Alex Murdaugh, in what could be one last courtroom performance for the disgraced former lawyer, dueled with a prosecutor from the stand Friday during the second day of cross-examination at his murder trial.
Prosecutor Creighton Waters sought to cast doubt on Murdaugh’s testimony a day earlier, when he admitted to previously lying about being with his wife and son before they were killed.
“You disagree this is a new story? You disagree this is a new characterization?” Waters asked.
“Yes, this is the first time that this is being told openly,” Murdaugh said.
“And you disagree to my characterization that you’ve got a photographic memory about the details that have to fit now that you know … these facts but you’re fuzzy on the other stuff that complicates that? You disagree with that?”
“I do disagree with that,” Murdaugh said. “I think that I have a good memory about a lot of things on this.”
Murdaugh has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and two weapons charges regarding the fatal shootings of his wife, Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh, and son Paul Murdaugh, whose bodies were discovered at their family estate on June 7, 2021.