Alex Murdaugh, a convicted killer, has admitted to fabricating a story about his family dogs causing his housekeeper Gloria Satterfields fatal fall in February 2018, according to a court document filed by his lawyers.
The document was filed in response to a lawsuit that centers on insurance fraud claims over Satterfields death.
Murdaugh admitted that he invented the critical facts about the dogs tripping Satterfield and causing her to fall down the stairs of the familys South Carolina estate. He also admitted that he invented Satterfields purported statement that dogs caused her to fall to force his insurers to make a settlement payment.
Nautilus Insurance sued Murdaugh and alleged co-conspirator and ex-attorney Cory Fleming in May 2022 for the scheme and claimed they had lied about the circumstances surrounding Satterfields death to prove liability and get a payout.
Murdaugh secretly pocketed $3.8 million in insurance payments meant for Satterfields sons after he told them to sue himself over their mothers death on his property, claiming he had liability. He told the grieving children that a settlement was never reached when, in reality, he stole the payments without their knowledge. In the same filing,
Murdaughs legal team claimed that he acted alone without any co-conspirators, including Fleming, and said that the Satterfield children had no knowledge of the alleged insurance fraud. His lawyers also noted that Nautilus should be going after the Satterfield children and estate for recovery of lost money if the insurance claims were fraudulent in the first place.
The family was awarded more than $7.5 million over the payments that were stolen by Murdaugh. The attorney for Satterfields estate questioned when the convicted killer became worthy of trust in response to the filing.
Attorney Eric Bland tweeted, Seems there is buzz because liar Alex now says he allegedly made up the story that Gloria Satterfield didnt fall down Moselle stairs by his dogs. Since when did Alex become the modicum of honesty and credibility?
Bland also noted that the $7.5 million his clients were awarded didnt come from Nautilus coffers. Additionally, we recovered money for our clients from parties other than Nautilus for breaches of their duties to our clients and other claims, he said. Technically the money that Nautilus paid never came to our clients.
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