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Disgraced authorized scion Alex Murdaugh claimed throughout his homicide trial Friday somebody who had seen posts on social media gunned down his son, Paul, as a result of they had been offended in regards to the deadly boat crash he brought about.

Murdaugh took the stand and insisted “half-truths” reported on-line about Paul’s 2019 legal case had enraged a thriller killer who examine Paul’s drunken wreck on-line.

“The social media response that got here from that was vile,” Murdaugh stated. “So excessive.”

“I imagine at the moment the improper individual noticed and skim that,” he stated. “The individual or individuals who [killed him], they hated Paul Murdaugh they usually had anger of their  coronary heart.”

Paul was drunk when he crashed the boat he was captaining right into a bridge, throwing Mallory Seaside, 19, off it to her loss of life in 2019. Paul was charged with boating below the affect within the excessive profile case. Friday eeirly marked the fourth anniversary of the crash.

The state’s lead prosecutor, Creighton Waters, requested Murdaugh a few 911 name he made following the killing of his spouse, Maggie, and son by which the ex-lawyer claimed the boating accident had led to the double homicide.

“I by no means thought folks concerned within the boat wreck did this to Paul and Maggie,” Murdaugh stated — including he didn’t suppose the wrongdoer was a member of the family of any of the youths who had been on board that day, both.

“So it was a vigilante?” Waters shot again skeptically.

“I imagine that when Paul was charged criminally, there have been so many leaks, half truths, half-reports, half-statements… that ended up within the media,” Murdaugh replied.

“I did then imagine [they were killed] due to the boat wreck and I do now,” he stated, hinting that the killer was doubtless a mysterious stranger.

The disgraced lawyer stands accused of gunning down Paul, 22, and Maggie, 55, close to the canine kennels at one in all their properties in South Carolina on June 7, 2021.

In the course of the trial, Waters requested Murdaugh if he had any proof to again up the speculation that “somebody off social media” with a vendetta slipped onto his property and killed Paul and Maggie in the course of the slim window when he was not with them.

Murdaugh didn’t reply to the query, nor did he elaborate on why Maggie would have been focused.

Murdaugh’s wild concept got here the day after he admitted in court docket to mendacity about being close to the kennels together with his spouse and son simply moments earlier than they had been shot lifeless.

Murdaugh, who comes from a strong lineage of South Carolina legal professionals, has additionally admitted on the stand  to stealing cash and being hooked on opioids on the time of the slayings.