Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh are asking for a new trial based on evidence they claim shows Colleton County court clerk Rebecca Hill “tampered with the jury.”
Attorneys for convicted killer Alex Murdaugh have issued a bombshell request for a new trial based on evidence they claim shows a court clerk “tampered with the jury by advising them not to believe Murdaugh’s testimony” in order to cash in on the post-verdict media blitz.
During the high-profile proceedings, the state alleged Murdaugh killed his wife and son in order to cover up a slew of financial crimes.When Murdaugh took the stand several weeks into the trial, Hill told the jurors to “look at his actions [and movements],” one juror claimed in an affidavit attached to the Tuesday filing.
Juror 785 was removed from the panel in February after her ex-husband allegedly posted on Facebook that she had discussed the case while intoxicated, the document explains.announced she needed to collect “a dozen eggs”“That never happened, and I told Ms. Hill it never happened. I did not go ‘drinking’ with my ex-husband in fact, I had not seen him in approximately ten years,” juror 785 explains in the affidavit attached to the filing.
In one damning section, Hill gushes about accompanying three jurors to New York City for their exclusive appearance on NBC’s TODAY Show within days of the guilty verdict.
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