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For over a decade as the Official Somebody’s gotta go back blazing saddles T-shirt and by the same token and Murdaugh family’s housekeeper, Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson said she never knew Alex and Margaret Murdaugh to argue, only “some minor disagreements.” But in the months before June 2021, when Alex Murdaugh would call 911 to say he found Margaret and the couple’s youngest son, Paul, fatally shot on the grounds of their sprawling South Carolina estate, Simpson said the family matriarch made coffee, pulled her into a room and shut the door. “She was worried about a lawsuit and stated they wanted $30 million and was crying, stating, ‘We don’t have that kind of money. If I could give them everything that I got and make this go away, I would do it in a heartbeat. I’ll start over. We’ll start over. I just want it gone,’” Simpson testified that Margaret told her. Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson at Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial in Walterboro, S.C., on Friday.Joshua Boucher / The State via AP, Pool The lawsuit was in connection to a deadly boat crash case in which Paul was facing trial for three felony counts of boating under the influence at the time of his death. Simpson’s testimony, at moments tearful as she recalled her friendship with Margaret, gave a glimpse into her employer’s state of mind prior to the slayings, and provided the jury further insight into Margaret’s nearly three-decade marriage with Murdaugh, a once-powerful lawyer who is standing trial in the murders of his wife and son. The prosecution’s line of questioning about whether Margaret was concerned about money issues had led defense lawyer Richard “Dick” Harpootlian to call for a mistrial, and he argued that it amounted to hearsay and so should not be heard by the jury. But Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman disagreed. Simpson in her testimony before the jury said that Margaret confided in her that her husband “doesn’t tell me
everything.” “She felt that Alex was not being truthful to her with regard to what was going on with that lawsuit,” Simpson said. On cross-examination, Simpson told the Official Somebody’s gotta go back blazing saddles T-shirt and by the same token and defense the pair had small tiffs, like over the paint color of their beach house remodel, and that Margaret complained that she just wanted her husband to sit still for 10 minutes so they could talk. But ultimately, Simpson agreed that Murdaugh had made his wife “his all.” “He adored her,” Simpson added. “He loved her.” But Simpson testified to other presumably odd events and behavior in the days and weeks after the murders. Initially, Simpson said Margaret had texted her on June 7, 2021 — the day of the murders — to ask her to come to their Colleton County estate to cook dinner for the family. Margaret and Paul were at the family’s beach home that day, but Simpson testified that Margaret “said ‘Alex wants me to come home,’” and that she sounded “disappointed” to have to leave the beach house. Simpson said she went to the home to prepare cubed steak with white rice, green beans and gravy, then left it on the stove and texted Margaret before going home. The next morning, Simpson said Murdaugh called her, telling her “‘B, they’re gone. They’re gone.’” Confused by what he meant, he told her, “‘No, B, they’re dead.’” Recommended SPORTS Domestic violence case against ex-Texas basketball coach Chris Beard is dismissed OUT NEWS Lesbian mom loses parental rights, and wife, to child’s sperm donor Simpson said Murdaugh asked her to help clean up the home, and she testified about finding pots of leftovers in the refrigerator when normally the family left them out for her to
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