Alex Murdaugh pleads the fifth, refuses to incriminate himself in law firm embezzlement case
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Alex Murdaugh, a disgraced attorney and former volunteer prosecutor from a powerful Democratic South Carolina legal family, pleaded the fifth last week, refusing to incriminate himself in a lawsuit alleging he embezzled millions from a prominent law firm founded by his great-grandfather.
But as for paragraphs 4 through 36, Murdaugh "asserts his privilege against self-incrimination guaranteed by the United States and South Carolina constitutions and respectfully refuses not to answer," his lawyers, Jim Griffin and Dick Harpootlian, wrote. The decision to plead the fifth means Murdaugh will not immediately have to answer to the details surrounding his disgraced departure from the law firm – as well as its timing, as Murdaugh resigned a day before allegedly orchestrating his own botched suicide over Labor Day weekend so his son could collection $10 million in life insurance. Alex Murdaugh awaits the beginning of his bond hearing in the Richland Judicial Center in Columbia, South Carolina, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Lewis M. Levine, Pool) Alex Murdaugh appeared in a new mugshot following his arrest in Orlando, Florida on charges in connection to housekeeper Gloria Satterfield insurance settlements (Orange County Corrections) Alex Murdaugh weeps during his bond hearing, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, in Varnville, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Mic Smith) ( )
The complaint filed on behalf of PMPED alleges Murdaugh was converting client and law firm money to his own personal use via a fraudulent Bank of America account without authorization. The name of the account was "Alexander Murdaugh d/b/a Forge," which is a fictitious entity that provides no services and makes no products for sale, according to the filing.
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