News and analysis of the Murdaugh family murders of Paul and Maggie and the 2023 trial of Alex Murdaugh. Originally aired: 03/03/23 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What happened on June 7, 2021?
Paul is not charged. Even after she's found, a month goes by, he's not charged. And people in the community, some thought, you know, maybe he's going to get away with it. He's a murdoch.
you began to see this wondering, is justice gonna be served? There was talk of a whisper campaign to cover this thing up.
The family of Mallory Beach hires an attorney, Mark Tinsley, and he files a wrongful death lawsuit against the Murdochs.
Why did you get involved?
to help the Beaches. They believe that Ellick should have been held accountable for his part in contributing to the death of their daughter. He knew that he was entrusting his vehicle to someone who was habitually abusing alcohol.
What motivated me was getting evidence of everything. I knew who we were up against and how things would probably disappear if we didn't act quickly.
Her life meant something. For us, she was our baby. We had to defend her honor.
In their reply to the Beach family wrongful death lawsuit, Alec Murdoch's attorneys denied all wrongdoing and even that Paul was driving the boat at the time of the crash.
As powerful as the Murdochs are, they could not prevent Paul being charged with boating under the influence three counts.
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