Richard Alexander “
Buster”Murdaugh Jr. has filed a defamation lawsuit against several media companies for falsely accusing him in connection with the 2015 murder of
Stephen Smith “with reckless indifference to the truth.” The complaint (
.pdf) – filed in Hampton County last Friday (June 14, 2024) – seeks actual and punitive damages against these companies for damaging his reputation “irreparably.”
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The eight defendants named in the lawsuit included the creators and distributors of three documentary series, a local newspaper, and its editor –
Blackfin, Inc.,
Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.,
Warner Media Entertainment Pages, Inc.,
Campfire Studios Inc.,
The Cinemart LLC,
Netflix, Inc.,
Gannett Co. Inc.and
Michael M. DeWitt, Jr – the editor of the
Hampton County Guardian.
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Son of convicted killer accuses multiple defendants of "reckless indifference to the truth" for linking him to Stephen Smith's death ...
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