Alex Murdaugh’s Lawyer Grills Clerk of Court on Jury Manipulation Claims, Writing Book for Money
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- Опубликовано: 28 янв 2024
- Alex Murdaugh’s defense attorney, Dick Harpootlian, cross-examined the Clerk of Courts on Monday after she outright denied tampering with the jury in the convicted killer’s murder trial. Harpootlian grilled Rebecca “Ms. Becky” Hill with a strong line of questions regarding her behavior with jurors and the book she wrote about the trial, including claims she told them not to be fooled by Murdaugh’s testimony, threatened to withhold smoke breaks until a verdict was reached, and included lies in her book to make more money.
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I’m a taxpayer in South Carolina and her testimony infuriates me! The fact that she profited off this trial makes me even more angry.
so.... this is the first time in your life you ever noticed somebody profitted from sharing their experience on a job? Being the Roadie with a rock band, being a judge for 20 years, being the assistant to a governor, a president, a major? You have a lot to learn in life. And her testimony here, shows she did not tamper with the jury, she wrote a book AFTER, the trial that had her opinions. (And obviously she told some fibs, and plagiarized... but that is not the point.)
Many people profitted from this trail. Mr Harputlian being one.
Harputlian was hired to represent his client in a high profile case. I’m sure he charged Murdaugh hundreds of thousands to do the job
Don’t think she did profit after this 😂
@@elliejackson8706. Yeah she had to split the 100 grand with a partner.
Court clerks should NOT be allowed to write books for profit about cases they've been a part of. Whether the Defendant was innocent OR guilty. SO extremely unprofessional.
You can't bind freedom of speech after a trail is over.
I just love how people want us to live in a society that doesn't have freedoms, and have no understanding as to what that means.@@aceball7076
Why should they not be allowed? Unprofessional? I don't agree but that's your opinion. But making it illegal to speak or write on something you've participated in after the fact? Nope.
Absolutely correct!
I disagree, they have to able to speak openly. And most of these people working in the court don't make a lot of money, this is an opportunity for them to make some money. I have 0 issues with that. We live in America, we love capitalism here.
Imagine being so greedy you disrupt justice from actually being served
You are talking about Murdoughs' lawyers I presume.
@@Nooriekeyou didn’t even spell his name correctly. I see you trolling in the comments, but either you misunderstand what’s happening here or are pretending you misunderstand.
trolling in the comments??? What is this for may I ask???@@carsondenny1986
@@carsondenny1986 its not alex Murdaugh trial im stressing about because he will be in jail with or without the double M. trial (tho there is a difference in prison with tennis courts and prisons with basketball court) but is all the other trials that she has been apart of that could be called into question
She lied in the book and intentionally committed plagiarism. Why on earth would anyone believe her testimony now?
No one does. The judge made that clear at the end of the trial/hearing. She will face charges
😂😂😂😂 this is NOT TESTIMONY bc she is not on trial for anything. Its a simple inquiry.
Is she under oath?@@infinitesolutions5062
@infinitesolutions5062 , She was sworn in. Google Becky Hill sworn in, and you will see photos of her being sworn in. A person doesn't need to be charged with anything to give testimony in a court of law. She gave testimony.
Becky, Becky, Becky this is not a good look for the clerk of court!!
Right, instead of Becky with the good hair, she is Becky with the greedy heart.
@@lindafinch1520 I know that's right!!🤣
I think the money wasted on this bs should be given to the victims.
Every one deserves a fair trail... her greed caused this.
I agree - this is a total waste of the states time and money
I agree - this is a total waste of the states time and money
I agree - this is a total waste of the states time and money
I agree - this is a total waste of the states time and money
That lady is a bold face liar lmao
I would be SO HUMILIATED to be sitting in the interrogation box where the same murderer she wrote the book about sat and is now facing HER
lol... she seems pretty composed!?
The irony is epic 😂
I would be more humiliated that the judge and Barnwell clerk of court impeached me in so many of my sworn statements.
People like her are shameless. She wants the $$$
Humiliation for real!!!!
smh this woman is so unprofessional it’s ridiculous.
This woman is out of line. I know Judge Newman is so angry and disappointed in her.
You know he is, so you've personally talked to him about this? Oh please share that convo!
This is extremely annoying. We should be all done with this case…instead there’s Miss Becky🤦♀️
Instead there are these old boy s network attorneys.
Miss Becky the fibber, conniver and plagiarist. Sure tried to act like little miss innocent 🤮
yes, Becky with the greedy heart.
That's Becky with the good hair 😂
THERES always a miss Becky
No matter if Murdaugh is guilty this makes our justice system look like crap.
doesn't it though? 😭
And all because a clerk of court wanted to profit from her work. This is plain despicable.
It certainly does. And if this judge doesn’t declare a mistrial it makes it seem even worse. The judge seems more aggravated that the defense brought this up than she does at finding out what happened & ensuring that AM received a fair trial.
Agreed.
There should be a law that she has to pay for the legal costs a court time….she wanted fame and money
She should be in jail. Arrest her. She is a liar.
I have no sympathy for her. She should know better.
Court Clerks Should NEVER Be Able To Write A Book For PROFIT!!!!
Its disgusting she wrote a book
Agreed.
She was looking for fame, notoriety, money & she jeopardized a legitimate guilty verdict. She needs to be held accountable. Not only are The tax payers of SC going to have to foot the bill for another trial because of her actions but Alex M. now has another chance at freedom.
No. It's not just don't read it if you don't like it.. It had nothing to do with the case or the verdict
@@sebfettel Sure it did, she had a financial interest in the outcome of the trial. She admitted she was trying to sell books & even lied to make the story more interesting.
Much ado about nothing
It’s none of her business her job is to just be the clerk of court, not to be the judge, jury and executioner…
She acted as if she was all of the above.
Good job mucking it up Becky
When I was a juror the only time we talked to Clerk was in the morning to see if we were ready, he’d check on us. There was absolutely no communication between the jurors and him in regards to the trial other than perhaps instruction questions.
This woman is a mess. Such a disgrace to the judicial system. Unfortunately, another trial should happen.
I disagree. From what I’d heard previously, I expected a mess. She was much more believable than I expected.
No it shouldn't. Big nothing burger. Don't be manipulated.
Again, because ONE juror decided she wanted to change her verdict almost a year later? 🤣
Wow this clerk should not be doing what she's doing. Way to friendly and open with jury.
Guilty or Not Guilty, EVERYONE Deserves a Fair Trial. Period
And she wrote the book post trial
Amen
That is exactly what this monster got.
@@heartmountain1696 Well he mostly had an impartial jury & a fair trial.
Close enough right…!?
even the deceased
A book before the trial even started and now all of a sudden she can't remember what she put in the book
Corruption runs deep.
Starting with Alec 😂😂
What she did was foolish and could cost her her job but free speech is protected the last time I looked!
Yes it does
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm actually glad they did this. That woman is so unprofessional. She needs to be FIRED!
He still murdered his family.
So?
@@jomac8101😂
He still deserves a fair trial. Regardless.
How do you know? The trial lacked any physical evidence.
@Doppe1ganger you're... kidding right? Did you bother to watch any of the trial or even hear a single piece of circumstantial evidence? It's scary people like you have voting rights.
Wow! I'm actually on Alec's side here! What the heck are they doing in SC??? She should be found criminally accountable for this.
Absolutely agree ,she knew exactly what she was doing, jail time for her
Only known and convicted criminal here is Alec.
The only thing she is guilty of is inappropriate behaviour but she is entitled to write a book….it’s called free speech. Unfortunately it may cost her her job!
Are you upset that he didn't? lol
These small towns run on the good old boys and girls club!!!
I can't believe she still has her job. I beleive Alex is guilty but shame on her for writing a book . Maybe it should be a oath to never profit from a case especially court employees to write about any cases.
She will soon be terminated...... watch and see.
What?! Unbelievable!
She certainly lost her credibility. @@Charlesbjtown
Well said! She saw $ and fame and made a very poor choice!
If I plagiarized I’d lose my job! But she apologized, all is good 😂😂
In the words of Katie magbanua "Let's just forget this ever happened" 😂
She shouldnt be allowed to keep the money she made off that book regardless if shes still selling it or not. This woman is a disgrace. Anyone involved in a court case should not be allowed to turn around and get rich off of a case. She says she didnt make much off the book, well i bet she would have never bothered writing this book if she wasnt allowed to profit 100 grand from it. Insanity.
So distasteful at best. I hope she is no longer working in the judicial system. We have enough issues in our legal system.
Regardless of this man's guilt or innocence, this demands a new trial and FBI shoud investigate why the juror testified they were also pressured by other jurors.
Shes a liar! At times she thinks this is funny!!! Wow
Miss Becky has zero credibility and demonstrating a huge sense of entitlement.
An employee of the court should not be allowed to publish a book profiting off of the court proceedings.
Her son also listened in on people’s phone talk,and he reported it back to her.
One up side...Alex will have the horror of hearing GUILTY and LIFE again, if new trial granted.
Absolutely. He was there 4mn before maggie and paul phones locked. 8.49. And he didn't hear 7 shots of big guns ??? What a joke !
And the tossing of the phone by the driver ? If there was 2 killers , it would be the passenger who would toss the phone.
I just hope waters to expose well the evidences for the jurors.
And maggie supposed to.go to see alec"'s father. And so on.... He's a king liar .
@@JingQuebecGet out more!
Wth was she thinking?!?! And she plagiarized?? Did she just think no one would notice?? Turns out she is as greedy as Alex!
Ruhh roh. Ya done done it now Becky.
7:30 shes asked if she ever told such and such if she and the other guy gave a juror a ride home. She hmmmmmms and twist her head around and than he says have you ever given a juror a ride home and she immediately answer's no sir. Why did she have to think so hard if shes sure she never gave a juror a ride home. Also all her smirking after she answers questions, i just dont like this lady and think shes a corrupt lier.
He deserves a fair trial.. regardless.
He already had one
Trump was sued for $5 million and lost $83 million!! 🎉😂😢😮😅
He got one and he was found guilty. He is a narcissistic sociopath who will claim anything for attention!
The fact that this lady was in any position of importance is insane.
Mrs Hill should go to jail too
This woman is a joke.
This is a textbook example of how to not testify. When you get asked a direct question just answer the question. Don't try to deflect it doesn't work and they just circle back around and get you. In addition I think I am extremely well read and I've never heard of the phrase "literary ease" as a reason for making up stuff in a supposed nonfiction book.
This is not going to end well for Becky Hill and the Murdaugh prosecutors. I'm not saying she deliberately/intentionally disrupted the trial, but the appearance of such may be enough to declare a mistrial from last summer. And I suspect she will be admonished and/or lose her job.
Why are y’all screaming the sky is falling when ONE juror decided she wanted to change her verdict almost a year later? And that one woman makes this woman’s career in the courts for decades a lie?
What a privilege to be able to observe this learned retired Justice in action. This whole case is so complex and just gets more fascinating. Looking forward to the appeal now.
She should be sitting in jail.
This lady was so unprofessional during the trial. She is definitely the reason that Murdaugh will have a chance for a second trial.
You must now be extremely upset with the judge that she did not give alex a second trial lol
@@realemonful Appeals court will though…100% guaranteed.
All this judge did was confirm how corrupt the system is.
Agreed@@michaelcalland801
He's never getting out of prison. He's a thief a liar.. and also killed his wife and son.
@@geraldinenolan6312 it's not the point he still won't get out but can't let the corruption keep happening jesussssss imagine this being a real innocent person
She pre-planned writing a book on the case, but took the position as Clerk *knowing* that?! What a horrible person!
She seems extremely nervous and my gut is telling me she’s not being very fourth coming.
Don’t ever buy this book.
This is crazy. I still think/believe a jury would find him guilty, but to tamper with a jury in any way is not an acceptable thing to do. Sometimes, people take their positions too seriously, maybe by feeling the power they have and then let their thoughts and/or opinions slip that shouldn't. I don't think those jurors would lie and say she said or did something that she didn't; however, even if he is afforded a new trial, I think the verdict would likely be the same as the first.
Are you sure? Cause they lied to a grand jury to even get a case on him lol
A juror said their vote to convict was influenced by her, which means that without her involvement and manipulation it might have been a hung jury or even an acquittal. She influenced the jury, there is no way to deny or downplay that. The verdict was tainted. In sports you put an asterisk next to a game or a season but in the justice system there is no asterisk, there is a mistrial.
@@smugfrogman4791 you're right 👍
Alex hoping this is his chance to get that retrial he desperately wants! 😂
That's not the point by a long shot.
@@kelleylynch4490That's what it comes down to for Alex, I think. 2nd time he's been in this position and still hoping!
He'll get it. This is beyond inappropriate
@@Dana-jl2fv It really is! What a crazy situation..
If he gets a new trial which I find doubtful will find him guilty just like the first one.
Sounding like a mistrial or I don't know the correct legal term, but it sounds like a retrial is coming. I think he's guilty but everyone is entitled to a fair legal process without shady court staff and jurors.
Totally agree. I feel he’s guilty, but everyone has a right to a fair trial.
Mistrial
@@alexlabs4858 thanks!
@@alexlabs4858 If it’s not a mistrial then it just confirms the court’s corruption. If he’s denied a new trial hear the appeals court most certainly will overturn his conviction. Judges hate to overrule another judge because they’re all in the same club & it makes th3m look bad.
No mistrial...... he's guilty. She tried to earn from that. I think she should do a bit of time in prison
Imagine his verdicts were not guilty. They wouldn't even be in court. Makes you wonder if all this was done knowingly. Never know with these folks.
So isn’t that talking to the jury?
I can't believe the crowd of people that show up for these court hearings.
Many of them are probably law students
Holy Cow
@@allthingstravon21Makes sense
Many of them are journalists and podcasters. Also this is the south and a small community. The is a well known case. Even I would want to show up to see this in person.
People do not work. They go watch court or stream Call of Duty. 😂
Alex Murdaughs beady little eyes and lip curling smile just grrrrillls me.....ick,ick,ick😂
Oh dear oh dear oh dear Miss Becky!! 🤦🏼♀️
this is an absolute mess. She should not have done this, she shouldn’t have written the book and I think she was jury tampering. Even if Alex ends up not getting a retrial because of her, she still risked that happening and still profited off this in a distasteful way. She made the court system look corrupt and disorganized to people.
What is the purpose for writing a book... MONEY !
After listening to her testimony she has lost all credibility overall on many topics. Wow, she was brazenly deceitful in her book.
Miss Becky just admitted that she put things in the book that she really didn’t know about. I thought her book was supposed to be a true story, not fiction.
But you know she said she didn't make much on the book... only $100k 😂
I’m sure it was more than 100k.
She’s a tad snarky and it seems unprofessional for her to be having conversations about guilt or not during a trial.
Alex is wasting all the money he hid on these lawyers lol
This woman is shady. She needs to lose her job.
Do I think Alex Murdaugh is guilty as heck? Yes.
Is what Becky Hill did wrong and out of line? Absolutely.
If you believe in our justice system, there’s no way this should fly and I think he honestly should get a new trial 🤷🏻♀️
Right? I fear it would set a precedent
On the Netflix documentary she is so excited and happy that her daughter almost got on the jury, and the way she talked about everything first 10 min of first episode. I thought something was funny with her when I watched it. If she did what they say she did new trail
Now the question is... will Becky Hill face charges?
“I didn’t make a lot of money of the book” only $100k 🙄
THIS is exactly what I feared when rumors started circulating about her and the jury. The victims deserve JUSTICE and this selfish greedy woman only thought of herself! I truly believe Murdaugh is guilty but I believe he deserves a retrial and this woman and any of her associates should be FAR away from it!!!
Even if somehow he gets another trial, he will lose again. Even if he somehow won that retrial, he’s dying in prison on financial crimes that are never ever getting thrown out. He plead guilty so he has no recourse. So the only reason this would suck is it would cost the state another heap of money to do another trial where the result really means nothing. The other thing is to clear his name if he won, to him and some peeps that’s a big deal but for most of us, we know he did it. We will see where this goes but he’s dying in prison regardless.
It does matter because on the off chance that he gets acquitted, he would probably be transferred to a lower security prison since the financial crimes are non-violent.
@@dm6187 I mean that’s just for his quality of life. I really don’t care about that. I’m just saying he isn’t ever going home regardless of outcomes.
Federal prison for financial crimes is much better than state prison for murder, likely why he's doing this. It's only the supermax federal prisons that are really bad to go to. Most of the time, federal prison has more funding and is slightly better conditions for the less security prisons. Compared to state level.
@@ihaveachihuahau Yeah I know…
Didn't he take a plea deal for 20yrs? I'm pretty sure his sentence is 20yrs and that's why he is so happy about all this.
This lady is a clout chaser. How embarrassing at her age.
"I did steal part of the book."
She should have to pay for this case with the book money,disgusting greedy people
Everyone going to jail 2024.
Wow. I don’t know if there’s enough here to retry the case, but I would sue her for defamation on behalf of the Murdaugh family estate for calling the elder Buster a criminal without knowledge or proof. And this aw shucks I’m from the south and it’s just some little old literary ease for the book BS is ridiculous. I would tell her I’m from the big city and my attorney is going to get lots of monetary ease from you for your pandering and profits. She seemed smug during testimony and tried to play naive and ignorant regarding basic morals like lying and honesty. WTF. Sorry Becky, but as you said, you’ve worked for decades in courts- you probably know more about the law than most civilians and you look absolutely manipulative and deceitful on the stand. It makes me believe she may be lying about her testimony regarding the jurors as well. She was willing to lie in print and plagiarize another established author just to make some money. I hope that author sues her for a portion of her proceeds from the book and she should definitely be fired too. She lacks moral turpitude and is deceitful for profit… not sure that’s something anyone wants in one of their court clerks.
Put her in jail
She argues instead of answering the questions! As if she's above that witness stand. You must answer!
That attorney is as slimy as his client. And the clerk is ridiculous.
Power went to her head and now we're getting the Drama Queen
This is America a complete circus
Now who does Ms. Becky thinks she is?!
Screw Alex! He doesn't deserve anything but life in jail!
This lady is absolutely unethical. She saw dollar signs before the trial, during the trial, and after the trial. I hope the person she plagiarized sues her for every dime she has. Clerks should never be able to write books while they are still in office. Glad she didn't actually end up tainting the jury.
She's a lot like Alec. Blind greed. Something in the water.
That noise again in the court room by the microphone
Love the judge of her over rule of the question of her guilt
Again, money, not justice, determines the outcome.
She is a fool. She should've just wrote her book and not speak to any jurors
She’s lying.
She needs to go to jail
she should have been asked to resign by the citizens..
OMG….. the judge sounds just like “TOOTSIE”!!
It's pretty clear they are in cahoots with each other.
Will she be fired? There will be no accountability if she continues with her job.
In other states, this would be a MISTRIAL. She obliterated her position by doing this. Her pension gone, and the book sales might sell or they may not! But S.C. does not have millions of dollars for a retrial. If they do the retrial, it will cost the poor in that state everything they got. I see another lady in the background, in the people's sitting, the mother of the young man who was murdered on a dirt road. Why is she in the court room? Did she suspect that Alex M, or his son's had something to do with his death? That has never been proven. Shame on this nation for not abiding by the constitutional laws. Tampering with the jury is unlawful! Causes real people who actually (PROVEN) that they killed others go free.
The woman obviously wanted her 15 mins of fame, shame on her