EXCLUSIVE: Alex Murdaugh Not Allowed To See His Lawyers Due to Covid Quarantine

Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced scion of the legal dynasty that controlled the workings of both the law and the law enforcement in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, is unable to talk to or meet with his attorneys because someone in the jail in which he’s being held has Covid-19.

Yesterday, Murdaugh attorney and former State Senator Dick Harpootlian reached out to Shane Kitchen, the assistant director at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Richland County, where Murdaugh is being held. Harpootlian asked if it would be possible to meet with Murdaugh at 2:30pm, but Kitchen replied via email, “The entire facility is in quarantine got [sic] Covid 19 at the moment.”

Jim Griffin, another lawyer for Murdaugh, said that the lawyers had “various things” they wanted to discuss with their client—unsurprising, given that Murdaugh is currently charged with committing 48 financial crimes that amount to a total of at least $6.2 million stolen money—but, as of now, it remains unclear when the quarantine res…