Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys declare in a brand new authorized submitting that the convicted assassin lied about how his household’s canine fatally tripped his housekeeper in 2018 as a part of a bogus insurance coverage declare, whereas suggesting that any insurance coverage cash stolen be repaid by her household and never him.
The disgraced former legal professional, who’s at present serving a life sentence for his spouse and son’s murders, “invented the vital info” behind Gloria Satterfield’s fall at his South Carolina house with a view to pocket insurance coverage cash that was meant for her household, Monday’s submitting states.
“Defendant admits his actions had been reprehensible in that he misused susceptible individuals who trusted him,” the submitting reads.
“No canine had been concerned within the fall of Gloria Satterfield on February 2, 2018. After Ms. Satterfield’s demise, Defendant invented Ms. Satterfield’s purported assertion that canine prompted her fall to power his insurers to make a settlement cost,” the submitting continues whereas stopping in need of explaining what really occurred to her at his household’s property. It provides that nobody else was concerned on this lie.
The submitting goes on to recommend that if his former insurance coverage firm, Nautilus, by no means ought to have made funds due to this new admission, then anybody who acquired the cash ought to be legally required to return it.
An legal professional for the Satterfield property balked at this declare in a press release shared on Twitter Tuesday.
“Since when did Alex change into the modicum of honesty and credibility,” wrote legal professional Eric Bland, who argued that the Satterfield property by no means acquired a dime from the insurance coverage submitting.
“Technically the cash that Nautilus paid by no means got here to our shoppers. It was stolen by Alex so there may be an argument that they nonetheless owe it to our shoppers by releases signed by the events,” he continued. “That is nothing however noise. Simply gutless individuals making an attempt to proceed to victimize Gloria’s siblings and kids.”
Nautilus, in a lawsuit filed in opposition to Murdaugh final yr over the insurance coverage declare, mentioned it paid greater than $75,000 in claims associated to Satterfield’s demise. The 57-year-old lady’s demise occurred simply two months into the beginning of a $5 million “umbrella protection” insurance coverage coverage that it mentioned Murdaugh had taken out.
It was by way of settlements from different events sued in reference to Satterfield’s demise that her property acquired about $7.5 million, Myrtle Seashore station WPDE reported final yr.
Attorneys for Nautilus didn't instantly reply to HuffPost’s requests for remark Wednesday.
Murdaugh’s spouse, Maggie, and son Paul had been the ones to name 911 to report that Satterfield had fallen and hit her head on steps on the household’s house. She was described by them within the 911 name as barely aware and bleeding badly from her head.
Murdaugh’s spouse and son, who had been later fatally shot by Murdaugh on the identical property in 2021, by no means blamed canine for inflicting her fall of their name.
The South Carolina Regulation Enforcement Division (SLED), within the months after Maggie and Paul’s deaths, introduced that it had opened a felony investigation into Satterfield’s demise and the dealing with of her property. This evaluation adopted a neighborhood county coroner elevating issues in regards to the case to state police, Bluffton At this time reported.
Hampton County Coroner Angie Topper mentioned Satterfield suffered traumatic head accidents earlier than present process cardiac arrest and a stroke whereas hospitalized within the days after. Her accidents weren't “pure,” as her demise certificates listed, Topper argued.
A SLED spokesperson didn't instantly reply to HuffPost’s request for touch upon its investigation and Murdaugh’s newest alleged admissions about Satterfield’s demise.
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