# What Does Alex Murdaugh's Federal Lawsuit Against Becky Hill Actually Do?

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Podcast: [Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-killers-with-tony-brueski-true-crime-news-commentary-5840426)
Published: 2026-05-22T19:00:00+00:00
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Alex Murdaugh's defense team filed a seventeen-page Section 1983 civil rights complaint against former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill in federal court in Charleston — five days after the South Carolina Supreme Court unanimously overturned his murder convictions based on what the justices called "shocking jury interference." The complaint seeks six hundred thousand dollars in compensatory and punitive damages, but Jim Griffin told reporters none of it would go to Murdaugh personally. Eric Faddis explains the legal mechanics — what Section 1983 requires, what civil discovery gives the defense that the criminal process never did, and what "peeling the onion" actually looks like when you have subpoena power and deposition authority aimed at a government official who's already pleaded guilty to misconduct, obstruction, and perjury. He addresses the gap between the state prosecutor telling the court there wasn't enough evidence to charge Hill with jury tampering and the Supreme Court ruling four months later that tampering is exactly what happened. He examines Dick Harpootlian's public question about whether Hill was a "lone wolf" and what that signal means on day one of a federal lawsuit. And he connects the civil case to the criminal retrial — where the AG is openly considering the death penalty and depositions from the federal suit could reshape the landscape before a single juror is seated. Footer Links: Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/…

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