SC - Paul Murdaugh, 22 and mom Margaret, 52, found shot to death, Islandton, 7 June 2021 #8

[StrangerThanFiction]

His lawyers make it sound like it was the addiction and people involved in the supply of his addiction taking advantage of him.

If though the embezzled amount is in the multi-millions, common sense nags that he had to be indebted to others outside of the drug world. AJMO

So AM doesn’t like being on the receiving end of being taken advantage of..? Huh. Karma bites.

 

[Mirandartv]

I didn't either.

I really looked. I dug deep into my soul trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. I really wanted to see something there that could reasonably be considered a true sign of such injuries. When I mentioned the ear, I was curious if behind that ear, if it was bruised, would be evidence of some sort of actual injury, but here we are....

 

[StrangerThanFiction]

I hope that the FULL interview and confession for both AM and CS were recorded, they were read their rights, and everything else was done properly. Same hope and expectation will go for every other criminal or civil charge these intertwined investigations produce.

With the number of forms that have been filled out erroneously over the past two weeks—over MINOR details, at that!—I’m not holding my breath. “It was a computer glitch.” SMDH. MOO YMMV

 

[MemPat]

My whole generational line is plotted with addiction. It has destroyed and taken so many of my family’s lives. My childhood and myself were permanently scarred from addiction. Both my younger brothers died from addiction. I swore it would never ever ever happen to me. I was wrong. After 40 years of fighting/surrendering to addiction - I thought I might have some relapses left in me but I was too afraid I didn’t have another recovery left in me. It was the hardest battle of my life. That was five years ago. Recovery is real…

Do any of us know what was written on the paper Hootenanny gave to the judge today? He was very concerned about it becoming public and actually asked the judge if he could have the paper back at the end of the court session.

AM has connections all over the state of SC. I noticed him today as he shook hands and held on to the hands of one particular Sheriff's Deputy who approached his table. Because of his position, I imagine he is worried about entering a rehab facility within the state. The Murdaugh name doesn't sit well with lots of folks in those parts and that might compromise his safety, so he is hoping to stay out of state and out of reach for his "rehab."

I would venture to say that Alex is going to spend some luxurious time in a "rehab" that's quite spa-like, perhaps on an island. (Looks like they already rehabbed the gunshot wound on his head. Magic!)

I picture him in a silk smoking jacket with Gucci slippers to match as he holds a snifter of brandy. He watches the sun rise as waves lap on the beach below his deck.
He will not want the Daily Mail sneaking in to get photos, that's for sure!

 

[minusfour]

Can I ask please, for your opinions on whether PMDP, (is that the right name?), can survive this? Both the money going missing, and the fall of AM? (Personally I can't see how. AM has got a long way to fall yet)

 

[Mirandartv]

Can I ask please, for your opinions on whether PMDP, (is that the right name?), can survive this? Both the money going missing, and the fall of AM? (Personally I can't see how. AM has got a long way to fall yet)

Hard to say. The firm dumped him pretty quickly on this and they are over 100 years old and the Murdaugh family is still part of the firm. If these charges today were all of the charges, it would likely just be a PR nightmare. But we don't know all the details yet and what else will come out, so...

 

[sunshineray]

Gloria Satterfield lawsuit is saying the Vice President of Palmetto State Bank assisted Attorney Fleming in filing the claims. That doesn't bode well for him I suppose, in the thick of it?

"The suit states that, following Satterfield's death on Feb. 26, Murdaugh acknowledged that he was at fault and introduced her family to his "good friend, Corey Fleming, so that Fleming could assist the sons in filing legal claims against Murdaugh for the wrongful death of their mother, with the assistance of a banker friend, Chad Westendorf."

Alex Murdaugh case: Death of Gloria Satterfield under investigation

 

[airportwoman]

What we want to know is the year that oxycodone was originally prescribed. Alex is referencing a time that oxycodone was prescribed for pain and doctors provided refills. If there's no original doctor prescription, then for me it is not believable that he is addicted to oxycodone.

(Pharmacist here) Unless his doctor was extremely corrupt, and they found a pharmacist in cahoots, oxycodone in all of its forms has NEVER been refillable. It has always been Schedule II, meaning (among other things) that it cannot be refilled except under very limited circumstances, mostly involving hospice and nursing homes.

 

[OhioBlues]

I didn't either.

I was looking at his head as they described it in court and I still couldn't see it.

 

[StarryStarryNight]

Fox Carolina interviewed Satterfield’s attorney tonight.
He said 4 million, not half a million dollars was missing.
Plus he said Alex Murdaugh misappropriated those funds. Flat out said it!

 

[minusfour]

Fox Carolina interviewed Satterfield’s attorney tonight.
He said 4 million, not half a million dollars was missing.
Plus he said Alex Murdaugh misappropriated those funds. Flat out said it!

That is just awful!

 

[chi123]

Fox Carolina interviewed Satterfield’s attorney tonight.
He said 4 million, not half a million dollars was missing.
Plus he said Alex Murdaugh misappropriated those funds. Flat out said it!

Woah! Ok, now I believe the rumors about 10 million plus being “misappropriated” since he was able to get 4 million off this case alone. We’re just scratching the surface now. I bet there’s a lot of people who helped Alex in this over the last 20 years that are feeling very, very nervous.

It’s crazy that if Paul doesn’t get drunk as hell and drive that boat killing Mallory Beach, that probably none of this ever comes to light right? I also believe MM and Paul would both still be here.

 

[sunshineray]

Fox Carolina interviewed Satterfield’s attorney tonight.
He said 4 million, not half a million dollars was missing.
Plus he said Alex Murdaugh misappropriated those funds. Flat out said it!

Wow, AM introduced them immediately to his college friend Attorney Fleming because the lawsuit was filed the same day she fell!?

That's shades of RM being the second person, behind the coroner, to call Stephen Smith's family the day he was found dead and offer his services pro bono. (Except it's on the "record" that Fleming got $177,000 in fees for Satterfield case)

That the money was actually 4 million, not $505,000 is just mindblowing. The Satterfield's attorney is saying AM appropriated it all!

What do you think, jail time for something like that?

 

[Mirandartv]

Fox Carolina interviewed Satterfield’s attorney tonight.
He said 4 million, not half a million dollars was missing.
Plus he said Alex Murdaugh misappropriated those funds. Flat out said it!

The feds will likely step in if the state isn't going to do something about it if this is true. In just one quick Google search on my phone I found Deairich R. Hunter who ended up with fed charges for misappropriation funds from a settlement for a client that only came to $100k.

Lawyer Pleads Guilty To Stealing Money Intended For His Clients-Scheme Cost Victims More Than $100,000-

And the more that gets out on how corrupt this all is, the greater the chance of them stepping in. The drug story is there to help him in this situation as well, IMO. Embezzlement has few defenses, but being mentally impaired due to health reason or drugs/alcohol is one of them. All MOO...

 

[otto]

His lawyers make it sound like it was the addiction and people involved in the supply of his addiction taking advantage of him.

If though the embezzled amount is in the multi-millions, common sense nags that he had to be indebted to others outside of the drug world. AJMO

Bizarre thought, but given the shooter's connections to meth distribution, his nice vehicle and lifestyle, any chance that Alex was knowingly involved in drug production and or distribution? I only ask because of his associate's (the pretend suicide shooter) association with chemicals used for drug manufacturing (the fire at the shooter's property not that long ago).

We don't yet know how much he embezzled, when it started, or when the first oxycodone prescription was written.

 

[StrangerThanFiction]

Fox Carolina interviewed Satterfield’s attorney tonight.
He said 4 million, not half a million dollars was missing.
Plus he said Alex Murdaugh misappropriated those funds. Flat out said it!

Doesn’t sounds like “a simple misunderstanding” now, does it? Shocker. JMO.

 

[otto]

That's just the thing, isn't it? We will never know about drugs purchased on the street. So a whole bunch of money could theoretically just disappear! Okay maybe but MILLIONS but, like, Alex might have been all blacked out one night and left the safe open, whoopsie! Then those terrible villainous drug dealers might have just swooped in and made all that cash just disappear. That seems plausible, right? So there's no reason to check the finances of any judges or law enforcement officers! They're the good guys who keep us safe from those villainous drug dealers!

I'm not buying that Alex embezzled money to buy prescription pain drugs. I think his expenses increased when his sons moved out, had nice lifestyles with boats, booze, drugs and parties. I think that school fees and legal fees were more than Alex could afford. Rather than tell his family to cut back, he strikes me as a man who would see his family to ruin before admitting that he's not financially and legally superior.

I agree that the cover-up of the "accidental death" of the housekeeper (attributed to Paul in boat accident depositions) empowered and emboldened Paul to believe that he was untouchable - that he could be involved with a "trip and fall" death and there were no consequences.

 

[sunshineray]

Bizarre thought, but given the shooter's connections to meth distribution, his nice vehicle and lifestyle, any chance that Alex was knowingly involved in drug production and or distribution? I only ask because of his associate's (the pretend suicide shooter) association with chemicals used for drug manufacturing (the fire at the shooter's property not that long ago).

We don't yet know how much he embezzled, when it started, or when the first oxycodone prescription was written.

You know I've come to believe that I can't ruled out anything in this case.

 

[Rusty123]

I’ve had a suspicion all along about how PM regarded women in general. I believe he was living (for free, without a summer job) in the caretakers house by the kennels at the time he was killed. It’s not a stretch in my mind to imagine he had an argument w his mother and after the spitting and cursing, he took her life. Did he then call his father who could have been at the main house or coming back from the hospital? AM could have driven up as this happened and in the ensuing argument, AM could claim self defense in taking PMs life. Cell phone locations will be discovered and tell the tale.

 

[sunshineray]

The feds will likely step in if the state isn't going to do something about it if this is true. In just one quick Google search on my phone I found Deairich R. Hunter who ended up with fed charges for misappropriation funds from a settlement for a client that only came to $100k.

Lawyer Pleads Guilty To Stealing Money Intended For His Clients-Scheme Cost Victims More Than $100,000-

And the more that gets out on how corrupt this all is, the greater the chance of them stepping in. The drug story is there to help him in this situation as well, IMO. Embezzlement has few defenses, but being mentally impaired due to health reason or drugs/alcohol is one of them. All MOO...

I would think the news that a Vice President of a large SC banking institution assisted AM's attorney and good friend in settling a lawsuit and then not paying his client possible more than half a million dollars (way more if Satterfield lawyer is correct in the 4 million claim) would perk up the Fed's ears. It did to mine.