had gotten gsr from you. your law partners or sheriff hill were not there. no one asked you about your relationships. david owen was not there. be but you still told the same lie. all those reasons this you just gave this jury about the most important part of your testimony was a lie too. isn t that true? i disagree with that. nothing further. the cob text, as you well know, to the first officer on the scene, he was already off to the races and lying. it gave me chills just to hear that again. it was such a powerful moment. mr. waters has not tried a lot of criminal cases shs but his command of the facts of the case is impressive. he knew mr. murdaugh was try ing
your dope paranoia? those things are what triggered the paranoia that started as my addiction evolved. you are an experienced lawyer and you have been you read that as i should lie? no. that s not accurate. that s not what that means, is it? you are not that s not an accurate statement what you just said. i just repeated what you just said. you said it was one of the factors was your law blaming sheriff hill and greg alexander told you that you needed a lawyer before you talked to police and you took that somehow as meaning i need to lie as a lawyer and a prosecutor? no, that s what you said, mr.
talked about, you know, those things that had gone on, things that people had said to me about don t talk to anybody without a lawyer, partners told me that, a lot of my partners told me that, my dear friend chief alexander was one who said that, i overheard i believe it was sheriff hill, i m not positive, i overheard him say, don t let him talk to anybody without a lawyer. what i believe is that based on my distrust of s.l.e.d. and getting in that interview i m not positive, but i believe when he asked me about my relationship with my wife and my son, i believe that s when i decided to lie. i m not positive. you had the gsr, too. that contributes.
have a lawyer they are as you read that as i should like? not, that is not accurate. that is not what that means, is it, mr. murdaugh? that is not an accurate statement what you just said, mr. waters. i just repeated it what you just said. you said it was one of the factors your law partners and now you are blaming sheriff hill and greg alexander who told you that you need is a low your before you talk to the police. and you took that somehow as meaning i need to lie as a lawyer and a prosecutor? that is what you said, mr. waters. i m trying to get it from your perspective, mr. murdaugh. isn t that what you heard and isn t that what you just said, excuse me? no, sir, that is not what i said. eight again. i believe they were trying to help me and i believe they cared about me. and i believe they thought i was in a condition as such that i shouldn t talk to anybody.
i also know him asking me about maggie and paul-paul contributed to that paranoia. all i am saying is, i m not disputing i lied. i m just saying at this point, you are saying that i made a conscious decision to lie here. and i m saying come i don t think i made a conscious decision right there. i believe so. had you have your gsr at this point? yes work on my head. you talk to your law partners and sheriff hill and now you blame them. and chief alexander now as well for your lives? no so there sir, mr. waters. you just added that. can he be given an opportunity to answer the question? the last answer. mr. waters, i m not blaming