Alex Murdaugh's legal woes continued when the family of a former housekeeper filed a lawsuit accusing him and others of failing to pay a wrongful death settlement.
The death three years ago of a longtime housekeeper and nanny for the Murdaugh family will be the subject of a criminal investigation, South Carolina authorities announced Wednesday, yielding yet another unexpected turn in a case that hasA spokesman for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said the death of Gloria Satterfield has prompted a review following a request from the Hampton County coroner and based on"information gathered" during a separate investigation involving...
Satterfield was 57 when she died in February 2018 from injuries sustained from a fall in the Murdaugh home, where she was employed for more than two decades. According to the suit,"the exact details of the fall remain unclear" to her two sons, Michael"Tony" Satterfield and Brian Harriott, who were supposed to get $475,000 in direct payment to"compensate them for the grief, sorrow and mourning associated with the loss of their mother.
"We're informed that the settlement was $505,000, but the net proceeds of that settlement, we're told that they have received none of that money, although the case supposedly resolved in 2018," he said."It's hard. One of our clients is special needs, the other lives in a small Southern town ... and they didn't ask questions," he said. They previously"tried to call their lawyers and didn't get a response, but they didn't take it beyond that.
Harpootlian said Murdaugh was"distraught" over their deaths and overcome by emotions exacerbated by a 20-year opioid addiction, but insisted he did not play a role in their killings.
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