the lawsuit and you will hear some of them. Matt Siembieda, an attorney and law professor at Temple Law School, joins Impact to discuss defamation law. Seton Tucker and Matt Harris began the Impact of Influence podcast shortly after the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Now they cover true crime past and present from the southeast region of the U.S. Impact of Influence is part of the Evergreen Podcast Company. Look for Impact of Influence on Facebook and Youtube. Please support our sponsors Refresh your winter wardrobe with Quince. . Go to Quince dot com slash IMPACT for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. That's Q-U-I-N-C-Edot com slash IMPACT. Free shipping and 365-day returns. Quince dot com slash IMPACT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.9	Impact of influence.
0:33.5	Covering true crime throughout the southeast.
0:38.1	People would come up to me and the people who really pat me on the back.
0:41.2	We're so thankful you ran that story.
0:43.0	So proud of you to have the courage to do it.
0:45.6	I mean, we did everything but put the Murdoch name in the story.
0:48.9	But the story did no good.
0:50.5	That is the voice of journalist Michael DeWitt from the Netflix docu series Murdoch Murdoch
0:58.0	a Southern scandal.
1:01.3	It's all part of the Buster Murdoch defamation lawsuit, which we'll be talking about today.
1:07.2	Hello, friend.
1:08.3	I am Matt Harris and she is Seton Tucker.
1:12.6	And how do they join the conversation? You can find us on Facebook at Impact of Influence and also on our YouTube channel.
1:16.6	And we're super grateful. The response continues to be great when you get to the YouTube channel, hit subscribe, very helpful to us and support our sponsors.
1:24.6	As part of the Evergreen Podcast Company, we do have some news on the Vester Murdoch
1:29.5	defamation suit. Yes, we have an update on the state court case. There is also a pending defamation
1:36.0	lawsuit in federal court, but this is the state court case against Netflix, Cinemark,
1:41.4	Michael DeWitt, and Gannett. Gannett is the USA Today Network, which owns many papers,
1:48.6	including the ones which Michael DeWitt is an employee.
1:52.3	So all three defendants have filed briefs in support of their motions to dismiss.
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