COLUMBIA, S.C.—Lawyers for prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh said Monday that he’s so broke he can’t pay a phone bill—much less $7 million in bail—while a court-appointed overseer said Murdaugh needs to use whatever money he has to pay his alleged victims, not free himself from jail.
In a virtual court hearing before a judge, attorneys combed over Murdaugh’s assets, cited the contents of his jailhouse calls and hotly debated whether his attempt to have himself killed in the fall makes him a current risk to himself or the community.
