What good is the word of convicted double murderer Alex Murdaugh?
Not very good at all; and even then, it’s only good for Alex Murdaugh, attorneys representing the family of the disgraced lawyer’s former housekeeper said during a press conference Monday morning.
Earlier this month, in his first response to a lawsuit filed in April 2022, Murdaugh took responsibility for several lies about the circumstances surrounding the death of Gloria Satterfield, 57, who worked as the Murdaugh family housekeeper for over two decades.
Satterfield died in what has been described as a “trip and fall accident” at the Murdaugh’s then-hunting lodge, Moselle, on Feb. 26, 2018. After her passing, Murdaugh asserted legal responsibility and sued himself to obtain lucrative insurance proceeds for the dead woman’s family. Instead of giving the money over to Satterfield’s family, Murdaugh stole some $4.3 million.
Now, the insurance company at the center of the controversy, Nautilus Insurance Company, is looking to vindicate its own rights and interests due to Murdaugh’s admitted serial lies and financial crimes. But the recent response by Murdaugh, the Satterfield family’s attorneys say, is...
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