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Hey, everyone, welcome back to Exposed Scandalous Files of the Elite.
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I'm your host, Jim Chapman, and we are back with
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the Murderall series.
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Now.
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The last time that we left you regarding Becky Hill,
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she had resigned from the Collington County Clerk of Court
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elected position that she held and she was feeling some
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massive pressure. It wasn't too long after, as a matter
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of fact, on June twenty eighth of twenty twenty three,
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that ship really hits the fan for Becky Hill when
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the State of South Carolina's Ethics Commission opens an investigation
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into Becky Hill. Forget this seventy six counts of ethics violations. Now,
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it's very lengthy, obviously, so I'm not going to go
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into it and read you every word of this thing,
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but I'm gonna sum it up for you. And I'm
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going to start with the letter that was received on
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June twenty sixth, twenty twenty three to the South Carolina
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Ethics Commission, and it reads, this is a written statement
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of and it redacts out who actually wrote the statement
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regarding the unethical behavior of the Callington County Clerk of Court,
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Becky Hill. Hill is the elected Clerk of Court and
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was in office at the time of the Murderall trial.
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Since the beginning of the trial, Hill has utilized her
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authority the Collington County Courthouse in taxpayers' money outside of
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the routine scope of court business. Through interviews with very
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immedia sources, He'll admits she planned to write a book
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as soon as she discovered the Murdall case would be
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adjudicated in Collington County. He'll also used her position to
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make contacts prior to the trial so they could assist
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her in this endeavor. These admissions can be discovered in
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la local news sources and social media post During the
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murder All trial, Hill used her political position and authority
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to obtain confidential information and digital images of the defendant
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and others during the trial. At the conclusion of the trial,
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Hill was interviewed by members of Netflix and was responsible
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for releasing unredacted body camera footage. On the second anniversary
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of the Murdall murders, June ninth of twenty twenty three,
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Hill appeared in a news article on Walterburrowlive dot com.
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In this article, she acknowledged the release of her book
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Behind the Doors of Justice. In this article. Hill claims
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the book will detail interactions with mrdall, attorney, tensions, witnesses,
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and jurors. I submit that releasing this information to the
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public could have an adverse effect in upholding the conviction
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of Murdall in the event of an appeal. It is
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well known He'll allows guided tours of the Callington County
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Courthouse during normal business hours for quote donations. This information
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has been made on Facebook posts. In some of the posts,
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several citizens are seen posing for pictures in the holding
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Celle Murdall occupied during the trial. He'll tells attendees the
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donations are to replace the front windows of the courthouse.
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It's also known a mal tourist where to check to
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Collington County in the amount of one hundred dollars as
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a donation for the tour. He'll later ordered a staff
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member to alter the check by striking through Collington County
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in adding her name to that check. He'll then deposited
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that check into her personal checking account. These donations are
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unaccounted for, is there are no receipts being issued, and
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it is unknown what financial institution and account the donations
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are being held in. On June's second of twenty twenty three,
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He'll permitted Hampton County author Michael DeWitt to promote, sell,
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and sign copies of his newly released book quote Wicked
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Hampton County. He did this inside the main courtroom of
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the Collington County Courthouse during business hours. Dewett posted this
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information on Facebook and it was also published on bluffingtontoday
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dot com. In the post, DeWitt indicates I will be
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selling and signing copies of Wicked Hampton County and talking
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about the South Carolina Low Country, rich but often wicked
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history this Friday, June second, during tours of the Collington
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County Courthouse from nine am to noon and from two
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pm to four, and doing it again on June sixteenth.
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Wicked Hampton County is already a best seller among true
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crime new releases on Amazon, but this will be a
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great way to hear some of those wicked stories firsthand
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and meet the author, along with Collington County Clerk of
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Court Becky bloom Hill and her staff. This post by
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DeWitt is demonstrative as it emits routine court business being
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interrupted on multiple days for several hours to permit Hill
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and her staff to interact with visitors while abandoning their
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duties and allowing the courthouse to be utilized for commerce.
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During this tour, Hill is also verbally promoting her book.
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Hill has also permitted her staff members to leave work
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before the close of business to allow members of Netflix
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to set up equipment at the courthouse for the purpose
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of filming footage for an upcoming Netflix series. As of
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June fourteenth, twenty twenty three, there was a post in
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the Facebook group Murdoch Murders Case Discussion. In that post,
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there was a digital image of Alec Murdoch resting on
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a bed with a book inside a holding cell. This
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post was uploaded by Melissa Gordon, photographer of Behind the
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Walls of Justice. Gordon stated this image was taken from
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the security camera monitor during the deliberations and minutes before
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Murdoch's conviction. This shows Becky Hill permitted Gordon unimpeded access
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to the Collington County Courthouse and facilitated her in taking
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digital images that no other citizen was permitted to have.
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Gordon was also allowed into the courthouse every day of
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the trial, even though it was admitted that there was
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a limited amount of seating for spectators and that entrance
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was permitted on the first come, first served basis. In
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the post, there was a link to additional images. When
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the reader clicks on the link, it takes the reader
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to quote behind the Doors of Justice website, where Hill's
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book can be purchased. As the days passed and He'll
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continue to participate in interviews with multiple sources. She admitted
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to formulating a plan to write her book when she
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heard the trial would be held in Collington County. She
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also admitted to meeting Melissa Gordon at the beginning of
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the trial and discovered she was a photographer. Gordon was
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soon hired to be the photographer for Hill's book. This
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information can be found by listening to the podcast Impact
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of Influence episode one point thirty Behind the Scenes look
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at the murder All Trial. During the Murdoch Trial, Clerk
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of Court Becky Hill has unethically and potentially unlawfully used
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her political office to obtain and release confidential information. She
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has used her office and misallocated funds to promote her
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book and the book written by Michael DeWitt. Hill has
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neglected the office of the Clerk of Court to take
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several trips to promoter book and meet with Netflix to
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secure her position in the upcoming series. Hill's actions have
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displayed she's unfit to hold the office of Clerk of Court,
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and its signed by the person who wrote that. So after
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this investigation, as I said, the Ethics Commission does open
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and investigate and charges Becky Hill with those seventy six counts.
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The documents are very lengthy, as a matter of fact,
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they're twenty five pages of allegations. I'm not going to
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go over all that individually, but you did hear some
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of those accusations in that letter I just read you,
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and that's pretty damning. And if you'll remember, on September
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fifth of twenty twenty three, six months after the verdicts
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were announced, Dick Carpoutlin and Jim Griffin, they filed that
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motion publicly that was accusing Hill of jury tampering. However,
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I played for you Hill's testimony as well as the
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verdict in that hearing and it didn't go anywhere, which
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was shocking to me. So of course that pressure was on.
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Of course, she would eventually resign. Now, her reasoning, as
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she stated it for resigning, was she wanted to spend
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more time with her husband, children, and grandchildren, etc. But
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come on, we all know the truth on that, I
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would think, at least in my opinion. So the Ethics Commission,
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they get all this, they start investigating, they release the
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seventy six counts against Becky Hill, and then during all
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of this they decide there's enough here that Becky Hill
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may have done some criminal shit. So we're going to
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turn all this evidence over to the State of South
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Carolina and sled and see about some criminal charges being
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placed here. So the Attorney General's office takes that case,
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and the ethics hearing was delayed, was postponed really indefinitely
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until this criminal investigation is complete. And it may surprise
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you to know that, guess what, as of today, no
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investigation has been closed yet. And this has been going
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on the entire year of twenty twenty four, and what
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is coming up on half the year of twenty twenty five.
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No criminal charges have been placed yet. As as a matter
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of fact, the investigation is still ongoing in this case.
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Why is it taking so long? Well, I'm gonna submit
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to you just my opinion. In my opinion, the state
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of South Carolina is in a very tough spot. And
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I'll tell you why if they find Becky Hill guilty
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of criminal violations, then how can you say that Alec
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Murdoch got a fair trial. How can you say Becky
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Hill was guilty of criminal violations for interfering in that trial,
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but yet Elic Murdoch got a fair trial. The answer is,
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in my opinion, you can't say both things. Both things
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can't be true in that Semari inside the South Carolina
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justice system right now is in what you might say,
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a pretty big fucking pickle. And that's why I think
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it's taken so long. And also, interestingly enough, Becky Hill's son,
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Colt Hill, He's facing criminal wire tapping charges after intersecting
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communications of a county employee, which could result in additional
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legal consequences for Becky Hill's family. Just a wild chain
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of events here, but I'll definitely keep you posted as
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information comes out. And I've got a couple of other
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things I want to cover with you that are Alec
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Murdock related. One is an article that came out about
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La starting a brawl at a strip club way back
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in nineteen ninety three, in which deputies had to drive
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him home. And I want to cover this if it's
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pretty crazy it says, in the early morning hours of
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February twenty eighth, nineteen ninety three, Ellik Murdoch, now fifty three,
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was accused of starting a violent brawl at a strip
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club on hilton Head Island. At least two men were
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injured during the fight. Three men were charged with public
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disorderly conduct. Elick, who was twenty five at the time
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and enrolled at the University of South Carolina School of Law,
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was one of those men, but he was not taken
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to jail. Around midnight, a group of ELC. Murdoch's friends
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went to the bar at Cadillac Club to order more drinks,
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but the bartender decided it was time to cut them off.
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They appeared intoxicated, so ARE refused to serve them. The
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bartender wrote in his statement to deputies they were somewhat belligering.
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Immediately after Elick Murdoch decided he needed another drink, another
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gentleman approached the bar, a tall, heavy redhead. The bartender
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row he asked for another beer, and I refused him
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service as well because he appeared intoxicated. The redheaded gentleman
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became abusive and I asked him to leave, but Elick
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allegedly wouldn't go, so the bartender called over two bouncers
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to escort him out of the club. The bouncers, both
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in their early twenties, attempted to remove Alex from the establishment.
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Once the gentleman reached the doors, one of them wrote
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about Elick, he instantly became more aggressive and was asking
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in certain words to fight. Another employee of the club
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noticed that the bouncers tried to get quote the guy
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with red hair outside, but he refused to go. Then
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he started to get all his friends all riled up.
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This is when the bouncers were bum rushed by ten
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to fifteen of Elick Murdoch's friends. They began to push
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and shove and it became extremely violent. There were three
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to four men pushing, shoving, and swinging at me. All
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of the men were highly intoxicated, and I did not
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know who had bottles or weapons and who was going
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to attack me from behind, one of the bouncers wrote.
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The bouncer was then clocked on the back of the
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head by one of Alex's friends. He turned around and
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punched the dark haired gentleman, who was an apparent friend
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of Alex's, in the face. The bartender who had refused
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to serve Elek and his friends saw what was happening.
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He secured his cash box and went to help the bouncers,
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one of whom called nine one one. Another employee wrote
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he heard verbal threats being made and saw one of
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the bouncers get thrown against a window. The employee said
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he grabbed the man responsible for assaulting the bouncer and
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pushed him against the wall. A sergeant with the Marines
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stationed on Paris Islands was also at Cadillacs that night
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and witness of the brawl. He wrote in his statement
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to deputies that were there that it was a big
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mix up of fighting men in the lobby of the club.
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The bouncer was telling the problem guys to lead, but
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they were riding and didn't want to, so they had
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to force them out, and one of them hit a
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window and started trouble as the smaller bouncer was swung at,
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and the bouncer avoided the swing and retaliated with a
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nice punch, and the drunk got what he deserved. The
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bouncers were in the right and the customers were in
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the wrong in this case. Deputies arrived shortly after being called.
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Emergency medical personnel were called to the scene to tend
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to Eleck's friend, who was punched in the face by
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a bouncer and bleeding. That friend, a twenty seven year
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old man from Mount Pleasant, refused medical aid, but later
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said he wanted his friends to take him to the hospital.
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A deputy was sent to Hilton Head Hospital to wait
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for the man's arrival, but according to reports, the man
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never arrived. The man, who was identified as the man
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that assaulted the bouncer, was ticketed and charged with public
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disorderly conduct. Neither him nor Elick were arrested. Another man,