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As Alex Murdaugh awaits a caller proceedings successful nan murders of his woman and son, nan disgraced erstwhile lawyer is facing a abstracted seven-figure problem.
Murdaugh owes much than $1.6 cardinal successful unpaid South Carolina taxes, penalties and interest, ranking him among nan state’s biggest individual taxation delinquents, according to recently published records.
The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) listed "Murdaugh, Richard" arsenic owing $1,630,201.02 successful its latest quarterly study of apical delinquent taxpayers, published July 16. The indebtedness is nan fourth-largest attributed to an individual connected nan state’s existent list.
The agency said it publishes nan names and outstanding balances of delinquent taxpayers arsenic portion of an effort to beforehand "transparency, fairness and compliance."
Alex Murdaugh attends a judicial proceeding connected Monday, June 29, 2026, astatine nan Marc H. Westbrook Judicial Center successful Lexington, South Carolina. Murdaugh will beryllium retried successful nan June 7, 2021, shooting deaths of his woman and son, aft his original condemnation was overturned owed to assemblage tampering. (Tracy Glantz/The State via Pool)
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Before anyone lands connected nan nationalist list, gross officials said they many times effort to resoluteness nan indebtedness done letters, telephone calls aliases individual contact. A authorities taxation lien has besides been revenge against everyone named, making each indebtedness a matter of nationalist record.
"We’ve sent letters, made calls, aliases attempted individual interaction aggregate times pinch nary resolution," nan section states successful its online often asked questions.
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Alex Murdaugh arrives for a judicial proceeding connected Monday, June 29, 2026, astatine nan Marc H. Westbrook Judicial Center successful Lexington, South Carolina. Murdaugh will beryllium retried successful nan June 7, 2021, shooting deaths of his woman and son, aft his original condemnation was overturned owed to assemblage tampering. (Tracy Glantz/The State via Pool)
Murdaugh’s seven-figure taxation indebtedness comes arsenic his attorneys hole to take sides him successful a 2nd murder trial. Dick Harpootlian antecedently told Fox News Digital that nan lawyers received a important level interest upfront astir 5 years agone and would stay connected nan lawsuit done its conclusion.
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"We sewage paid a interest up front, you know, 5 years ago. It was a large fee," he said. "So we're successful nan lawsuit until it's over."
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Harpootlian conceded that nan yearslong ineligible conflict could beryllium costly for his patient but said that consequence is inherent successful his work.
"Sometimes you return cases that move retired to beryllium economically losers, but that’s nan quality of nan game," he said. "We return level fees."
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Prosecuting lawyer Creighton Waters participates successful a judicial proceeding connected Monday, June 29, 2026, astatine nan Marc H. Westbrook Judicial Center successful Lexington, South Carolina. Alex Murdaugh will beryllium retried successful nan June 7, 2021, shooting deaths of his woman and son, aft his original condemnation was overturned owed to assemblage tampering. (Tracy Glantz/The State via Pool)
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Murdaugh, erstwhile a powerful Lowcountry lawyer from a salient ineligible dynasty, was convicted successful March 2023 of gunning down his woman and son, Maggie and Paul. Prosecutors based on astatine proceedings that Murdaugh killed them to summation sympathy and distract from a collapsing web of financial crimes, stolen customer money and lies.
The lawsuit was thrown backmost into turmoil aft allegations surfaced that tribunal clerk Rebecca Hill made improper comments to jurors during nan trial. Murdaugh’s defense based on she tampered pinch nan assemblage to unafraid a blameworthy verdict and boost publicity for a book.
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The tribunal recovered that Hill was drawn by nan "siren telephone of celebrity" and allowed nationalist attraction to flooded her duty. The authorities has maintained that Murdaugh received a adjacent trial, but nan South Carolina Supreme Court reversed nan execution and weapons convictions and remanded nan case for caller proceedings.
Defense lawyer Dick Harpootlian represents his client, Alex Murdaugh, connected Monday, June 29, 2026, astatine a position proceeding astatine nan Marc H. Westbrook Judicial Center successful Lexington, South Carolina. Murdaugh will beryllium retried successful nan June 7, 2021, shooting deaths of his woman and son, aft his original condemnation was overturned owed to assemblage tampering. (Tracy Glantz/The State via Pool)
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Murdaugh’s attorneys person already previewed immoderate of nan issues they want to raise earlier immoderate retrial, including a mobility to trial unknown antheral DNA reportedly recovered nether Maggie’s fingernails.
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Fox News Digital has reached retired to Murdaugh's attorneys and authorities prosecutors for comment.
