Alex Murdaugh is seen in court for the first time since his double murder conviction as he faces financial fraud charges – and new trial date is set

Alex Murdaugh was in court for the first time since his double murder conviction.

The disgraced legal scion, 54, is facing financial fraud-related charges in Beaufort County, South Carolina. He is alleged to have stolen millions in insurance payments intended for the family of his late housekeeper, who died from a fall on his property.

Murdaugh attempted to skip court today, but he was ordered to appear by Judge Clifton Newman, who was also present during his murder trial earlier this year.

A trial date for the financial fraud case was set for November 27 – against the wishes of the defense team, which tried to stop the case.

The red-faced double murderer wore his orange prison jumpsuit and handcuffs as he entered the courtroom this morning.

Alex Murdaugh is in court for the first time since his double murder conviction

Gloria Satterfield, Murdaugh’s housekeeper, died in 2018 from complications of a “slip and fall” after falling down the stairs in their Moselle home.

Murdaugh allegedly deposited life insurance settlement checks worth nearly $3.5 million into his own bank account.

He pleaded not guilty to all 22 charges in a recent federal indictment during a hearing in May of this year – and now his trial is set to begin in two months.

Cory Fleming, his alleged co-conspirator, has already pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing. He admitted to working with Murdaugh to steal from two customers, Pamela Pinckney and Mrs. Satterfield.

He is also separately demanding a new trial in an attempt to overturn his double life sentence for the murders of his wife Maggie and son Paul.

A jury convicted Murdaugh on March 2 of the fatal shooting at their family’s hunting lodge in June 2021. He received two life sentences for the crimes.

The decision to start a new murder trial was announced on September 4, days after Murdaugh’s surviving son Buster broke his six-month silence on his family’s ordeal by insisting he believes his father was wrongfully convicted.

The Murdaugh trial earlier this year attracted international attention when numerous shocking details emerged during the proceedings, including how Alex allegedly stole millions of dollars from his clients.

A jury convicted Murdaugh on March 2 of the fatal shooting at their family’s hunting lodge in June 2021. He received two life sentences for the crimes.

The Murdaugh trial earlier this year attracted international attention when numerous shocking details emerged during the proceedings, including how Alex allegedly stole millions of dollars from his clients.

The high-profile trial was branded unfair by Buster, as he felt public outrage over the crimes may have influenced the outcome, as he called it a “tilted table.”

He took aim at the police and the judge, claiming they had a “lousy motive” and he “doesn’t believe it was fair” for all 12 jurors to find him guilty.

“I studied it for six weeks, and I think it was a tilted table from the beginning,” Buster said.

“And I think a lot of jurors, unfortunately, felt that way before they had to deliberate.

“It was predetermined in their minds before they ever heard a single piece of evidence given in that room.” He believes the jury ultimately found his father guilty of the shootings because of “everything they could read prior to the trial.”