Does 2023 interview shed light on Murdaugh trial clerk’s arrest?
NOTE: The full interview can be viewed above.
COLUMBIA, S.C. - An interview from nearly two years ago may shed more light on the case involving the former Colleton County clerk of court, who became a controversial figure in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial.
Becky Hill spoke with Fox Carolina on July 24, 2023, while promoting a book she co-authored, “Behind The Doors of Justice: The Murdaugh Murders.”
Hill, who notably read the guilty verdict for Murdaugh in the deaths of his wife and son, said her role was essentially to be a liaison between the judge, jury, attorneys and all other parties involved.
“I was told to treat this like any other normal trial that we’d do, and that’s what I tried to do,” she said. “Amidst all the cameras we had in there, it was a lot to deal with.”
She also described going to the Moselle property where the murders happened with of the jury, as well as how she felt the moment the guilty verdict was handed down.
Murdaugh’s attorneys have alleged Hill tried to sway jurors toward a guilty verdict to help sell copies of her book, which had its publishing halted after a separate plagiarism scandal.
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Hill has denied these allegations, but resigned as the Colleton County Clerk of Court in May 2024. Her attorney said her resignation was not related to any state investigations.
Hill was arrested Wednesday in Colleton County and faces two counts of misconduct in office, one count of obstruction of justice and a count of perjury.
According to her arrest warrants, Hill allegedly obstructed justice when she made “sealed evidence” available to third parties in violation of a court order.
Hill is also accused of violating state law on two separate charges when she allegedly used her former office to promote her book. Warrants also allege Hill used funds from Title IV-D Incentive Funds and the Colleton County Clerk of Court’s office for “her own financial gain.”
Hill allegedly did not tell the truth during a previous trial in Richland County concerning potential jury tampering for the 2023 trial. While under oath in January 2024, Hill is accused of telling Retired South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Toal that she had not shown sealed evidence to third parties.
Warrants state this turned out to be inconsistent with information obtained from Feb. 28, 2023, when Hill allegedly showed evidence to a third party that was court-ordered to be sealed.
Toal ultimately said Hill was lured by the “siren call of celebrity” and ruled that while Hill’s interactions with jurors were inappropriate, it did not lead to Murdaugh’s conviction.
Hill was released after being granted bonds in both Colleton and Richland counties on Wednesday.
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