Ben Kissel

It's a low-pressure one, but you do not get an ambassadorship unless you do someone a favor, which means that Dick Harpootlian had done someone a favor and had enough power to do a favor.

You really do.

Now, that's all to say that even though the standing of the Murdochs in the Lowcountry community had lowered over the years, their name still had enough power to call down a senator to defend their dipshit son after said dipshit son had killed a young woman in a drunk boating accident.

Oh, of course, yes.

Why would we ruin this young boy's life over one simple misunderstanding?

It was a mistake.

One tiny, tiny mistake.

He's got so much future behind him.

And the Murdochs still had enough money at their disposal to make it worth Harpootlian's wallet.

He didn't do this shit for free.

Reportedly, his retainer was half a million dollars.

No.

Now, with Harpootlian's help, Paul Murdoch never spent a fucking day in jail.

While it was standard for accused criminals in South Carolina to take their mugshots in prison orange, Paul's mugshot was taken at his hearing, in the hallway, outside of the courtroom, in his street clothes.

Never went through processing, never spent a day, never spent an hour uncomfortable.

Just trying to make sure it was never a crime.

This, of course, greatly angered attorney Mark Tinsley, who saw exactly what the Murdochs were doing.

The Murdochs used every trick at their disposal to push Paul's trial back again and again, and circumstances only worked more in the Murdochs' favor when the court shut down in 2020 due to what?

Crime.

COVID.