Alex Murdaugh lied about canine inflicting housekeeper Gloria Satterfield’s deadly fall: attorneys
Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh made up a story about his household canine inflicting his housekeeper Gloria Satterfield’s February 2018 deadly fall, his attorneys wrote in response to a lawsuit centering on insurance coverage fraud claims over her dying.
Murdaugh, in a court docket doc filed Monday, admitted “he invented the vital info” in regards to the canine tripping Satterfield and inflicting her to take a deadly tumble down the steps of the household’s South Carolina property — the place he shot his wife and son to death three years later.
“No canine have been concerned within the fall of Gloria Satterfield on February 2, 2018,” the authorized submitting obtained by The Publish states. “After Ms. Satterfield’s dying, [Murdaugh] invented Ms. Satterfield’s purported assertion that canine prompted her to fall to power his insurers to make a settlement cost.”
The convicted assassin secretly pocketed $3.8 million in insurance payments meant for Satterfield’s sons after he advised them to sue himself over their mom’s dying on his property claiming he had legal responsibility.
He advised the grieving kids {that a} settlement was by no means reached, when in actuality he stole the funds with out their data.
Nautilus Insurance coverage sued Murdaugh and alleged co-conspirator advert ex-attorney Cory Fleming, in Could 2022 for the scheme and claimed they’d lied in regards to the circumstances surrounding Satterfield’s dying with a purpose to show legal responsibility and get a payout.
In the identical submitting, Murdaugh’s authorized staff claimed that he acted alone with none co-conspirators together with Fleming and stated that the Satterfield kids had no data of the alleged insurance coverage fraud.
His attorneys additionally famous that Nautilus must be going after the Satterfield kids and property for restoration of misplaced cash if the insurance coverage claims have been fraudulent within the first place.
“If Nautilus by no means ought to have made any cost to the Satterfield property and solely tried to take action as a result of it was the sufferer of fraud, then the events in possession of a restoration of the cash allegedly stolen from Nautilus are vital events to an motion by Nautilus…,” the submitting states.
The household was awarded greater than $7.5 million over the funds that have been stolen by Murdaugh.
The legal professional for Satterfield’s property questioned when the convicted killer grew to become worthy of trusting in response to the submitting.
“Appears there’s buzz as a result of liar liar Alex now says he allegedly made up the story that Gloria Satterfield didnt fall down Moselle stairs by his canine,” Legal professional Eric Bland tweeted. “Since when did Alex turn out to be the modicum of honesty and credibility.”
Bland additionally famous that the $7.5 million his purchasers have been awarded didn’t come from Nautilus’ coffers.
“Moreover, we recovered cash for our purchasers from events apart from Nautilus for breaches of their duties to our purchasers and different claims,” he stated. “Technically the cash that Nautilus paid by no means got here to our purchasers.”
The South Carolina Legislation Enforcement Division is investigating Satterfield’s dying.