Alex Murdaugh criticizes Hulu’s portrayal of family in new true-crime series
By Stephanie Moore
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HAMPTON COUNTY, South Carolina (WYFF) — Alex Murdaugh, the disbarred South Carolina attorney convicted of killing his wife and son, is responding to a new true-crime series on Hulu that highlights his family and murder conviction.
The series, inspired by the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh, premiered Oct. 15 and stars Patricia Arquette as Maggie Murdaugh and Jason Clarke as Alex Murdaugh.
The release of “Murdaugh: Death in the Family” comes as the real-life legal battle surrounding the Murdaugh case continues.
On Tuesday, Murdaugh’s defense attorneys, Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin, released a statement about the series.
“Alex is deeply disappointed and disturbed by the recent Hulu streaming series about him and the entire Murdaugh family. The program contains numerous inaccuracies and misleading portrayals that distort the truth of their lives. The depiction of their personal family dynamics is particularly troubling, as it totally mischaracterizes Alex’s relationships with his wife Maggie and his son Paul, both of whom Alex loves so dearly. Alex was always extremely proud of Paul. Any other portrayal of his feelings toward Paul and Maggie are baseless and false. Equally concerning is the lack of engagement by the producers or actors to understand the individuals portrayed. No one from Hulu ever reached out to Alex, his son Buster, anyone in the Murdaugh family, or Alex’s attorneys to hear their perspective or verify the facts. Instead, the program appears to rely heavily on sensationalized accounts from secondary sources with no direct knowledge or relationship with him or his family. We urge viewers to approach this dramatization with the knowledge that it is not an accurate portrayal of Alex, his family, or the tragic events that it sensationalizes.”
We followed up with the spokeswoman for Murdaugh attorney’s who said Alex Murdaugh has not seen the series.
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