Alex Murdaugh Owes $1.63 Million in South Carolina Taxes as New Murder Trial Looms
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 23
Alex Murdaugh Owes $1.63 Million in South Carolina Taxes as New Murder Trial Looms
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 23
Summary
$1,630,201.02 in unpaid taxes, penalties and interest put Alex Murdaugh fourth among individual delinquents on South Carolina's latest public list, published July 16.
The South Carolina Department of Revenue said taxpayers are listed only after repeated letters, calls or personal-contact attempts fail, and each listed debt is backed by a state tax lien.
That seven-figure liability surfaces as Murdaugh prepares for a retrial in the 2021 murders of his wife Maggie and son Paul after the state Supreme Court overturned his 2023 convictions over jury-tampering by a court clerk.
Defense lawyer Dick Harpootlian said prosecutors still have only a circumstantial case and signaled pretrial fights ahead, including a request to test unknown male DNA reportedly found under Maggie Murdaugh's fingernails.