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Could Becky Hill's Deposition Blow The Murdaugh Case Wide Open?
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- May 24, 2026
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Summary
The behavioral question at the center of the Becky Hill lawsuit isn't whether she tampered with the jury. The Supreme Court already answered that. The question is whether she did it alone — and whether the people around her knew. Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta and retired FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke examine the federal civil rights claim Murdaugh's defense team filed against Hill. The Section 1983 lawsuit alleges she deprived Murdaugh of his constitutional right to a fair trial. But the real purpose is the discovery process. Civil subpoenas, depositions, sworn testimony — tools the state never deployed. Jim Griffin raised it directly at the press conference: was Becky Hill a lone wolf? The complaint flags the removal of juror Myra Crosby as an incident that demands scrutiny the state's investigation never provided. Dreeke brings the behavioral lens. What does Hill's pattern of conduct — the perjury conviction, the book deal timing, the behavior the Supreme Court documented — reveal about whether she was operating independently or with awareness from others? Motta addresses the legal mechanics: what discovery actually looks like in a Section 1983 action, what Hill can be compelled to answer, and how the defense can use anything uncovered in the civil case to build leverage heading into the criminal retrial. The defense argues the state never treated Hill's conduct as the constitutional violation the Supreme Court ultimately found it to be. This federal suit goes where the state wouldn't. On the retrial itself, the defense strategy is taking shape. The financial evidence firewall created by the Supreme Court's ruling changes the entire landscape. No DNA, no blood, both weapons missing, no eyewitnesses, a compromised crime scene — those forensic gaps were bur…