Murdaugh’s Attorneys Ask for a Lower Bond
Lawyers for prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh said Monday that he’s so broke he can’t pay a phone bill — much less $7 million in bail — while a court-appointed overseer said Murdaugh needs to use whatever money he has to pay his alleged victims, not free himself from jail.
In a virtual court hearing before a judge, attorneys combed over Murdaugh’s assets, cited the contents of his jailhouse calls and hotly debated whether his attempt to have himself killed in the fall makes him a current risk to himself or the community.
Circuit Judge Alison Renee Lee’s decision to set bond at $7 million is equivalent to allowing no bond at all because Murdaugh can’t afford it, his attorneys told her. They asked her to lower the bond so that Murdaugh’s family can post bail for him.
