it was as my addiction got worse, i mean it was a significant period of time but, you know. how long would you have these paranoid thoughts? usually a matter of seconds. it was something again, my whole life you wouldn t see me where i didn t have pills on me. that s where i kept them. i kept them on me because i was scared to put them somewhere for fear somebody would find them. i kept them on me. if you saw me, i had pills on me. i had a pocketful of pills on june 8th, on june 8th when i was sitting in david owen s patrol car. so i always had them on me. and i might turn i might be
yes, sir. multiple requests. i would ask about this. did mark ball ever hear your story to the jury about the kennels until yesterday, your buddy and law partner? i haven t spoken to mark ball since i went to rehab. these were the same law partners you were listening to the night of is that what you testified to this jury earlier? you testified to that earlier, did you not? i don t understand your question. didn t you testify earlier you were listening to your law partners on the night of the incident? was i listening to them? you testified to that. simple question, sir. i m sure i was. when are you talking about? on june 8th in the early morning hours you testified you were listening to them but you never told them the kennel story either and they heard it for the first time yesterday as well, isn t that correct? yes. that s the first time they heard
0 do you remember looking tony satterfield in the eye and lying to him? i remember lying to tony satterfield and i remember looking him in the eye on many occasions. and lying to him? yeah. lying to his family? i lied to his family. i don t know if i did it in person but i know i had phone conversations with them where i lied to them. okay. let s talk a little bit about the pills if we can. okay. and you ve already testified, as have other people, that you were still able to function as a lawyer over the years despite the pills that you were using. is that correct? yes, sir. and you were able of course during this period of time to engage in these relatively complicated thefts that increased over the years that we ve just talked about despite the pill usage, is that correct? i was. i was. all right. and you were also able to, during this time period, convince your staff that nothing was amiss with all of these exhibits, despite your pill usage. most of those d
0 i think i was selfish and i think i just took the money. i think i understand. i asked you a series of questions yesterday about at least relating one conversation you had with one of these clients, and i m just going to ask you this one, do you remember looking tony satterfield in the eye and lying to him? i remember lying to tony satterfield and i remember looking him in the eye on many occasions. and lying to him? yeah. okay. lying to his family? i lied to his family. i don t know if i did it in person, but i know i had phone conversations with them where i lied to them. okay. let s talk a little bit about the pills, if we can. okay. and you ve already testified as have other people, that you were still able to function as a lawyer over the years despite the pills that you were using. is that correct? yes, sir. and you were able, of course, during this period of time to engage in these relatively complicated thefts that increased over the years that we ve j
questioning the housekeeper, and the defense felt that he went too far, and the defense said that you cannot unring that bell, and what the jury heard, they will not forget it, and he was trying to get the housekeeper to talk about maggie murdaugh s state of mind before she was killed and if she was worried about money, but that mistrial has been denied, but back to the housekeeper s testimony, and what he was trying to get paul and maggie to come to the hunting club that night, and the clothing that alex murdaugh was wearing night of the murder, and showing snapshot from his phone where he was wearing blue pants and shirt, and if she had ever seen those clothes again, and this what she said. on june 8th, 2021, in the morning hours when you came back over there, was that shirt there? no, sir. were these shoes that you have thought were house slippers, were those there?