The attorney, S.C. Rep. Justin Bamberg, told FITSNews on Monday that one of the alleged victims he is representing, from whom Murdaugh is accused of taking $750,000 nearly two years ago, was recently charged a $300,000 attorney fee by Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth and Detrick when the firm returned the money to him.
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Bamberg said another former client of Murdaugh’s was threatened by one of PMPED’s attorneys after he informed the firm that he had retained outside counsel.
Bamberg also suggested that the court might consider a receivership on PMPED as the case continues to get more complicated.
“The firm is a direct beneficiary of Alex Murdaugh’s misdeeds and it raises the question of: Should the firm’s money be tied up?” Bamberg said. “I think that for the best interest of the victims who have to be made whole, (a receivership) is something that needs to be looked at.”
In another incident, Bamberg said a former client of Murdaugh received a call from Murdaugh one week after he was allegedly shot in what he said was a “murder for hire” plot and days after it was announced that the state Supreme Court had suspended his license to practice law.
At the time, Murdaugh was allegedly detoxing in a rehab facility out of state.
Murdaugh was calling the client to tell her that he had secured a settlement for her case, Bamberg said.
“How? How?” Bamberg said about the alleged phone call from rehab. “It is literally mind-boggling.”
Bamberg told FITSNews that lawsuits against PMPED could be coming soon, which could include a class action suit.
“Ain’t nobody about to punk my clients,” Bamberg said.