“We respect the decision that made clear that the retrial must look very different from the first,” the statement continued. “The initial jury heard more than twelve hours of testimony about Alex's financial crimes. The Court held that this evidence went far beyond what was necessary and gave rise to unfair prejudice. On retrial, that will not be permitted.”

The statement concluded, “Alex has said from day one that he did not kill his wife and son. We look forward to a new trial conducted consistent with the Constitution and the guidance this Court has provided.”

Murdaugh’s legal team—who initially filed for a retrial in 2024—had slammed Hill’s participation in season two of the Netflix documentary Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal in September 2023, where she said in an on-camera interview, “I do think Alex pulled the trigger.”

In response to the court clerk’s comments, Murdaugh’s lawyer Griffin said in a statement he was “flabbergasted.”

“I am reacting in real time to that,” Griffin said at the time. “There's a code of judicial ethics that applies to all court officials that says no judicial officer should give their opinion about someone's guilt or innocence while the case is pending and pending includes while the case is on appeal."

E! News has attempted to reach lawyers for Hill but has not yet heard back. Previously, Hill did not respond to requests for comment regarding Griffin's statements. 

The overturning of Murdaugh’s conviction comes three years after the former lawyer—who is also dad to son Richard Alexander “Buster” Murdaugh, 30—was charged with two consecutive life sentences for the murder of his wife Maggie, 52, and son Paul, 22, at their family’s Moselle property in June 2021. 

Throughout the trial, Murdaugh had maintained his innocence, continually testifying that he did “not shoot my wife or my son any time.”

Nevertheless, prosecutors proved Murdaugh—who later pleaded guilty to more than a hundred financial crimes including money laundering, breach of trust and tax evasion, involving 18 victims in November 2023—had been lying about his alibi leading up to the trial, which placed him at his mother’s home during the time of the murders.   

“I did lie,” he said on the stand during his March 2023 trial. “As my addiction evolved over time, I would get in these situations or circumstances where I would get paranoid.”

Murdaugh’s 2023 murder trial and the events leading up to it were depicted in Hulu’s Murdaugh: Death in the Family series last year. To read up on everything the series covered—and whether it was real—keep reading…