A South Carolina federal judge has ordered disgraced legal scion Alex Murdaugh and his accomplice to pay millions to an insurance company after they conspired to steal about $4 million in insurance funds from his housekeeper’s family following her death.
The judge ordered Murdaugh to pay $14.8 million and Murdaugh’s longtime friend and fellow attorney, Cory Fleming, to pay nearly $3.8 million in the federal civil case against Fleming.
Fleming stood trial for two days in Charleston before U.S. District Judge Richard Mark Gergel handed down the settlement order.
“Fleming’s unfair and deceptive acts played a critical role in Murdaugh’s ability to ultimately steal over $4 million in settlement funds,” Gergel wrote in part in the settlement order filed on Jan. 9.
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Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to two consecutive double life sentences for the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh, his wife and son. (South Carolina Department of…
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