Alex Murdaugh Takes the Stand
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- Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced South Carolina attorney accused of killing his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, took the stand to testify on Thursday.
Court TV’s Vinnie Politan breaks down the biggest day yet in the double murder trial that has captivated the nation.
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He'd rather serve his time in a "White-collar" Prison (Holiday Inn) than in a Prison for murderers.
Makes sense!
I think he actually believes that his lawyers will get all those charges dropped down so low that he will only do a few years. He thinks he just has to get away with these 2 little murders first.
@@Sandy-dg9ur yup.... just gotta sweep them under the rug first
*NEWS FLASH* There the same place 😂🤦🏽♀️
He wants the jury to think he lied to everyone except to them.
EXACTLY! 💯
Totally agree
The tarp! Forget about the timeline-- he's calling Ms. Smith a liar about the blue thing he walked in with and he's called Blanca a liar that he was NOT wearing the shirt with the floppy tree when she fixes his collar for him on his way out the door! She touched the shirt! He's the proven liar, not Blanca or Smith.
He’s calling everyone a liar. He can’t say yes to anything even when we know he has to. He has to answer on his terms, using his language going all around the houses rather than just say yes!! It’s not a good look and so frustrating. Don’t know how that jury is coping. I can only watch bits at a time before his voice and the long, long answers do my head in.
So he took $50,000 of pills per week of Oxycodone?! That means would have had to choke down 450-500 pills per day while he was awake without dying or clogging his digestive tract (opioids in high doses cause intestinal blockages). That’s about 30 oxycodone per hour if you were up from 6am-10pm. Wow, possible, but he would be dead, and I love how he is now fully recovered with no relapses. Absolute BS.
My doctors friend told me that his ex patient pro wrestler took a 100 a day. But yes 500 is too much. I think he was laundering money.
And he detoxed at home a couple times! 😂
He's in jail how could he relapse?
yes, yes and yes
prosecuter thinks its a big deal to call someone 1100 ft away i be calling my people in the main part of a travel trailer while im in the bedroom of it🤣🤣🤣
The smacking of the lips is driving me. Someone give him water!!!
I read lip smacking is a sign of arrogance. I hollered at my tv a lot today 🤣
He is constantly popping some kind of mints as well. Maybe he has dry mouth after all those years of opiods after supposedly being clean.
OMG drives me crazy! They signaled him at one point. Because he took the gum out and drank water.
He needs some water to swallow all the lies
I agree!!!
Good boy Bubba. If not for having that chicken in his mouth, Alex probably wouldn't have said anything.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Every living thing at the kennel that night conspired to put this redneck in prison for his arrogance and lifelong of misdeeds. Paw Paw 🙌🏾👍🏾. Good boy Bubba! 🙌🏾👏🏾. Megs through Blanca!👏🏾👍🏾. Long live the sisterhood
@@suzymoroka297 Yes!!
All those other times I was lying, today I'm telling the truth.
He had to tell the truth. He was under oath. 😂
His entire "testimony" is a story created to fit all the evidence. All this Pawpaw, Mags, Roro and Bus is a blatant pathetic attempt to make the jury think he's a loving husband and father. I would be insulted if I were a juror. He basically called everyone a liar that said anything that didn't fit in to his new story. He said Shelly was lying or just imagined that he showed up at 6:30 in the morning with the tarp or raincoat. His narcissism is coming through cleary. And Waters was a genius when he emphasized that Alex knew every detail of how to analyze evidence and present it to a jury. I've heard people say today went well for Alex but I watched every minute of it and I don't think so at all.
Yes, you nailed it for me.
I couldn’t agree with you more! He is such a manipulative person! The paw paw and mags really disgust me…. I hope the jury isn’t falling for his crap 💩
Yeah, I'm so tired of 'the good ole boy' talk....Mags, Paw Paw...it's sickening & so manipulative..
Word.
There's a reason yall work at mcdonalds and not as lawyers or judges
Only true thing Alec said was “I was paranoid & I react” - IMO that’s when he murdered his Wife & Son
7:07 - "On June 7th I wasn't thinking clearly, I don't think I was capable of reason,..." That's also true. But I understand it opposite of what he wanted, LOL.
Thanks a lot for this video Vin Vin and Cou Cou aka Vinnie and CourtTV
Hi there Tee Tee!
He said I would never do anything to intentionally hurt them not I would never hurt them.
What the actual hell is going on with him?!? The lies tell it all
Exactly what I thought!!
That statement right there sent shivers down my spine. Who says that? You’d say I would never ever hurt my family.
@@trudimartin I thought the same thing
That statement is very disturbing!
If he left, let's say 1-2 minutes after he was heard in the video he still had to drive back to the house in a golf cart. He would certainly have heard the shots since they were only 3 minutes after the video.
💯💯💯
That is coming tomorrow!
Good point 👍
Exactly.
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Vinnie!!!!!!!!!!!! Your passion for victims and the law is EXACTLY why you should STILL be practicing!!!!!!! These victims need you Vinnie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀 VINNIE!!!!!!!!!!!!
vinnie who? Im lost.
@@MissNebulosity the reporter
I thought that he still does practice. He has talked about it before. But it’s been awhile since he has brought it up.
Oh my 😳 Vinnie who??!!! Lol 😭🤣
@ Mortgage Gal, Vinnie no longer practices law! He has been a reporter for sooooo long! He should be tho.......... 🥰
Don’t forget
He was a lawyer
Gotta love the "WAS"!
I’m trying to imagine paying this man to be my lawyer and him getting up in court and smacking his mouth every two seconds while he’s outlining my case. I’d be so pissed.
@@ellamayoelloelle ROFL
Great reporting Vinnie ❤
If the jury believe him they need to be put in jail!!!!!
@John Smith Wow.
Always great coverage 👍🏼 👏 👌
Creighton Waters has waited his entire career for this opportunity….
And he's doing a heck of a job too! 👏 👏 👏
He nailed it…he was so extraordinary to watch!
Busters girlfriend should GTFO before they suspect she knows something
Apparently, Paul's fierce loyalty included his physically ABUSING his girlfriend. Loyalty??? I don't think so!!!
Yup! You said it! Along with "Paw Paw's" apiphony to "live in the moment" that AM so proudly told the jury.
That’s all I kept thinking about when he was going on and on about how “wrong” all the reports were about Paul and how great he was 🙄🤮
@@brookejackson9145 what is apiphony?
@@azby7933 epiphany.... I accidentally spelled it wrongly
@@brookejackson9145 you had an epiphany that you spelled it wrongly haha lol :).
He thinks he is so Slick! ⚖️
RIP Ms Maggie and Paul 💔 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️
Wow I’m sad for Mallory Beach a victim of this family’s arrogance and lies IMO😢
Cost her her life
I feel sad a young woman died in that boating accident. But she got in that boat willingly, twice - didn't she? I think that is HUGE! What I can't understand is why she or her date didn't just get an Uber as he claimed they wanted to do because it was too cold to be in the water for the return trip. Her date was the eldest of the group (and the one whose mom works for SLED apparently). And he supposedly 'begged Paul" twice - once to order the Uber and once for Paul to let him drive the boat. They all got in that boat knowing he had stocked it with booze. I And they got back in it. I keep asking myself, why did they feel they had to go with Paul in that boat knowing he was drunk?
Buster looks angry!
Sooooo...you left after getting the chicken out of Bubba's mouth and then a few minutes later one or two 5 foot 2 inch people came out of the woods and killed Paul and Maggie using family guns and ammo from the house? Riiiiight.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Paranoid thoughts because you were scared of getting caught
Exactly 💯💯💯💯
The irony..."Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive." Alex's deception is so blatantly obvious. He has spent his career analyzing and knowing exactly what to say to a jury. Drama.
He was allowed to go to the bathroom, just before taking the stand. So, did his 'counsel' supply him with something?
So Alex RIPPED OFF his family, partners/law firm, clients, Gloria's kids, but NOT any of his drug dealers?? REALLY???
Bingo! 🤦♀️
Great point! If it’s drug related why wouldn’t he say so after being exposed for everything else he’s done. It’s not any worse than stealing from the others. It would remove him as the perp. So it’s possible, but not likely.
Why didn't he call his siblings and older son to come to the property too if he's worried about his father's health? Why just Maggie and Paul?
GREAT point!!! Never thought of that! 🏆
Amber Heard and Jody Arias stared at the jury
The only thing I thought about when he got up on the stand to testify was what Jeannie said about AM “ The gift to gab” and “ the art of bullshit”
He has been reading the jury the whole time , he listened to all the States evidence, took notes, then got on the stand to fill in the gaps, and to re- write what actually happened at the kennels that night. He is so self absorbed that he can’t see straight.
Exactly, he arrogantly believes he's so good at the gift of gab that he can con juries and anyone else into believing what he wants. He's conned people for years, he's had lots of practice. He's playing the jury like a banjo.
And he is an attorney and was an assistant prosecutor and he’s smart. He held up rather well considering the hammering Waters gave him Friday. He stumbled at times but certainly knew what he was doing. But the sudden change in his story with him being at the kennels definitely isn’t good for him.
Today was good for state!!
Paul's phone with videos showed with no doubt that Alex was lying starting from 911 call. Vinnie's detailed comments makes it so clear! Always look for Vinnie to better understand!
Why did he call his wife to come home? I thought it was to go visit his mom? So why didn't she go, besides being dead
Called her to visit dad
'I admit I am a liar, but THIS time I'm tellin' the truth! '
I understand why AM took the stand however, he shouldn’t have done so because it really didn’t go well.
His head is shaky-shaky No while he’s saying how wonderful “Mags” is….what a joke.
Why all of a sudden is he calling Paul paw paw,Maggie mags and Rogan ro ro,????
I wonder in his jail house calls, if he is constantly talking about WHO did it ,if it wasn't him. I know if I was being accused of murder and I didn't do it, I would be spend every second try to find out who did?
He knows those calls are recorded. Just another ploy.
He never talked about finding who murdered them
Never once discussed who killed them or status of the investigation.
He is still lying. If he really loved his family, at the point he realizes hes caught (that point has passed), he would admit to what he'd done. If after all of this, he is still lying, he has no redeemable qualities whatsoever.
After todays testimony, I think his older son should know better but just don’t want to accept the fact
He’s just there to see if he will be able to collect some money.
I can’t imagine what Buster is through. I’m sure he doesn’t want to believe his Dad would be capable of killing his Mom and brother.
The reason why he lied is because he is guilty. Case Closed.
Wow such a great point, Vinnie, it wasn't as he was sitting with sled in the car while being questioned, because he just doesn't "trust them".. he already clearly had his story ready for anyone who asks, including 911 call 20 secs after returning to the bloody scene. This man is pathetic. The prosecutors better fry him on the stand tomorrow, because today cross started strong and then took a dip, in my opinion.. I hope they are watching you tonight lol.......
Yup! That's why he left after he shot them. He needed time to sort out his alibi and to remind himself to not speak to anyone about details until his partner/ or brother showed up.
I think he’s guilty he either did himself or he hired somebody to do it . I have no mercy for him.
My feeling, too
I think he had help and was there when the killings happened. And this was thoroughly planned out, therefore no evidence found..no bloody clothes, weapons..Also, on the 911 call he is talking to the dispatcher and you hear his phone fumbling around at one point and then you CLEARLY can hear him say “here..” like you say when you are handing something to another person. This wasn’t brought up by the State in trial but the SLED investigator does in the August interview with AM. And someone was clearly handling Maggie’s phone around 8:53 since it recorded 59 steps, but within a few seconds AM’s suburban starts up at the house. That makes me think he had help. Which explains his apparent shock at how brutal Paul’s injury was. Regardless, this trial has been absolutely riveting and captivating.
I've missed too much of the trial. Now I want to go back and see the parts you're referring to! Fascinating.
The lip smacking is so incredibly annoying
Appellate issues compounded!! "Hobson choice" forced to confess guilt to financial crimes in a murder trial. Appeal, Appeal, Appeal..Issue 1 forces Issue 2.
It was used to convey motive in this case.
Disbarred lawyer, no blood splatter, had a blue tarp!
Liar , liar.
Would he of buried the clothes, guns with his dad in his coffin????
That would be pretty slick if he did
U lied about not being there because u thought u had the alibi that u weren't there. Unfortunately, ur son took a video to catch the killer without u knowing about it. Bad mistake and calculation of trying to get away with murder and not get caught... U mistrusted Sled, but then u prosecuted numerous cases using their information to prosecute other people for crimes??? Does this make any sense? Nice try. Guilty
True! I bet he would kill Paul again if he could for destroying his alibi.
@@Sandy-dg9ur he would kill Buster too now because he knows the truth now.... Murderer!
@@queenstatedentalcare I think the reason he didn't kill Buster is because Buster is the Murdaugh legal legacy. He has to stay alive to carry on the Murdaugh legal name. Below money that's the number one thing that the Murdaugh family cares about. He told Buster in a phone call that this is his last opportunity forever to go to law school. He was pushing him into getting back in quickly. That's just what I've been thinking.
@@Sandy-dg9ur Interesting
alex actually said at some point that he grabbed paul,s phone.... wanted to delete the video
Can we all agree that this guy is completely high on something? Whether the substance is legal or not legal doesn't matter, but this guy is completely on something chemically. I don't know if it's because he is experiencing so much anxiety and it's being medicated or if he's on something self medicated. But he is definitely not in his right mind the moment.
This has all been rehearsed, over and over again. He has been coached on how to respond to certain questions. Brings on the 'tears ' as coached, etc etc
@@lesleyhughes3174 That is also the impression I had of Buster's "testimony" - except for the "tears".
Ya he is for sure on something… Him licking his lips and inside his mouth….. He’s ridiculous
Could just be panic mode or maybe he's actually craving a fix of some kind...like in the old days..
Nope. He’s a liar
That no jury member has been taking any notes, worries me!
I thought they weren’t allowed to take notes in this trial.
The judge didn't want them to so they would pay attention.
I agree
I agree. The not being able to take notes worries me too! So many moving parts. But I do understand why the judge ordered them not take notes. But this trial needs notes.
I have been wondering if the jury actually gets on their phones and look at the trial on You Tube or look at any other news about the trial or his past once they are in their hotel rooms for the night. Alsooo, I hate that he is smacking on that damn mint while he so lackadaisically and nonchalantly rambling on that stand! Lord God, please bring forth justice if he is guilty. From the evidence that the prosecution brought forth, he is guilty
Fact: he had no time to do everything he said he did within those 20 seconds.
Where is the rest of the video , Court tv ? I’m watching from Belgium
Vinnie come back !
HE SHOULD'VE BEEN LOOKING AT HIS FAMILY MEMBERS SITTING ON THE BENCHES WHILE HE WAS APOLOGIZING TO THEM... BUT NOOOO.... HE "APOLOGIZED" TO HIS FAMILY WHILE LOOKING AT AND TALKING TO THE JURY!.............(his family whom have all been in the audience from sun up to sun down every single day for the last 5 weeks of this incredibly lengthy trial) Reminds me of Amber Heard's antics.
👉 After watching the Netflix special, we all now know how far Dick Harpootlian will go to cover up lies. He literally looked at the camera and boldly told everyone that Paul was 100% innocent in the boating accident, even though it was 100% clear that Paul was responsible for the death of Mallory Beach. Dick Harpootlian has ZERO credibility and he's now covering up Alexander Murdaugh's LIES! Why should anyone of us believe anything coming from the defense?! WE CAN'T EVEN TRUST THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY TO SPEAK TRUTH.
Based on the evidence, he was at the very LEAST, present during the shootings. I believe he is guilty, however there are so many murky areas, it could be a hung jury at this stage.
Who else would know that Maggie and Paul we're at the kennels at that time he knew who knows he could of called them to go there if not he met them there
Both Maggie's sister and Blanca testified that Maggie told them Alex asked her to come to Moselle (the kennels are there). Maggie was staying at Edisto Beach. The drive to Moselle is over an hour's time.
How many times does he need to smack his mouth it sounds disgusting
Killing your child is UNFORGIVABLE
And shooting your wife in the head is fine?
I teared up too! But my being tearful doesn't change my view point. I still think he's guilty. I don't think the jury was crying to have sympathy for him. He's speaking about an extremely tragic, gruesome, violent, and unthinkable story. It's hard to hold back tears while listening to a person that is crying. IMO it's great that a few members of the jury were seen being emotional, it shows that they are truly invested. And because they are invested they are able to see through his lies. One of the reasons that I cried is bc I couldn't believe that he could still lie about what he did to them while also acting like he was innocent.
Definitely guilty. I hope you are right about the jury but these rich people seem to weasel out of everything just because they can afford to get the best lawyers.
My wife was tearing up, listening to him describe the murder scene; however, the tears were for Maggie and Paul and the horror that they suffered.
it's no that hard to hold back tears if the person crying is a beast
@@spangol87 Well, he certainly is all that and more.
I dont feel bad for Maggie or Paul they got what was coming. I can’t wrap my mind of that 911 call when the housekeeper “fell”. Paul and Maggie had no emotion and didn’t care that she died based off how they responded to the 911 caller. They also knew Alex scammed the housekeeper kids but didn’t say nothin
Paw Paw.....WTF???
If Alex left the scene five minutes before his wife and son were murdered he heard the shots and knows what happened.
with amount of drugs he was buying, and money flying around, anybody could have killed his wife and son, even in front of him, and he would have to keep quiet.. if buster was threatened. State never proved he killed them. And i do not see a reason why he would kill them.
I agree, they haven't proven that he did it. I believe Paul was being threatened. They need to get rid of reasonable doubt.
So many questions that I wish the darn prosecutors would be asking but they are not. Ugh!
They'll get to it tomorrow for sure!
This man has told lie after lie. He stole money, dealing drugs, fraud. You cannot believe a word he says. He killed them!!!; And he is guilty. How could you say he's innocent? He makes me sick.
Let him share his story. And listen. YOU weren't there Mr Vinny N. It's his life. Not yours.
He keeps nodding when he says no.... just observing
As if the intimate pet names for Paul (Paw Paw) and others will make him seem more loving. That's a very clear manipulative tactic that he's using. If he was truly innocent, his words wouldn't seem rehearsed or manipulative. He wouldn't have felt the need to lie either. People become paranoid due to guilt or mental illnesses such a paranoid schizophrenia. So for him, he's become paranoid due to guilt. Because why on earth would an innocent person feel paranoid? He became paranoid bc he was ALWAYS UP TO NO GOOD!
Buster sitting there with his hand on his face like “damn he def did it”
My heart breaks for him. 💔😰
I have been waiting for you this more
I watch Vinnie from Paris France, i am obsessed with his presentations
Put aside the shots. If Alex was at the kennels minutes before the murders, why didn’t he hear or see the murderers entering the property?
And heard the shots.
Whoah he pulled a Casey Anthony ..
His excuse is really a confession. He was out of his mind and that is why he killed them. He didn't need a reason/ motive . Do drugs, suffer the consequences.
I find it interesting when asked if he was near Paul or Maggie when they were shot and he responds he was not near them.. I just feel like some truly innocent would have responded “I wasn’t home when they were shot.” You’re not even believable sir.
He testified to touching both of them, that's near.
I think he Hired someone or some people.
Alex is only sorry he got caught in his lies over and over, how can he lives with himself with all the lies and now with his fake sorry he is expected us to believes him....what a liar and even now he's pretending to be sad about his "paw paw and Mags"
I could see Alex hiring a hit man. There is something about this case that hasn't been able to convincingly put the gun in his hands. I really could see this being a hung jury.
White privilege.
So the murderer came at that exact time found 2 loaded guns and shot them both then washed down the area
Not guilty. Reasonable doubt!
so many forgetting your innocent until proven guilty.
Damn that snap..
Huh Alex...
I will never be able to say the phrase "you know" ever again!
So Paul is paw paw now….🤔
Buster is gonna come up, big time, if Alex gets convicted. He gets everything…
He will be hopping on that media money train…Choo Chooooo
Actually.. won’t most go towards restitution to the law firm and/or when the case settles-will approved garnished income/rights/royalties be awarded the primary family (or families) suing for the boat crash? Not sure, just a thought.
All the assets were frozen by the state. Buster has a trust fund that state can’t touch. He settled with the Beach family in the boat case.
They are going to make him pay back all the money alex stole
I’d like to hear more about the chickens.
LMAO
The house keeper sounds like she is describing the same clothes without the jacket that he wore on the video with the tree to me.
The shirt in the tree video was partially blue. The house keeper kept saying sea moss green. That throws me off. The shirt in the video wasn't partially green.
Imagine if Alex Never talked to LE. Probably wouldn’t be a trial
Whose LE
@@user-yq5ey3uf1o Law Enforcement
@@user-yq5ey3uf1o law enforcement
What a fool to have taken the stand,this guy went out of his way to discredit himself and admitting other crimes in the process.Little doubt he blew them both away.
He's an atty. He KNOWS that police are going to suspect him first....yet he acts "shocked" by that..... he acts "shocked" that police can lie to you during an interrogation, he acts "shocked" that anyone would doubt or question is statements about events. And here he is, a full year and half later, when HIS life and Liberty are on the line, finally showing "emotion" regarding the events.... No blood on the shirt he was wearing, but is there blood on the missing shirt?
I swear he had to go to the bathroom before testifying to use a nasal decongestent or something to make himself cry. Probably something he got from another inmate...
Great time Viñnie! You are just looking forward to going back to Fat Jack's!!! Where's Chanley??? She is missed. Did you send her back up here to freeze in Idaho
E.B. Farnum! On Deadwood!!! Alex’s voice and mannerisms snd lie ing ALL seem like a modern day E.B.Farnum played by actor William Sanderson!! Anyone else agree?!!
He is such a liar
He's so guilty, he implicated miss beaches Dad shot him in the head that's who he described to police he lies , lies, lies,
If he was paranoid, because everyone was telling him to have his lawyer with him when he spoke to the police what about all the calling he was doing to mags and pawpaw before he got there…
They told him to have a lawyer with him at all times but they didn't tell him to lie to them like he did.
@@Sandy-dg9ur they should have told him to shut up but I’m glad they didn’t
Prosecutor needs to get to the murder case. Him being at kennels at time of killing and his comments on stand were also telling. He said he would never intentionally hurt his wife and son. Really. What the hell does that mean? He is cunning as his friend said. Using terms of endearment like Paw Paw and Mags referring to the family he murdered. Oh please. He is a manipulative liar who’s world was crumbling at his own hand I might add. Stolen money from those who needed it was not all about his drug addiction it was about his and wife’s lifestyle. He is guilty and I hope that the jury can see thru all of the BS. Please prosecutor start cross examination on him at kennels and no way in hell could anyone else have done it.
Alex Murdaugh did great at his testimony, he did an incredible performance.
I’m confused and scared, to be honest even some audiences are having doubts now !!
Had to pause the lifetime movie of this to see how close the actors got this scene
Question… is he sitting and facing the jury?? I seen when he sat down he adjusted himself to face something or someone. Wondering if it’s the jury he’s facing or his attorney. Anyone know?
I believe he is facing the jury.
@@lyndaczika6327 that’s what I was thinking. Hmm 🤔 wondering if he’s using it to be intimidating?? 🤔
@@lizzyvirgo well, he’s a lawyer so he knows his way around a courtroom…
@@lyndaczika6327 oh yah I know he is…. He knows exactly what he’s doing
He is guilty and a LIAR. Once you lie, always a liar. You can never be trusted again.
That’s a bold statement, guess you’ve never lied? I don’t think anyone is pure enough to have never lied…Just saying, you don’t make a believable case with a blanket statement like that. Not saying I think he is guilty or not guilty, I just think blanket statements can be hurtful….