# Did Someone Help Becky Hill Tamper With Alex Murdaugh's Jury?

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Podcast: [The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-re-trial-of-alex-murdaugh-5989088)
Published: 2026-05-24T19:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8906366
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Alex Murdaugh's defense team just filed a federal lawsuit against Becky Hill — and the point isn't money. It's answers. The Section 1983 civil rights claim alleges Hill deprived Murdaugh of a fair trial before an untampered jury. The Supreme Court already found her conduct warranted throwing out the conviction. Now the defense wants to use civil discovery — depositions, subpoenas, sworn testimony — to find out everything the state never bothered to investigate. Jim Griffin put it plainly at the press conference: was Becky Hill a lone wolf? Or did someone else know what was happening during those deliberations? The complaint flags the removal of juror Myra Crosby — the egg lady — as an incident that's never been adequately explained. The suit seeks more than six hundred thousand dollars in damages tied to the cost of the original trial. None of it goes to Murdaugh. Every dollar flows to the receivership. The defense argues the state never treated Hill's interference as the constitutional violation it was. Never followed the evidence wherever it led. This federal suit is built to go where the state wouldn't. Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta and Robin Dreeke break down what the discovery process can actually force into the open — and whether what Hill did during that trial could have happened without anyone noticing. On the retrial side, the Supreme Court handed the defense a roadmap. The financial evidence firewall changes everything. The court expressed clear skepticism about twelve hours of stolen-money testimony, and the defense will fight to exclude every piece armed with the court's own words. Behind that wall, the physical case is thin: no DNA on Murdaugh, no blood, both weapons missing, no eyewitnesses, and a crime scene that was compromised from the start. Tho…

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