Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers claim court clerk PRESSURED jurors to travel to NYC to appear on Today Show alongside her – and she also scored a book deal off the back of his murder trial
Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers claim clerks pressured jurors to travel to New York to appear on the Today Show alongside her — and she also scored a book deal after his murder trial
- Alex Murdaugh alleges that clerk Rebecca Hill interfered with jurors
- Court documents show that she told jurors not to be fooled by Murdaugh during the trial
- They also claimed she “betrayed her oath of office for money and fame”
Lawyers for Alex Murdaugh have appealed his conviction, claiming the clerk interfered in his trial – even winning a book deal from the case.
The team filed a motion on Tuesday on behalf of the disgraced South Carolina attorney alleging that Rebecca Hill repeatedly “messed with the jury.”
Court documents seen by DailyMail.com state that Hill told jurors “not to be fooled by” Murdaugh, 55, and that their “deliberations would not last long.”
It read: ‘Mrs. Hill did these things to secure for herself a book deal and media appearances that wouldn’t happen in the event of a mistrial. Mrs. Hill betrayed her oath of office for money and fame.”
Murdaugh’s legal team is expected to discuss their findings at a news conference later Tuesday. He is currently serving two life sentences for the murder of Maggie and Paul.
The team filed a motion on Tuesday on behalf of the disgraced South Carolina attorney alleging that Rebecca Hill repeatedly “messed with the jury.”
Hill, who is serving her first term as elected clerk, published a book, Behind the Doors of Justice: The Murdaugh Murders, about the trial in July.
Murdaugh’s lawyers are pushing for a new trial and also allege that Hill traveled to New York with jurors when they appeared on NBC’s Today Show.
NBC did not immediately respond when DaiylMail.com reached out with a request for comment.
Hill also allegedly hosted a post-trial drink with members of the media and court staff following Murdaugh’s double murder conviction.
The court documents add: “Ms. Hill had regular private conversations with the president of the jury, a court-appointed replacement for the foreman the jury had chosen for itself at Mrs. Hill’s request.
During the trial, Ms. Hill asked the jurors their opinion of Mr. Murdaugh’s guilt or innocence.
‘Mrs. Hill made up a story on a Facebook post to remove a juror she thought would vote not guilty.”