Alex Murdaugh ranks among South Carolina’s worst tax deadbeats while awaiting new murder trial

As Alex Murdaugh awaits a caller proceedings successful the murders of his woman and son, the disgraced erstwhile lawyer is facing a abstracted seven-figure problem.

Murdaugh owes much than $1.6 cardinal successful unpaid South Carolina taxes, penalties and interest, ranking him among the state’s biggest idiosyncratic taxation delinquents, according to recently published records.

The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) listed "Murdaugh, Richard" arsenic owing $1,630,201.02 successful its latest quarterly study of apical delinquent taxpayers, published July 16. The indebtedness is the fourth-largest attributed to an idiosyncratic connected the state’s existent list.

The bureau said it publishes the names and outstanding balances of delinquent taxpayers arsenic portion of an effort to beforehand "transparency, fairness and compliance."

Alex Murdaugh attends a judicial proceeding June 29, 2026, astatine the Marc H. Westbrook Judicial Center successful Lexington, S.C. Murdaugh volition beryllium retried successful the June 7, 2021, shooting deaths of his woman and lad aft his archetypal condemnation was overturned owed to assemblage tampering. (Tracy Glantz/The State via Pool)

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Before anyone lands connected the nationalist list, gross officials said they repeatedly effort to resoluteness the indebtedness done letters, telephone calls oregon idiosyncratic contact. A authorities taxation lien has besides been filed against everyone named, making each indebtedness a substance of nationalist record.

"We’ve sent letters, made calls, oregon attempted idiosyncratic interaction aggregate times with nary resolution," the section states successful its online often asked questions.

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Alex Murdaugh arrives for a judicial proceeding June 29, 2026, astatine the Marc H. Westbrook Judicial Center successful Lexington, S.C. Murdaugh volition beryllium retried successful the June 7, 2021, shooting deaths of his woman and lad aft his archetypal condemnation was overturned owed to assemblage tampering. (Tracy Glantz/The State via Pool)

Murdaugh’s seven-figure taxation indebtedness comes arsenic his attorneys hole to support him successful a 2nd execution trial. Dick Harpootlian antecedently told Fox News Digital that the lawyers received a important level interest upfront astir 5 years agone and would stay connected the lawsuit done its conclusion.

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"We got paid a interest up front, you know, 5 years ago. It was a large fee," helium said. "So we're successful the lawsuit until it's over."

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Harpootlian conceded that the yearslong ineligible conflict could beryllium costly for his steadfast but said that hazard is inherent successful his work.

"Sometimes you instrumentality cases that crook retired to beryllium economically losers, but that’s the quality of the game," helium said. "We instrumentality level fees."

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Prosecuting lawyer Creighton Waters participates successful a judicial proceeding connected June 29, 2026, astatine the Marc H. Westbrook Judicial Center successful Lexington, S.C. Murdaugh volition beryllium retried successful the June 7, 2021, shooting deaths of his woman and lad aft his archetypal condemnation was overturned owed to assemblage tampering. (Tracy Glantz/The State via Pool)

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Murdaugh, erstwhile a almighty Lowcountry lawyer from a salient ineligible dynasty, was convicted successful March 2023 of gunning down his woman and son, Maggie and Paul. Prosecutors argued astatine proceedings that Murdaugh killed them to summation sympathy and distract from a collapsing web of fiscal crimes, stolen lawsuit wealth and lies.

The lawsuit was thrown backmost into turmoil aft allegations surfaced that tribunal clerk Rebecca Hill made improper comments to jurors during the trial. Murdaugh’s defence argued she tampered with the assemblage to unafraid a blameworthy verdict and boost publicity for a book.

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The tribunal recovered that Hill was drawn by the "siren telephone of celebrity" and allowed nationalist attraction to flooded her duty. The authorities has maintained that Murdaugh received a just trial, but the South Carolina Supreme Court reversed the execution and weapons convictions and remanded the lawsuit for caller proceedings.

Defense lawyer Dick Harpootlian represents his client, Alex Murdaugh, connected June 29, 2026, astatine a presumption proceeding astatine the Marc H. Westbrook Judicial Center successful Lexington, S.C. (Tracy Glantz/The State via Pool)

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Murdaugh’s attorneys person already previewed immoderate of the issues they privation to rise earlier immoderate retrial, including a question to trial chartless antheral DNA reportedly recovered nether Maggie’s fingernails.

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Fox News Digital has reached retired to Murdaugh's attorneys and authorities prosecutors for comment.