S2E42: Alex Murdaugh guilty plea & asset forfeiture
The Murdaugh Murders, Money & Mystery | Criminally Obsessed
Anne Emerson, Charlie Condon, Drew Tripp, Daniel Michener, Maxwell Harrison
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Alex Murdaugh entered a guilty plea Thursday to federal fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges, marking the first formal acknowledgment of guilt by the disgraced former attorney. But of course, nothing in the Murdaugh case could ever be so straightforward. The hearing concluded with Murdaugh's attorneys requesting Judge Richard Gergel sign an immediate forfeiture order for Alex's assets to be seized by the federal government. Lawyers Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian projected altruism for Murdaugh's victims and cited a need to prevent other lawyers from "burning off" the money recovered by state court officers in charge of Alex's money. This has the potential to set up a legal fight between the state and feds over who has control over Murdaugh's millions.
Join investigative reporter Anne Emerson, legal analyst Charlie Condon and executive producer Drew Tripp as they break down the latest developments in the Murdaugh sphere.
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| 0:30.0 | Welcome to Unsolved South Carolina, the Murdox, Murders, Money and Mystery. |
| 0:46.9 | We are here today with our exclusive legal analyst, former South Carolina attorney general |
| 0:52.3 | Charlie Condon. |
| 0:53.8 | We have our executive producer for Unsolved South Carolina Drew Trip and myself and Emerson. |
| 0:59.8 | Thank you for joining us. |
| 1:01.2 | Today we're going to be speaking a little bit about where we are with the federal case |
| 1:08.8 | against Alec Murdoch yesterday. |
| 1:12.1 | To get everyone up to speed, Alec Murdoch came to court. |
| 1:16.4 | He was shackled. |
| 1:17.6 | He was accompanied by several armed guards in the federal court to plead guilty. |
| 1:24.4 | He was changing his plea from not guilty to guilty on 22 counts of financial fraud, theft, |
| 1:33.4 | money laundering. |
| 1:34.9 | When he walked in, my foe talk, Sam Griswald, who's also taking care of us today behind |
| 1:41.6 | the camera, we were discussing what colour yellow he was wearing because it was a very bright |
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