For most of Alex Murdaugh’s six-week murder trial, Wendell Butterfield took up residence in the courtroom on a gallery bench directly behind the disgraced former lawyer. Now, the snazzy dresser and veteran lawman is glad the case is behind him.
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“For the casting of the Murdaugh Murders Movie. Who should play Mr. Fashionista?” one Twitter user asked. “His daughter thinks Clint, I think Eastwood’s a little long in the tooth these days.”Butterfield, who agreed to the courthouse gig just weeks before the trial began in January, told The Daily Beast that he was shocked to learn that the clothes his wife picked out for him got so much attention.
“Murdaugh seemed to be very involved in discussing some matters with his attorneys sometimes but the topic of discussion is unknown,” he added. Butterfield said the live-streaming of the trial didn’t stop him from “concentrating on what I was doing.” He said he closely listened to dozens of witnesses as prosecutors presented their argument that Murdaugh fatally killed his wife and son near the dog kennels of their family’s hunting estate on June 7, 2021. And, he said, he watched how the jury and Murdaugh himself were responding to the trial.
Butterfield said his family would sometimes come to the courthouse while he worked, including his wife who one day sat next to the mystery novelist Rhonda Rich.The only real stir in the courtroom, he said, came from Murdaugh’s own family. Court staff eventually moved Murdaugh's family several rows behind the defense table to ensure there was no communication for the rest of the trial, Butterfield said. On Friday, a jury only deliberated for about three hours before convicting Murdaugh of two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.The next day, the packed courtroom was bristling with anticipation for Murdaugh’s sentencing.
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