As soon as-prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh is going through 23 new costs, together with stealing cash from a quadriplegic man and his household.

Murdaugh, 53, who has been in jail since October, now faces 71 costs.

The brand new indictment focuses on how Murdaugh dealt with the aftermath of a 2009 wreck that left the sufferer, Hakeem Pinckney, a quadriplegic, the Related Press reported. Pinckney, who was deaf, died in 2011 because of his accidents.

The costs alleged that Murdaugh took a $309,000 test and purchased cash orders to cowl the theft of cash taken from different shoppers. He additionally used the cash to pay down a mortgage and get money for himself and an unnamed member of the family.

Upon Pinckney's dying, his household obtained an $89,000 settlement test. Nonetheless, prosecutors allege that Murdaugh deposited the test for himself with out telling the household.

Justin Bamberg, the Pinckney household legal professional, mentioned the transactions are advanced and onerous to comply with and there's a risk extra money was stolen. Pinckney is Black and most the folks Murdaugh stole from had been like him, minorities and never effectively off, AP reported.

"Alex gave them simply sufficient cash so they might drop on their knees and say 'thanks Jesus' and took the remaining," he mentioned.

Bamberg went on to say that those that performed different roles in Murdaugh's schemes ought to face felony accountability as effectively.

"We're coming in your pockets," Bamberg mentioned. "We'll get all the cash these folks had been alleged to get."

If convicted on all costs, Murdaugh faces greater than 500 years in jail, NPR reported.

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As soon as-prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh is going through 23 new costs, together with stealing cash from a quadriplegic man and his household, bringing the full lodged towards him to 71.Spencer Platt/Getty Photographs