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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - State prosecutors claim Alex Murdaugh’s defense lied about whether he passed a previous polygraph test.

The claim came via a new filing Wednesday, days after Murdaugh last appeared for a pretrial hearing.

Murdaugh lie detector motion by WIS News 10

In its filing, prosecutors claim Murdaugh attorney Dick Harpootlian was not honest when he said his client passed a polygraph with “flying colors.”

That comment came as both sides argued over whether the results of such a test should be admissible during Murdaugh’s retrial.

“I am saying that it’s an issue, not now, but much closer to trial that we need to be able to litigate. And there may be others,” Harpootlian said during the Aug. 14 hearing. “I will tell you, Mr. Murdaugh passed a polygraph. Flying colors. Same polygrapher. It may play a role in this trial. I’m not willing to concede that no under any circumstances can a polygraph be used. I’m just giving you this example of Eddie Smith failing the polygraph and them [the state] relying on it to cancel his deal.”

Prosecutors said after Harpootlian made that statement, other members of Murdaugh’s defense team “can be observed to look at each other in a way that can only be called incredulous, and then start to whisper to one another.”

The state said in its filing that Murdaugh never took a polygraph test when he was tried in...

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