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When South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh appeared in court Thursday on fraud charges, his lawyer spoke of his life deteriorating and his opioid addiction spiraling.
But the lawyer for a family suing Murdaugh said they were "casting a defense that doesn't exist."
Eric Bland, who is representing the estate of Murdaugh's former housekeeper -- whose death is now being investigated by police -- told CNN's Erin Burnett: "They have lied to them, they have taken money from them, they have misled them."
Murdaugh, whose wife and son were killed in June, was arrested Thursday in connection to an insurance fraud scheme that court documents say involved Murdaugh arranging for his own killing so his surviving son could collect the life insurance payout.
The case of his wife and son's death remains unsolved and Murdaugh has denied responsibility.
On Wednesday, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said it was opening a criminal probe into housekeeper Gloria Satterfield's death in February 2018.
Satterfield, who spent more than two decades working for the family, died in what was described at the time as a "trip and fall accident" at the Murdaugh home, according to Bland.
After her death, Murdaugh misappropriated millions in settlements from the Satterfield family, Bland alleged Thursday.
The investigation into Satterfield's death was opened, SLED said, at the request of the Hampton County coroner, who highlighted inconsistencies with Satterfield's stated manner of death, as...
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