Alex Murdaugh ranks among South Carolina’s biggest tax deadbeats while awaiting new murder trial

Alex Murdaugh, the former South Carolina lawyer awaiting a new murder trial over the deaths of his wife and son, is also facing more than $1.6 million in unpaid state taxes, penalties and interest. Newly published records place him among South Carolina’s largest individual tax delinquents, adding a significant financial matter alongside his criminal case.

The reported debt was identified in records from the South Carolina Department of Revenue. It concerns unpaid state tax liabilities and comes as Murdaugh seeks a retrial in the high-profile murder case.