Two people claim Alex Murdaugh cheated on his late wife Maggie — but jurors in his double murder trial won’t hear about it.
The accused murderer’s sister-in-law Marion Proctor took the stand recently and told the South Carolina judge she believes Murdaugh cheated on her sister 15 years ago.
Proctor said her sister — found dead in June 2021 alongside her son Paul on the family’s hunting lodge — even kicked Alex out of the home as a consequence of her suspicions on the time of the alleged affair.
The prosecution had sought to place Proctor on the stand to debate the extramarital liaisons because it aruges Alex, 54, killed Maggie, 52, and Paul, 22, in cold blood — to distract from his dozens of admitted financial crimes and drug addiction.
But Judge Clifton Newman decided Murdaugh’s alleged affair happened too way back to incorporate within the trial, saying it could confuse jurors.
After Proctor took the stand, a 2022 interview through which a former sex employee claimed Murdaugh slept together with her and abused her also resurfaced.
Chatting with FITSNews, Lindsey Edwards claimed she slept with the disgraced legal scion 4 times almost a decade ago.
Edwards said during their sessions Murdaugh choked her to the purpose of blacking out, and even pulled out clumps of her hair.
Some have wondered if Edwards — who said she thought she might die while with Murdaugh — shall be called to testify, especially because she made claims of physical abuse.
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division spent hours interviewing Edwards, it was reported last yr
Murdaugh has maintained his innocence since being charged, but admitted Friday while on the stand that he was probably nearby the scene of the crime because it happened.
Pleading his innocence, he also said he believes a deranged person from social media came upon about his son’s boat accident and killed his relations out of anger, because the trial continues.
