Alex Murdaugh denied bond, 'psychiatric evaluation' ordered for disgraced SC legal scion
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A South Carolina judge on Tuesday denied bond for Alex Murdaugh on charges related to insurance settlements obtained in connection to the death of his longtime housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield, ordered the disgraced legal scion also undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
Alex Murdaugh attends a bond hearing in the Richland Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C., Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Murdaugh is in court on two felony charges of obtaining property by false pretenses. He spent five days in jail after his arrest Thursday at a drug rehab center near Orlando, Florida. ((AP Photo/Lewis M. Levine, Pool)) Alex Murdaugh listens as attorneys speak during a bond hearing in the Richland Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C., Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Murdaugh is in court on two felony charges of obtaining property by false pretenses. He spent five days in jail after his arrest Thursday at a drug rehab center near Orlando, Florida. ( (AP Photo/Lewis M. Levine, Pool)) People watch during a bond hearing for Alex Murdaugh in the Richland Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C., Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Murdaugh is in court on two felony charges of obtaining property by false pretenses. He spent five days in jail after his arrest Thursday at a drug rehab center near Orlando, Florida. ((AP Photo/Lewis M. Levine, Pool)) Alex Murdaugh awaits the beginning of his bond hearing in the Richland Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C., Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. A judge in South Carolina denied bond for attorney Alex Murdaugh on the second set of charges he has faced since finding his wife and son dead last June. ((AP Photo/Lewis M. Levine, Pool)) Alex Murdaugh is led to a holding cell while the court is in recess in the Richland Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C., Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Murdaugh is in court on two felony charges of obtaining property by false pretenses. He spent five days in jail after his arrest Thursday at a drug rehab center near Orlando, Florida. ((AP Photo/Lewis M. Levine, Pool)) People watch during a bond hearing for Alex Murdaugh in the Richland Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C., Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Murdaugh is in court on two felony charges of obtaining property by false pretenses. He spent five days in jail after his arrest Thursday at a drug rehab center near Orlando, Florida. ((AP Photo/Lewis M. Levine, Pool)) Alex Murdaugh listens as attorneys speak during a bond hearing in the Richland Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C., Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Murdaugh is in court on two felony charges of obtaining property by false pretenses. He spent five days in jail after his arrest Thursday at a drug rehab center near Orlando, Florida. ((AP Photo/Lewis M. Levine, Pool))
Murdaugh was previously charged in connection to the alleged Sept. 4 botched suicide scheme, but Hampton County Judge Tonja Alexander granted a $20,000 personal recognizance bond on Sept. 16 and allowed Murdaugh to travel back to an out of state rehabilitation facility without GPS monitoring to treat his opioid addiction. Murdaugh was taken into custody again in Orlando, Florida Thursday upon his release from a drug rehabilitation facility.