Alex Murdaugh may have bond lowered after lawyers argue he can't pay $7M order

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Alex Murdaugh may have bond lowered after lawyers argue he can't pay $7M order
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'Mr. Murdaugh is a man who cannot pay his phone bill,' his lawyers wrote in a filing.

Alex Murdaugh, a prominent South Carolina attorney facing a slew of charges on mostly financial crimes, may have his $7 million bond lowered after his lawyers argued that he can't pay it.

In a separate civil suit against Murdaugh, a judge froze his assets in November and control of his money went to court-appointed receivers. Murdaugh can't use his own money or property to post bail under the order, his lawyers wrote in a filing last week. Alex Murdaugh, a prominent South Carolina attorney facing a slew of charges on mostly financial crimes, may have his $7 million bond lowered after his lawyers argued that he can’t pay it. Murdaugh walks into his bond hearing, Sept. 16, 2021, in Varnville, S.C. Murdaugh is scheduled for a virtual hearing Monday, Jan. 10, 2022 as a judge could consider lowering the $7 million bond she set last month.

The family's law firm, located in the most impressive building in town after the courthouse, has spent a century winning multimillion-dollar verdicts, though the firm stripped the Murdaugh moniker from its name last week.

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