Alex Murdaugh’s Request to Suspend Conviction Appeal Granted as He Seeks New Trial

“The recent ruling to stay the appeal and remand the case for a hearing on Alex Murdaugh’s motion for a new trial is welcomed news,” Murdaugh’s attorneys Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin shared in a statement.

Murdaugh’s legal victory came after a bombshell filing in which he and his team accused South Carolina court clerk Becky Hill of being an opportunist who tampered with jurors to secure a book deal and TV interviews, claims that she vehemently denied.

Hill released her book, Behind the Doors of Justice: The Murdaugh Murders, after the trial and also appeared on season two of Netflix’s documentary Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal.