Russell Laffitte, former banker and alleged accomplice to Alex Murdaugh, requests broader jury selection, venue transfer ...

A South Carolina federal judge has ordered disgraced legal scion Alex Murdaugh and his accomplice to pay millions to an insurance company after they conspired to steal about $4 million in ...

Fleming. Judge Richard Gergel, who has presided over several federal cases in the Murdaugh crime saga, ordered last week after a two-day trial in Charleston that Fleming be liable for $3.75 ...

His appeals case was argued in September. In November, the court ruled in Lafitte’s favor. In 2022, a jury convicted Laffitte of helping Murdaugh steal around $2 million in legal settlements and ...

The agreement does not impose a constraint on the distribution of agents' identities to government agencies or the White ...

The motion also includes a chart detailing the numbers of Murdaugh- and Laffitte-related news stories in each federal area from 2001-2025. Finally, the motion argues that this case is of statewide ...

in light of the case's notoriety and media attention, Laffitte requires a statewide jury pool to get a fair trial or, in the alternative, a change of venue. Laffitte was convicted in November of 2022 ...