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SC lawyers say Murdaugh’s ‘false narrative’ is scheme to damage late housekeeper’s sons
May 8, 2023 2:25PM ET
Attorneys Eric Bland, left, and Ronnie Richter pose for a portrait in Bland's Columbia office. - Tracy Glantz/The State/TNS
From his high-security cell in a South Carolina prison, convicted killer Alex Murdaugh is still capable of sparking a legal uproar. In federal legal filings last week, Murdaugh said the heirs of his family’s late housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield, who died of injuries from a 2019 fall at his house, should be made parties to a lawsuit by the insurance company that paid out $3.8 million for the fraudulent claim made after her death. That $3.8 million in insurance money from Nautilus Insurance was due to her sons — Brian Harriott and Tony Satterfield — but Murdaugh and accomplices carried out a sch...