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Murdaugh and the store where the underage teens bought the alcohol were also named in the lawsuit, which was settled in January 2023. Suits were also filed against other Murdaugh family members, the hosts of the oyster roast, the owner of the bar where Murdaugh drank shots after the oyster roast, and the owner of the convenience store that sold Murdaugh alcohol. In July 2023, the Beach family reached a $ 15 million settlement with Parker’s Corporation, owners of the convenience store which had sold alcohol to Paul Murdaugh. The Beachs were represented by Mark Tinsley, who filed a motion to compel Alex Murdaugh to disclose his finances after the latter claimed that he was broke.
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Beach's mother, Renee Beach, filed a lawsuit against several members of the
Murdaugh family: Paul's brother, Buster Murdaugh, who allegedly lent the underage Paul his driver's license so that he could obtain alcohol, and Paul's mother Maggie, who allegedly allowed Paul to use the boat while drinking.
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Murdaugh and another passenger, Connor Cook, drank shots. Murdaugh began behaving erratically, and while other passengers asked him to allow someone else to drive the boat, he refused. Murdaugh reportedly shoved, spit on and slapped his then-girlfriend just prior to the crash. At 2:17 a.m.
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Among those influential media spaces is the "Murdaugh
Murders," the popular podcast hosted by reporters Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell that helped introduce audiences to the South Carolina legal dynasty and its alleged crimes for the first time. At nearly 100 episodes, the podcast has 28,000 reviews
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Paul
Murdaugh purchased alcohol in the hours before the accident at a convenience store in Ridgeland, South Carolina using his brother's ID. Three couples, including Beach and her boyfriend, and Murdaugh and his girlfriend Morgan Doughty, met at Murdaugh's grandfather's Chechesee River house and
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Murdaugh was charged with three felony counts on April 18, 2019, including boating under the influence, including causing the death of Mallory Beach and seriously injuring two other passengers. He pleaded not guilty and was released on bond. On June 7, 2021, Paul and his mother Maggie were
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Murdaugh's corporate fraud had run for years. Alex Murdaugh was arrested in July 2022 after a
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Madison Beach was born to Phillip Harley and Renee Searson Beach on April 18, 1999, in Walterboro, South Carolina. She was a Wade Hampton High School graduate. At the time of her death, the 19-year-old was attending college and working at a clothing store.
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issued an indictment charging him with two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in the deaths of Maggie and Paul. The indictment stated that Alex shot his wife with a
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was .24, three times the legal limit. Paul claimed that one of the other teens, Connor Cook, had been driving the boat; however, evidence from his injuries proved that Connor Cook was a passenger, and he was not charged.
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Murdaugh theorized that Paul and Maggie had been killed in retaliation for the boat accident. Alex Murdaugh was
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