TSP #108 - Clocking That Tea: Unmasking the Spivey Case Lies Told By The Attorney General’s Office

True Sunlight

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True Crime, News Commentary, News

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🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell can’t wrap their heads around the patchwork logic behind the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office’s decision not to file charges against North Myrtle Beach businessman Weldon Boyd and his friend, Bradley Williams — the two men responsible for killing 33-year-old Scott Spivey in September 2023. And there’s a reason why Mandy and Liz can’t grasp it … it’s because the so-called logic is absurd. In April 2024, assistant attorney general Heather Weiss met with Scott’s family — including his mother, Deborah, and his sister, Jennifer Spivey Foley — to explain her reasoning in deciding against pursuing a criminal case against Weldon and Bradley. The meeting exposed just how little Heather Weiss understood the case — specifically the evidence that she appears not to have taken a look at…In today’s episode, Mandy and Liz take a closer look at what went down at that meeting and why the Attorney General’s Office seemed to do its very best to find a nice and soft landing spot for Weldon and his friend. Let’s dive in! 🥽🦈 Episode References “Hampton Co. community walks to bring awareness to Stephen Smith cold case, searches for answers” - WTOC, July 12, 2025 📰 “Attorneys discuss admissible evidence, testimony ahead of Camp Swamp Road shooting hearing” - ABC4 News, July 10, 2025 📰 Sunlight on Scott Spivey Spotify Playlist 🎧 Citizen’s Guide to FOIA - South Carolina Press Association ℹ️ “Gun Ownership in America” - RAND Corp ℹ️ South Carolina’s Code of Laws: Citizen’s Arrest and Protection of Persons and Property Act (Stand Your Ground/Castle Doctrine) ⚖️ Referenced Episodes: TSP ⁠102⁠ & ⁠106⁠ 🎧 Premium Resources Order for Independent Exam of Biological Samples - July 15, 2025⁠ 📄 ⁠AG Office’s letter to SLED declining to prosecute Weldon Boyd - April 3, 2024⁠ 📄 ⁠Jimmy Richardson’s Letter to AG Office - Sept 15, 2023⁠ 📄 ⁠Case Law around “Stand Your Ground”⁠ ⚖️ Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about Premium Membership at ⁠lunashark.supercast.com⁠ to get more Premium bonus episodes like the Corruption Watchlist, Girl Talk, and Soundbites that help you Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight ⁠Premium Members ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠also get access to ad-free listening, searchable case files, written articles with documents, case photos, episode videos and exclusive live experiences with our hosts on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lunasharkmedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ all in one place. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CLICK HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3BdUtOE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Here's a link to some of our favorite things: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/4cJ0eVn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** ALERT: If you ever notice audio errors in the pod, email ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and we'll send fun merch to the first listener that finds something that needs to be adjusted! *** For current & accurate updates: ⁠⁠⁠⁠lunashark.supercast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/mandy_matney⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/elizfarrell⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bsky.app/profile/mandy-matney.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bsky.app/profile/elizfarrell.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TrueSunlight.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/TrueSunlightPodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram.com/TrueSunlightPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/@LunaSharkMedia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠tiktok.com/@lunasharkmedia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I don't know if incompetence or corruption led the Attorney General's office to mishandle and bungle the Scotsby
0:11.2	the investigation.
0:12.6	But after listening closely again to their legal explanation for why they decided not to press charges,
0:20.0	I think everyone in South Carolina should be
0:24.2	concerned about the message Alan Wilson is sending in this case, especially if he wants to convince
0:32.1	voters that he can handle the office of the governor. Inaction speaks louder than words, Alan.
0:43.3	My name is Mandy Matney.
0:45.8	This is True Sunlight, a podcast exposing crime and corruption,
0:50.6	previously known as the Murdoch Murders podcast.
0:53.7	True Sunlight is a Luna Shark production written with journalist Liz Farrell.
1:02.4	Well, y'all, we have a full episode for you today on the Scott Spivey case,
1:07.8	a.k.a. the Ory County Police Department Corruption case, starting with what went down
1:13.2	in the courtroom last Thursday in the wrongful death case against Scott's killers, North Myrtle Beach
1:19.3	businessman Weldon Boyd and his friend Bradley Williams. Neither Weldon nor Bradley was charged in Scott's death.
1:28.2	Last week, lawyers for Weldon and Bradley and for Scott's older sister, Jennifer Spivey Foley,
1:34.1	who is representing her brother's estate and suing on its behalf,
1:37.6	appeared before Judge Eugene Bubba Griffith for a hearing.
1:41.6	As you already know, Jennifer is also responsible for exposing extensive
1:45.5	amounts of misconduct by the police, already resulting in a senior officer getting fired,
1:51.3	and the number two guy in charge of the agency being pushed out, as well as exposing what
1:56.3	appears to be the willfully blind eyes of solicitor Jimmy Richardson, Attorney General Prosecutor Heather
2:02.5	Weiss, and Sled Agent Nathan Poston. It is this wrongful death case that has helped bring
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