0 was doing it and i had that document prepared, handwritten in the neatest handwriting that i could make because a secretary other than mine, a paralegal other than mine was going to be the person who was going to put those that financial information into the final document. and that s the document that mark ball talked about that he found on my desk whenever it was that he found it. so that is what was going to be, if necessary, what was going to be used thursday. the jury has heard about testimony of you stealing client funds. did you do that? i did. did you steal or divert that fee away from the law firm? i did. how did you get in such a financial predicament that led you to steal money that wasn t yours? you know, i m not quite sure how i let myself get where i got. it came from i battled that addiction for so many years. i was spending so much money on pills. i got in a spot i couldn t what type of addiction are you referring to? my addiction is to opiate pain
0 talked about that he found later in my office. and it was tight it was handwritten, ready to be tightened up by, you know because of the charges against paw, i kept everything close in the civil case, it was danny in his office that was doing it, and i had that document prepared, handwritten in the neatest handwriting that i could make because a secretary other than mine, a paralegal other than mine was going to be the person who was going to put that financial information into the final document, and that s the document that mark ball talked about that he found on my desk whenever it was that he found it. so that was what was going to be if necessary, what was going to be used thursday. alec, the jury has heard about testimony of you stealing client funds. did you do that? i did, yes. did you steal or divert that farris fee away from the law firm? i did. how did you get in such a financial predicament that led you to steal money that wasn t yours? you know, i m not
buster, he testified his dad seen distraught and destroyed by the murder of his wife, maggie and son, paul. it was heartbroken and i walked up the door and i saw him and gave him a hug and just just broken down. reporter: prosecutors claim murdaugh committed the murder to hide his financial crime and with his wife finding a stash of pills one month before his murder. buster testified that his family knew and dealt with the addiction. i knew either my brother or mom found at some point and he went to a detox facility. that was my knowledge of it. reporter: the defense also tried to show the family was careless about their guns inferring someone else could have taken one to commit the murders. defense expert claims forensics from the angle of the
stay stopped. he wants to go to a substance abuse program. yes, that s your big first step. if we can get that done, you ll go? yeah. all right. this is a big deal for taylor. but he ll only leave if he can be placed in a drug treatment program. we ll figure it out. you got the best in the best right there. deputy matson gets to work. we ve been calling all last week and all been no, no, no, no so we got tired of the nos. taylor has agreed to leave the encampment but there is so much complexity involved. they can t get a bed for him in orange county where he s from until they get his insurance switched over. so they have found a motel room for him until he can go into a detox facility. but this is the kind of thing that these sheriff s deputies are dealing with. this is what it takes when you re trying to get one person off the streets. what kinds of services are going to be available to him when he leaves here?
week, and it s all been no, no, no, no, no. so we got tired of the no s. taylor has agreed to leave the encampment, but there s so much complexity involved. they can t get a bed for him in orange county, where he s from, until they get his insurance switched over. so they have found a motel room for him until he can go into a detox facility. but this is the kind of thing that these sheriff s deputies are dealing with. this is what it takes when you re trying to get one person off the streets. what kinds of services are going to be available to him when he leaves here? so once he s at the program, they re able to assist him with his needs, his mental health, his drug issues. what compelled you to decide today was the day that you want to leave? you know, my dad s been trying really hard to get me help, and i don t want him to have to bury me. you ready to go, hon?