Curtis 'Cousin Eddie' Smith could be a key witness in Alex Murdaugh's financial crimes trial. Murdaugh hired Smith as a hitman in a September 2021 botched suicide scheme.
Waters argued that the shooting could be used as evidence to show Murdaugh's pattern of lying and portraying himself as a victim when he is backed in a corner. However, Judge Clifton Newman ultimately decided that allowing the botched suicide attempt as evidence in the trial was"a bridge too far."
Smith was indicted on several charges in November 2021 for his role in the botched suicide scheme, including charges of false claim for payment, filing a false police report, pointing a firearm at a person, assault and battery and assisted suicide.Murdaugh later attempted to pin Maggie and Paul's murders on Smith.
"[D]espite months of filings and courtroom statements seeming to imply that Mr. Smith was either the 'real killer' or knew who was, when the time came to present evidence, Mr. Murdaugh's defense team never attempted to call Mr. Smith to testify despite the fact that he was available to do so," Smith's attorneys said in their post-trial press release."…Ultimately, the jury determined that Mr.
Smith, Murdaugh's distant cousin and former client, allegedly benefited from Murdaugh's schemes to steal funds from his housekeeper's family after she died at Moselle, cashing more than 400 checks totaling approximately $2.4 million from Murdaugh.
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