Sobbing Alex Murdaugh uses apology to financial victims to once again deny murders
Sobbing Alex Murdaugh apologised to the multiple victims that he stole millions of dollars from in their hours of need during an emotional sentencing hearing on Tuesday – where he used the floor to once again deny all responsibility for the murders of his wife Maggie and son Paul.
What began as a statement apologising for his financial fraud crimes inside the courtroom in Beaufort County descended into a monologue where he hit out at the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office for their handling of the murder investigation.
Despite the overwhelming evidence presented at his murder trial, Murdaugh said that the state had only honed in on him because of his other criminal activity.
“I now ask every single person who cares about Maggie and about Paul, as I know that the things that I did and that I’m pleading guilty to today allowed SLED and the Attorney General’s office to focus on me – and not to pursue the person or the people who hurt and killed Maggie and Paw Paw,” he said.
The disgraced legal scion – who was exposed for lying about his alibi on the night of his loved ones’ murders – also went on to blame the few crimes he has admitted to on his apparent opioid addiction.
“After hours, weeks, days months of self-reflection, I took more and more pills because I was hiding – attempting to hide – from the reality of the things that I was doing
