If he had any chance of being found not guilty, he burned that to the ground by stepping on the stand. His story was absolutely ridiculous, and only made him look like a bigger crook and con than his previous crimes already did. Killing your mother? Who put up bail money for you when you were arrested for stealing from your clients and let you live with her? Absolutely horrible.
@@melistasy hey!! 😉 Yes, just awful!! And his “retelling of events” was completely ridiculous. I cannot imagine seeing my family member get killed and then absconding and hiding out “to protect my family.” The fact that he thinks people should believe him is just insulting. 🤨
He has Murdaugh beat by a mile for absurd lies. Both claiming someone was out to get them, but this liar actually made up seeing assailants! Ironically just like Murdaugh he was unscathed.
Ah, yes. The “complete strangers threatened me and my family for months before breaking into my home and murdering my mother to warn me not to tell anyone about them” alibi. Happens in my neighbourhood all the time. Mysterious strangers everywhere. 🙄
And despite casing his house over 30 times he felt so threatened he never installed security cameras nor made a police report to have evidence or any paper trail of sorts, something that lawyers like himself are taught to do
Why would strangers bludgeon an old lady, leave to grab a knife when they’re already armed with guns? Even his telling is ridiculous. What was this “cartoon” that struck fear in their hearts? This POS is just a pathological liar.
wish she would just ask him why is that he isn't worried about his wife and children as he "rats out" the "monsters" in the courtroom as it is aired on national TV
I thought the same thing. Only because again he’s trying to cover his a** since he got caught. He’d still be robbing clients had he not been caught the first time. Horrendous pos monster!!!!
I heard that too! 😒 I was done with his story the very first time he described them as "gentlemen" referring to his mother's murderer. I could not buy a single word he was selling after that.
Yes! I noticed that too and then it's only after he talks about the guy using the weight he says "monster". It's like he didn't know the outcome yet, almost as if he is making it up on the spot rather than having the lived experience 🤔
They always think they are the smartest person in the room and since they lie all the time, they are good at it and think they can get away with it. He's a creepy looking guy to me, looks like one of those serial killers from the 1950's who no one would suspect.
He was so terrified of them coming after his kids that he doesn't call the cops, he takes off. So who is supposed to protect the kids or at least let the mom know there's a killer looking for them?
No no no if just stays quiet and disappears they'll be safe aren't you listening he's not guilty he did this out of love and fear but it kept them safe
Motive? How they had guns but chose to slay his moms in such a horrifying manor and just leave him to flee and rat on them? Obviously this guy done it. His motive alone is so damning!
@@biebersmoustache6444 with the glasses yea. Talking of Woody, when I first saw him on tv as a child I thought that man has something wrong with him. But I was only 11-12 yrs old . Turns out my instincts were correct , sick man . This guy is too
What’s scary is when his face, voice and demeanour all remind me of a couple of people I’ve known. The arrogance is definitely part of it but, of course, there’s more.
He sounds like a jerk and a liar! He's trying too hard to be seen as a distinguished lawyer, and person who has just had a few bouts of adversity and poor choices. You can see right through him. His poor mother and his wife. What a handful he was. He received a second chance and kept screwing up. He denies it, but I'll bet he has a bad temper and a short fuse.
I started listening to this without knowing what he was charged with. My impression was he is a story teller and his life, parents, kids and wife were all perfect. I believe his tone is highly manipulative Passive aggressive. I now know the crime and he is Guilty in my opinion.
I just started listening without knowing the whole story either. What a waste of a good life …those poor kids. It’s a story of how one person can ruin so many lives around them in an instant.
This is almost the exact same story Jodi Arias told in her second interrogation. Two assailants responsible for the crime, and they blackmail the defendant and say "if you tell anyone your family is next." There are only minor differences.
And this was in Arizona, Jodi’s family lived in Yreka, a dinky little town almost 1000 miles away! She never did explain how in the world they even knew where she lived
Yes but at least when she told it she tried to act somewhat scared or upset about it. This guy spoke with absolutely zero emotion. He makes Jodi Arias look like an Oscar worthy actress. 😂😂😂
Nothing as heroic as standing by, watching your mother brutally murdered then stopping for snacks and hitting the dating sites under a false name so you can shack up with some unsuspecting woman. You know, to protect his family.... 🙄
No LOVING SON in their right mind could sit on the stand and literally re-live the entire story of his mother being s****ed to d***h in such a heinous way without shedding 1 single tear, showing any emotions what so ever or shaking and sobbing and possibly needing to stop at times because the trauma was so horrific. He literally sat and told that story like he was reading a book. Cold as ice and completely zero emotions! My opinion.........GUILTY! Also the fact he said he took his mums car because he had no idea of where he was even going to be going in that state of mind, BUT he took her car because he thought at least it would be easier to sleep! IS THIS NUTCASE FOR REAL! Any NORMAL person who had just watched such a brutally horrifically horrendous crime against their own mother, certainly wouldn't be sleeping or even thinking of sleep. GTFOOH.
I could. My mother was an abusive alcoholic who abused and tormented me. If she was murdered, I wouldn't she'd a tear. We haven't talked in many years.
2 "strangers" killed mother, but took nothing, let him live with just a few threats!? Yup, a narcissistic, pathological liar would certainly see us believing that 💩!
Outrageous story worth of a Hollywood B-grade movie. They supposedly violently murdered his mother, but didn't leave a scratch on him, not a shred of shock/horror, which is not normal for a person even to see happen to a stranger let alone someone they love. I've heard plenty of witness accounts of people retelling a story and even though they're trying to be strong to get through it there are quivers in their voice as they remember the events. Even if they didn't know the person well, and even when it's a few years after the event. This guy's telling it like he's reading a screenplay. GTFOH.
What?! He is extremely passive-aggressive, his made up story is absurd, he can't answer a single question without being nasty and condescending. How is he "so normal and put together". You need to get better at reading people...
@@Flotter-FloThat comment was a reference to initial appearances - he sounds so normal - as he’s talking about routine things, is well-spoken, etc., not about his story, behavior, and sentence structure. You need to be nicer when responding to people.
@@KGh338 He was absolutely awful. Even worse than that Todt who murdered his wife and children. If you haven't seen his testimony at trial, it's on the Law and Crime playlist selection.
So what was the point of the 'monsters' calling to the house? Huge flaw in his argument and should have been pursued by Prosecution. His calm, almost bored manner in describing how his mother was killed is chilling
This man is obviously well educated yet his personality is off putting. He sets off alarm bells with my soul. There is something underneath that is slimy, wormy, and untrustworthy eerily frightening about him. Gives me cold chills. All I know is he’s accused of killing his mother, is a former lawyer who stole from his client. I don’t know all the details but know he’s likely guilty as sin ! Jodi Arias tried a similar excuse for murdering her boyfriend Travis Alexander !
He couldn’t have come up with a better story than that? Not even remotely believable. Why would the tall and short guys carrying guns not shoot the lady instead of slicing her up with a steak knife from her own kitchen. And then not even a mark left on Richard? No wonder it took him 3 times to pass his exam. He’s not very 💡 bright is he?
Regardless of one's feelings about the case I think Rittenhouse had to take the stand, but otherwise you're correct. Defendant's taking the stand is usually a free hit for the prosecution.
Wrong. There are cases where it is beneficial, most prominently self-defense and "battered spouse" cases. This case was open-and-shut, no matter what. His crime was far too sloppy to be explained away and too easy to prove to plead out.
(Sigh) Doctors and lawyers can be such narcissists. I think people with God complexes are drawn to these professions. it’s crazy how ridiculous the stories they come up with are. These asinine stories would even make a preschooler give the side eye.
Oh absolutely, any prestigious position or those that hold substantial power over others are magnets for narcissists and sociopaths. CEOs, doctors, lawyers, stock brokers, etc.
1/7/24 Richard Merritt's story was shown on "American Monster". His brother narrates his life and shows family movies. It is apparent from early on that Richard was a brat and would grow up to be a spoiled, demanding, arrogant brat who would change little as he aged.
This story is one of the most ridiculous stories I have ever heard. He couldn’t come up with a story more believable?! How about aliens came down on a spaceship took my mom then brought her back to the basement in this horrid condition? That would sound way more believable than this crazy story. What’s is he thinking?!
Oh dude. 4 years in jail and that's all he could come up with? What an insult to everyones intelligence. The taller, older guy and the younger shorter guy threatening you to say nothing... Were those the same two who were responsible for the approximately 150000 other murders that were said to have committed by strangers who came in and killed a loved one for no reason? Asking for a friend.
If he had been immediately locked up after his sentencing his mother would still be alive. His crimes weren't violent so the judge let him "check in to jail" at a later date. This practice needs to stop. Criminals, with nothing to lose, resort to extreme evils to get out of their consequences.
So these 2 random guys force a 77 year old woman and her 40 something year old son down the stairs and brutally murder the old lady, leave the son alive and just leave? “I’ll take things that never happened for $500 Alex”.
he's laughing as he explains his mother dying - the knife came later (laughs) I just witness TWO unimaginable acts of (giggles&grins) violence (giggles&grins). It's unbelievable what these sickos will do.
This man was a lawyer and this is the best story he could come up with??? Laughable. All of his past clients deserve a retrial with a competent attorney present
This defendant knew there would be consequences for his actions. His mom may she rest in power, helped him when no one else would. He took his frustration out on the only one who had his back. Smh😢
I don't know anything about this case but this guy is the worst liar I've ever seen. Such an outrageous story. And he showed no emotions whatsoever describing his mom's brutal death. Does anyone know what his motive is for killing his mom?
All of his life his mommy came to his rescue. This time she was done. She had no more to give so he killed her. He wanted to run and with no money he couldnt
49:01 “The gentleman who pushed her down the stairs” Who calls the monster who just pushed their elderly mother down the stairs a gentleman? They need to bury him under the jail.
This guy's guilty, DNA and GPS puts him at the murder scene, and he's downplaying everything in his past history, like it's casual, he's even downplaying murdering his mom.
Murdaugh 2.0. Classic psychopath. Take note of every time his Mom is mentioned- he instantly inserts a male relative into the conversation or diverts the conversation. Women are missing almost entirely from his narrative, except to portray their flaws which make him look better. He won’t even use their names. I truly believe he would have been a raging toxic woman hater and abu*er. He’s the best at everything. The most successful with the best pedigree. Any failures and flaws are portrayed as either not his fault, or by his design & convenient to him e.g failing the bar twice. (Edit lmao I wrote this before I got to the part about his theft. These guys are so much more transparent than they realise) I’ve no doubt he was a criminal monday to Friday, a corporate psychopath in his everyday life and dealings. A fascinating case study- but a horror for this woman and those affected of
What's fascinating is how someone can listen to this trashcan of a human and only talking about his hatred of women. He clearly has zero respect for anybody and everything is about him. You should try to improve your empathy for all people and not just pretend all women are helpless victims and all men are disposable.
He called the men that "bludgeon his mother to death" (in his own words) gentlemen?!? He did it twice!!!! What a disgusting disgrace of a human he got what he deserves
13:00 you can hear him "patting himself on the back" for setting himself up as the only attorney in town and how "smart" he is. Absolutly disgusting that he believes he is the smatest guy in the room.
He says that the two men told him not to "say anything " but I haven't heard what they didn't want him to say anything about. The crimes he had already been convicted of? That doesn't make sense. Did i miss something?
He was too scared to call the cops because he didn't want them to hurt his other family member but yet he is sitting there in court telling everything that happened.
How coldly he talks about his mother being killed in front of him with no emotion is a major red flag, he distance himself from it like they were there for his mother and not him, trying to hard to sound like he's a distinguished, intelligent lawyer, which he is not. At 1:01:45 he trying his best to not look like he is a cold blooded killer with the thoughts running through his head.
No gain , pure hatred. His life was ruined/over, in his mind as he’s lost everything . I believe he hated his mom so much that he wanted her to pay for all her ‘pettiness towards him’ . He planned to flee and take her down , because he is the Evil “Monster” !
This evil man might as well have said the Easter Bunny did it as that would have been more believable. Not a tear 😭Hope he goes away for a very long time. R.I.P. Shirley 🙏🏻
You must have taken a huge loss in court by a skillful attorney, or else you wouldn't liken a psycho mother killer like this to all attorneys. Most of them would never commit murder, let alone against their own mother, nor steal from the elderly, nor come up with such a ridiculously delusional cover-up story.
What I don’t understand is what did he have to gain by killing his Mother. There’s an old saying, never kill the goose that lays golden eggs, she was so generous with him.
He probably told her he was not going to prison. And she probably panicked about losing her house as she used it for his bail. An argument ensued and he thought he could escape and start a new life. He “had to” murder her so she couldn’t report him. Or he just got very angry and entitled. Or both. He never loved her and saw her as a bank account only, apparently. An absolute loser, soulless jerk!
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If he had any chance of being found not guilty, he burned that to the ground by stepping on the stand. His story was absolutely ridiculous, and only made him look like a bigger crook and con than his previous crimes already did. Killing your mother? Who put up bail money for you when you were arrested for stealing from your clients and let you live with her? Absolutely horrible.
Im starting to think more of these PI lawyers do this type of thing
Skim off my their clients
You said it beautifully. This guy, and his story, is a joke.🙄
His story mirrored the one Molly Tibbitts' killer used except it wasn't in Spanish. Total foolishness.
Hey Future! 👋🏾
Yeah, this guy is one evil dude! To do that to his own mother, then take the stand and tell that ridiculous story is 🤯.
@@melistasy hey!! 😉 Yes, just awful!! And his “retelling of events” was completely ridiculous. I cannot imagine seeing my family member get killed and then absconding and hiding out “to protect my family.” The fact that he thinks people should believe him is just insulting. 🤨
He’s quite the liar. What a story about the bad guys. Not a drop of emotion. Even Alex Murdaugh faked crying. Life!
Murdereraugh’s story was more convincing that Merritt’s story 😂
Right
He has Murdaugh beat by a mile for absurd lies. Both claiming someone was out to get them, but this liar actually made up seeing assailants!
Ironically just like Murdaugh he was unscathed.
Yeah where’s the fear and emotion??
(Ridiculous!!! Viciously kill his mom & then let him go?)
Ah, yes. The “complete strangers threatened me and my family for months before breaking into my home and murdering my mother to warn me not to tell anyone about them” alibi. Happens in my neighbourhood all the time. Mysterious strangers everywhere. 🙄
Perfect comment!
And despite casing his house over 30 times he felt so threatened he never installed security cameras nor made a police report to have evidence or any paper trail of sorts, something that lawyers like himself are taught to do
Why would strangers bludgeon an old lady, leave to grab a knife when they’re already armed with guns? Even his telling is ridiculous. What was this “cartoon” that struck fear in their hearts? This POS is just a pathological liar.
So you live in Palmdale, Calif?
@PP and didn’t kill her with the guns they brought but went out of their way to get a knife from the kitchen and a dumbbell weight lol
So distraught he needed to stop for a snack. So fearful yet he never warned his family. Totally emotionless. No one buys his fantasy.
I do......
@@katmartin62 get help if you do 😂
@@FabiolaRVela Eat dodo.....
@@katmartin62Then you have a room temperature IQ. You're the same one victim blaming that poor sorority girl who was murdered. Get help.
@@FabiolaRVelaGoing by their username, if that's the year they were born then it's a hopeless cause. Boomers gonna boom.
I love when psychos decide they can talk their way out of things.
Ditto
Have you watched our government lately???
Don’t these people watch other trials and see how they go!? I think he thinks his story is totally believable which is astonishing!
same, it’s entertaining af
@@Kknightstar he’s a LAWYER 😅😂
wish she would just ask him why is that he isn't worried about his wife and children as he "rats out" the "monsters" in the courtroom as it is aired on national TV
Good question
I thought the same thing. Only because again he’s trying to cover his a** since he got caught.
He’d still be robbing clients had he not been caught the first time.
Horrendous pos monster!!!!
I was screaming for her to ask him that very thing!
More than once he refers to the guys who allegedly brutally killed his mom as “the gentleman.” GTFO.
I heard that too! 😒 I was done with his story the very first time he described them as "gentlemen" referring to his mother's murderer. I could not buy a single word he was selling after that.
Great point!
😅😂
Yes! I noticed that too and then it's only after he talks about the guy using the weight he says "monster". It's like he didn't know the outcome yet, almost as if he is making it up on the spot rather than having the lived experience 🤔
I especially love how he realizes his mistake and goes "these gentlemen...uh, I mean, by that I'm being sarcastic, they're monsters" 😂
Why do all these lawyers insist on taking the stand? You would think with their trial knowledge they’d avoid it at all cost.
Their egos just can't accept that they will be anything less than fabulously right!
They always think they are the smartest person in the room and since they lie all the time, they are good at it and think they can get away with it. He's a creepy looking guy to me, looks like one of those serial killers from the 1950's who no one would suspect.
Narcissism.
They think they can manipulate everyone.
Because they think they’re smart..
They think they can outsmart the jury
He was so terrified of them coming after his kids that he doesn't call the cops, he takes off. So who is supposed to protect the kids or at least let the mom know there's a killer looking for them?
No no no if just stays quiet and disappears they'll be safe aren't you listening he's not guilty he did this out of love and fear but it kept them safe
And gets a job at a bar! Good grief.
Also what would be the motive for these killers...... 🤷♀️
Motive? How they had guns but chose to slay his moms in such a horrifying manor and just leave him to flee and rat on them? Obviously this guy done it. His motive alone is so damning!
It’s a beautiful thing to someone get undone by their own narcissism. They’re never as smart as they think they’re!
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This defendant has arrogance down to an art form.
100% Agree.
Reminds me of woody Allen.
@@biebersmoustache6444 with the glasses yea. Talking of Woody, when I first saw him on tv as a child I thought that man has something wrong with him. But I was only 11-12 yrs old . Turns out my instincts were correct , sick man . This guy is too
What’s scary is when his face, voice and demeanour all remind me of a couple of people I’ve known. The arrogance is definitely part of it but, of course, there’s more.
Not a tear for Mom. Monster!!!!111
He's saying too many details, that's not good! He's emotionless! What a monster!
“The gentleman that pushed her down the stairs” 🙄🤥
Just like Jennifer Pan. These loonies always end up snitching on themselves.
He sounds like a jerk and a liar!
He's trying too hard to be seen as a distinguished lawyer, and person who has just had a few bouts of adversity and poor choices. You can see right through him.
His poor mother and his wife. What a handful he was. He received a second chance and kept screwing up.
He denies it, but I'll bet he has a bad temper and a short fuse.
Temper for sure, among all the other awful things he is.
Why the heck would two “monsters “ let him live but beat his mother to death?
Is he serious???
I started listening to this without knowing what he was charged with.
My impression was he is a story teller and his life, parents, kids and wife were all perfect.
I believe his tone is highly manipulative
Passive aggressive.
I now know the crime and he is Guilty in my opinion.
Same here
Me too, 1 min and I'm hearing and seeing controlling manipulative liar
@@darcy2965 in 1 min ?? Glad your not a judge. 😆
I just started listening without knowing the whole story either. What a waste of a good life …those poor kids. It’s a story of how one person can ruin so many lives around them in an instant.
same, exactly, I knew it wasn't just a financial crime at the start the way he painted their lives.....omg monster
This is almost the exact same story Jodi Arias told in her second interrogation. Two assailants responsible for the crime, and they blackmail the defendant and say "if you tell anyone your family is next." There are only minor differences.
And this was in Arizona, Jodi’s family lived in Yreka, a dinky little town almost 1000 miles away! She never did explain how in the world they even knew where she lived
And also very similar to the Hispanic farm worker in Iowa who used the ninja defence.
There are lots of imaginary assailants out there in the world. Gotta be careful.
@@gagagoose2878 She said they took her drivers license 😂
Yes but at least when she told it she tried to act somewhat scared or upset about it. This guy spoke with absolutely zero emotion. He makes Jodi Arias look like an Oscar worthy actress. 😂😂😂
Who would describe a loved one being murdered as "finished her off" and with no emotion?
His wife wasn’t messing around. She divorced him quick!!
Smart lady
Nothing as heroic as standing by, watching your mother brutally murdered then stopping for snacks and hitting the dating sites under a false name so you can shack up with some unsuspecting woman. You know, to protect his family.... 🙄
Can you actually believe this? 😬very heroic man, indeed. 🥴
Murdaugh did same didn’t he . Was looking for food, and dating sites ?
Yep. Really great guy.
IKR
@@luluah1198The parallels between Murdaugh and this conkwocket are uncanny.
Demented, disturbing, disgraceful, and disgusting... besides obviously guilty
In addition.... Unequivocally
Unemotional, unthinkable, unlikely, unnecessary and guilty...
And smug. Punchable face.
no j o ni mom. no n no mi ojo know. ono mj ok m nok you ok kk k o no ok
Was this premeditated to use letters begging with D.
@@Curious-Irish-Angel is this a game…
No LOVING SON in their right mind could sit on the stand and literally re-live the entire story of his mother being s****ed to d***h in such a heinous way without shedding 1 single tear, showing any emotions what so ever or shaking and sobbing and possibly needing to stop at times because the trauma was so horrific. He literally sat and told that story like he was reading a book. Cold as ice and completely zero emotions!
My opinion.........GUILTY!
Also the fact he said he took his mums car because he had no idea of where he was even going to be going in that state of mind, BUT he took her car because he thought at least it would be easier to sleep! IS THIS NUTCASE FOR REAL!
Any NORMAL person who had just watched such a brutally horrifically horrendous crime against their own mother, certainly wouldn't be sleeping or even thinking of sleep.
GTFOOH.
I couldn’t agree more
You have put my thoughts into words.. what a sick disgusting excuse for a human being
Wow.
Yes, we know. He’s not even the worst of them, you should probably not watch these anymore.
I could. My mother was an abusive alcoholic who abused and tormented me. If she was murdered, I wouldn't she'd a tear. We haven't talked in many years.
2 "strangers" killed mother, but took nothing, let him live with just a few threats!? Yup, a narcissistic, pathological liar would certainly see us believing that 💩!
Bogus
It's the laugh while saying, "The knife came later" for me... boyyy you guilty.
Yup!
That really creeper me out. Imagine what his lawyer said to him afterwards
Wow. What a load of totally unbelievable crap! The most damning testimony in this entire case was the defendant's!
I guess he had nothing to lose. And he got to hear his own voice for a while
His story is RIDICULOUS!!
It’s shocking how many “normal” people in our society are capable is such horrific murders of family
He was never normal unless being a demonic troll is normal then yes
Fantastical story. He’s got to be kidding . I can’t believe his lawyer let him tell this ridiculous story.
Outrageous story worth of a Hollywood B-grade movie. They supposedly violently murdered his mother, but didn't leave a scratch on him, not a shred of shock/horror, which is not normal for a person even to see happen to a stranger let alone someone they love. I've heard plenty of witness accounts of people retelling a story and even though they're trying to be strong to get through it there are quivers in their voice as they remember the events. Even if they didn't know the person well, and even when it's a few years after the event. This guy's telling it like he's reading a screenplay. GTFOH.
A bad screen play! Does he honestly think anyone will believe this story…. And he’s a lawyer!
@@graysgigi exactly. I'm guessing he's trying to put his 'lawyer skills' to the test. Unfortunately for him, his ego is greater than his talent.
@@graysgigi I don't know how the jury kept from laughing out loud!
His attorneys have to be embarrassed for him. It’s obvious this client is running the show right into the ground.
@@elizabethguy Well it’s a gruesome crime.
he sounds so normal and put together....you never know who is a psychopath
Idk he’s got those smug narcissist eyes imo, it’s the eyebrow theatrics for me 😂
What?! He is extremely passive-aggressive, his made up story is absurd, he can't answer a single question without being nasty and condescending. How is he "so normal and put together". You need to get better at reading people...
@@Flotter-Flo ok
@marketwizard1977
ok is the correct response to that kind of comment. I find "that's nice, dear" works well, too.
@@Flotter-FloThat comment was a reference to initial appearances - he sounds so normal - as he’s talking about routine things, is well-spoken, etc., not about his story, behavior, and sentence structure.
You need to be nicer when responding to people.
This is the most bizarre case of arrogance I've ever seen. How he could even think that anyone would believe his story is beyond me.
Not one tear drop while describing traumatic events....
I just got through the Todt case... Man. the stupidity of both of these animals and their arrogance is beyond belief!
Let's just say, he won't be winning an Academy Award for this performance. GUILTY!
He sounds like he’s doing a job interview
His dog also stepped on a bee 🐝 😂
@@KGh338 He was absolutely awful. Even worse than that Todt who murdered his wife and children. If you haven't seen his testimony at trial, it's on the Law and Crime playlist selection.
@@FabiolaRVela lolol
Smartest Guy in the Room Syndrome. 🤦♀️ What a disaster.
Your father's achievements are not yours mate. They say nothing about you.
Exactly!!!!! Boasting thru extra details for sympathy points from the jury, telling a tale of a good family, military, etc ---- disgusting!!!!
Hard to believe he actually passed the bar after third try!!! Says so much.
Jokes on you, the avg first time bar passing rate is around 50%.
So what was the point of the 'monsters' calling to the house? Huge flaw in his argument and should have been pursued by Prosecution. His calm, almost bored manner in describing how his mother was killed is chilling
This guy…he could not help but to laugh and smirk at inappropriate times … so guilty
He is proud of what he did. I believe he hater his Mother
Duper's Delight
1 minute in and I’ve decided that this guy is a classic narcissist.. 😒
This man is obviously well educated yet his personality is off putting. He sets off alarm bells with my soul. There is something underneath that is slimy, wormy, and untrustworthy eerily frightening about him. Gives me cold chills. All I know is he’s accused of killing his mother, is a former lawyer who stole from his client. I don’t know all the details but know he’s likely guilty as sin ! Jodi Arias tried a similar excuse for murdering her boyfriend Travis Alexander !
Being "educated" or book smart means absolutely nothing!
@@ihateutube1143 I agree, not sure why ppl assume education exonerates then from all sorts of ills of society .
@@luluah1198 I don’t either but they do ! They assume “pieces of paper hung on the wall make the world go round”.
@@ihateutube1143 it doesn’t that’s true ! All you have to do is listen for a bit and the truth rises to the surface !
It’s the narcissism, once you meet one you get good at seeing it in people, trust your gut 😅..
No way they viciously murdered his mother and didn't harm him whatsoever
He couldn’t have come up with a better story than that? Not even remotely believable. Why would the tall and short guys carrying guns not shoot the lady instead of slicing her up with a steak knife from her own kitchen. And then not even a mark left on Richard? No wonder it took him 3 times to pass his exam. He’s not very 💡 bright is he?
Easy we know they .make noise and leave evidence, this guy thought of the perfect law crime script in his mind covering all bases .
The only part that was believable is that a sadistic brute killed his mother in front of his eyes.
Law 101: defendant never takes the stand! Especially one this arrogant
Regardless of one's feelings about the case I think Rittenhouse had to take the stand, but otherwise you're correct. Defendant's taking the stand is usually a free hit for the prosecution.
Wrong. There are cases where it is beneficial, most prominently self-defense and "battered spouse" cases. This case was open-and-shut, no matter what. His crime was far too sloppy to be explained away and too easy to prove to plead out.
he said "the gentleman who pushed her down the steps". OMG This is Evil. He is Evil
The king of “downplaying” 🤷♀️. His nonchalant attitude is maddening. RIP Shirley.
He is just so sarcastic, and annoyed with his answers near the end. Sooo narcissistic 🤯
Attorney: Asks a yes or no question
Defendant: Recites his entire memoir
(Sigh) Doctors and lawyers can be such narcissists. I think people with God complexes are drawn to these professions. it’s crazy how ridiculous the stories they come up with are. These asinine stories would even make a preschooler give the side eye.
Bingo!
Perfect summation.
Absolutely, politicians too
True. But seeing how sloppy he was with the crime, what plausible story could he possibly make up?! He almost "has to" go with this absurd one, lol
Oh absolutely, any prestigious position or those that hold substantial power over others are magnets for narcissists and sociopaths. CEOs, doctors, lawyers, stock brokers, etc.
Guess he didn't get a chance to watch Murdaugh testify.
lol
Again, he calls them gentlemen - people who stabbed, Gentlemen?! Lock the liar up. Life without Parole
Who on earth would call the scum who (so called) killed your mother "gentlemen"??!! Guilty!!
1/7/24 Richard Merritt's story was shown on "American Monster". His brother narrates his life and shows family movies. It is apparent from early on that Richard was a brat and would grow up to be a spoiled, demanding, arrogant brat who would change little as he aged.
An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.
Who cares where your family sits to discuss things?? He’s trying to make it seem like they’re such a wholesome family.
That’s the point 😉
This story is one of the most ridiculous stories I have ever heard. He couldn’t come up with a story more believable?! How about aliens came down on a spaceship took my mom then brought her back to the basement in this horrid condition? That would sound way more believable than this crazy story. What’s is he thinking?!
Lol ur so right at least that
way he may get an insanity plea haha
Oh dude. 4 years in jail and that's all he could come up with? What an insult to everyones intelligence. The taller, older guy and the younger shorter guy threatening you to say nothing... Were those the same two who were responsible for the approximately 150000 other murders that were said to have committed by strangers who came in and killed a loved one for no reason? Asking for a friend.
Ha! The phantom murderers strike again.
Gotta be careful for the Phantom Laurel and Hardy murderous duo.
Omg! This comment is classic. Love it!!!!😂😂😂
@@WobblesandBean😂😂😂
They're going to open the Murdaugh & Merritt (M&M) School of Courtroom Acting.
How can he possibly believe that story will give him a chance? Cold blooded killer. His own mother.
The initial judge should have immediately locked him up. Mrs. Merritt would still be alive!
Mrs Merrit got him out
If he had been immediately locked up after his sentencing his mother would still be alive. His crimes weren't violent so the judge let him "check in to jail" at a later date. This practice needs to stop. Criminals, with nothing to lose, resort to extreme evils to get out of their consequences.
So these 2 random guys force a 77 year old woman and her 40 something year old son down the stairs and brutally murder the old lady, leave the son alive and just leave? “I’ll take things that never happened for $500 Alex”.
he's laughing as he explains his mother dying - the knife came later (laughs) I just witness TWO unimaginable acts of (giggles&grins) violence (giggles&grins). It's unbelievable what these sickos will do.
This man was a lawyer and this is the best story he could come up with??? Laughable. All of his past clients deserve a retrial with a competent attorney present
This defendant knew there would be consequences for his actions. His mom may she rest in power, helped him when no one else would. He took his frustration out on the only one who had his back. Smh😢
I don't know anything about this case but this guy is the worst liar I've ever seen. Such an outrageous story. And he showed no emotions whatsoever describing his mom's brutal death. Does anyone know what his motive is for killing his mom?
His mom was going to make him turn himself in to go to prison since she put her house as collateral and he didn't want to go to prison.
All of his life his mommy came to his rescue. This time she was done. She had no more to give so he killed her. He wanted to run and with no money he couldnt
Count the times he blinks. Hardly at all. One scary man.
I've always heard that monsters don't blink. 😮
He looks like he can be unhinged from zero to 60
Let a fool keep talking, and he will dig his own grave.
Just watching this wow going into detail about crap and also sounds like he has learned this of by heart
Man. This just blows me away. I'm sick. Where are his feelings? No change in tone or inflection. No screaming at why or calling to your mother....
Not one bit of emotion. So distraught that he leaves and starts dating. 🙄
Guy is emotionless... guilty af
49:01 “The gentleman who pushed her down the stairs”
Who calls the monster who just pushed their elderly mother down the stairs a gentleman?
They need to bury him under the jail.
Oh my word, he loves to hear himself talk, and talk and talk and talk!!!!
“The gentleman” pushed her… Guilty
I’m waiting for these men to be the Jodi Arias ninjas!!! Come on!!! What a ridiculous story!!
This guy's guilty, DNA and GPS puts him at the murder scene, and he's downplaying everything in his past history, like it's casual, he's even downplaying murdering his mom.
His wife is interviewed on another YT channel and it’s interesting to contrast his testimony to her interview.
@raoul. Gotta check that out 💯
When you're a narcissist, you can't even listen to your own advice.
...giggle
Murdaugh 2.0. Classic psychopath. Take note of every time his Mom is mentioned- he instantly inserts a male relative into the conversation or diverts the conversation. Women are missing almost entirely from his narrative, except to portray their flaws which make him look better. He won’t even use their names.
I truly believe he would have been a raging toxic woman hater and abu*er. He’s the best at everything. The most successful with the best pedigree. Any failures and flaws are portrayed as either not his fault, or by his design & convenient to him e.g failing the bar twice.
(Edit lmao I wrote this before I got to the part about his theft. These guys are so much more transparent than they realise) I’ve no doubt he was a criminal monday to Friday, a corporate psychopath in his everyday life and dealings.
A fascinating case study- but a horror for this woman and those affected of
What's fascinating is how someone can listen to this trashcan of a human and only talking about his hatred of women. He clearly has zero respect for anybody and everything is about him. You should try to improve your empathy for all people and not just pretend all women are helpless victims and all men are disposable.
The knife came later , chuckle chuckle laugh laugh.
He’s a psycho.
He called the men that "bludgeon his mother to death" (in his own words) gentlemen?!? He did it twice!!!! What a disgusting disgrace of a human he got what he deserves
13:00 you can hear him "patting himself on the back" for setting himself up as the only attorney in town and how "smart" he is. Absolutly disgusting that he believes he is the smatest guy in the room.
Makes you wonder how he got is mother to go to the basement, was it by force and did she realize her own son was about to kill her. 😢 💔
Omg 😭😭😭😭. I can’t imagine the last thoughts she had before he hit her the first time😭😭😭
So these complete strangers came to the door and you’ve never seen them but you let them in? 😂😂😂😊
He says that the two men told him not to "say anything " but I haven't heard what they didn't want him to say anything about. The crimes he had already been convicted of? That doesn't make sense. Did i miss something?
That's what I was trying to figure out! What were the imaginary killers trying to keep quiet?
That they killed his mother, not him. He is grasping at straws while being buried under the hay stack.
When he hears that guilty verdict he’ll regret not pursuing that creative writing class. His bad guys narrative is juvenile and embarrassing.
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This story is very similar to Alex Murdaugh, lol.
He's describing everything HE did to his Mother
And he took her car to make people think she was gone..
He was too scared to call the cops because he didn't want them to hurt his other family member but yet he is sitting there in court telling everything that happened.
Absolutely zero emotions while describing his mothers death. He’s so obviously guilty.
How coldly he talks about his mother being killed in front of him with no emotion is a major red flag, he distance himself from it like they were there for his mother and not him, trying to hard to sound like he's a distinguished, intelligent lawyer, which he is not. At 1:01:45 he trying his best to not look like he is a cold blooded killer with the thoughts running through his head.
He clearly hated her
Jeez...this guy has a vivid imagination lol.
I still don’t understand what he gains by killing his mom? He was going to jail regardless.
if criminal acted rationally they wouldn't be criminals.
No gain , pure hatred. His life was ruined/over, in his mind as he’s lost everything . I believe he hated his mom so much that he wanted her to pay for all her ‘pettiness towards him’ . He planned to flee and take her down , because he is the Evil “Monster” !
I believe he tried to get her to fund his fleeing and not reporting to jail and she refused. He flew into a rage and murdered her!
He stole her car and got a head start.
I think that is why he did it right before going to jail. Nothing to lose.
Oh dang, I missed this and watching it now. Thanks to L&C for the coverage
Sounds like he's memorized a script
Will he be Alex Murdaugh"s room mate?
This evil man might as well have said the Easter Bunny did it as that would have been more believable. Not a tear 😭Hope he goes away for a very long time. R.I.P. Shirley 🙏🏻
I see why it took him 3 times to pass the bar.
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He picked the wrong type of bar.
😂😂😂
Narcism, plain & clear. What else makes attorneys think they can get away with crime, even to the extent of slaughtering their own family members.
Theirs is a profession of lying so , if a dangerous personality enters the field it’s recipe for disaster
You must have taken a huge loss in court by a skillful attorney, or else you wouldn't liken a psycho mother killer like this to all attorneys. Most of them would never commit murder, let alone against their own mother, nor steal from the elderly, nor come up with such a ridiculously delusional cover-up story.
What I don’t understand is what did he have to gain by killing his Mother. There’s an old saying, never kill the goose that lays golden eggs, she was so generous with him.
I don't understand that either. Doesn't make sense.
He probably told her he was not going to prison. And she probably panicked about losing her house as she used it for his bail. An argument ensued and he thought he could escape and start a new life. He “had to” murder her so she couldn’t report him. Or he just got very angry and entitled. Or both. He never loved her and saw her as a bank account only, apparently. An absolute loser, soulless jerk!
He keeps saying gentleman because he's imagining himself doing the killing and he is a narcissist.
Any proof that he didn’t pay someone to take the bar exam for him?
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