Alex Murdaugh's defenders are again accusing prosecutors of gamesmanship with the evidence in the indictment of the former kingpin lawyer for the murders of his wife and son.
Murdaugh's defense team led by Columbia lawyer and state senator Dick Harpootlian claims, the attorney general's office has violated the court's order ,it had requested sealing the search warrant of Murdaugh's possessions, including his cellphone.
The complaint centers on prosecution remarks to reporters that investigators obtained phone audio linking Murdaugh to the murder scene shortly before his wife, Maggie and younger son, Paul, were shot to death at the family's hunting estate in Colleton County.
Harpootlian said “For months on end, the state’s prosecutors have selectively leaked information about evidence obtained through sealed search warrants to various media outlets.” Harpootlian says, the reporters were not told is that the recorded conversation between Murdaugh and his wife is a friendly discussion of the behavior of one of their hunting dogs with no indication any animosity between the two. The attorney general's office has not commented in response.
