Alex Murdaugh: Legal dynasty heir was PUSHED OUT of his law firm over ‘MILLIONS in missing funds’ day before being shot
ALEX Murdaugh was pushed out of his law firm over "millions in missing funds" just one day before getting shot in the head, it emerged on Monday.
The legal dynasty heir— whose wife and son were found murdered at their home in June — had announced that he would be resigning from his family’s law firm and entering rehab.
It was also revealed that Murdaugh resigned from the law firm on Friday — just one day before the prominent lawyer suffered a "superficial head wound" from being shot.
Murdaugh told police he had been hit on a road in rural Hampton County, South Carolina on Saturday while changing a tire.
The 53-year-old lawyer worked as a partner at Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth and Detrick (PMPED), which was founded by his great-grandfather more than 100 years ago.
PMPED issued the following statement to various news outlets on Monday evening: "On Friday, September 3, 2021, Alex Murdaugh resigned from the Law Firm.
"He is no longer associated with PMPED in any manner. His resignation came after the discovery by PMPED that Alex misappropriated funds in violation of PMPED standards and policies."
The statement continued: "A forensic accounting firm will be retained to conduct a thorough investigation. Law enforcement and the SC Bar have been notified by PMPED.
"This is disappointing news for all of us. Rest assured that our firm will deal with this in a straightforward manner.
The comes exactly three months after he discovered his wife, , shot to death at the family's hunting lodge in Colleton County on June 7.
Their bodies were each found with multiple gunshot wounds yard apart from one another near the family's dog kennel on the 1,700-acre property.
Investigators believe they were murdered with two different firearms.
Alexander later discovered the pair dead. In ... nobody's breathing."
FATAL BOAT CRASH
The University of South Carolina student was accused of crashing a 17-foot center console watercraft owned by his father into a bridge piling in Beaufort County.
It was allegedly he crashed the boat "full throttle" into the bridge after a drunken argument with friends on board.
All six passengers on board were flung from the vessel.
The office was previously run by his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, according to the outlet.
It was alleged by local media at the time that Paul was never given a sobriety test at the hospital in the wake of the crash because his father and uncle stopped it.
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Court documents don't explain where Gloria died but local reports indicted she was a housekeeper for the Murdaughs - something also mentioned in her obituary.
Alex, Paul's father, was said to have settled the wrongful death claim for $500,000.
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