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And pau-pau. i would never intentionally do anything to hurt either one of them. ever. reporter: the decision to testify a risky one for any defendant, but perhaps even more for murdaugh who is opening himself up to questions about a host of financial crimes he still is awaiting trial for. we ll talk about it now. reporter: waters ticked through allegations of years worth of theft and fraud. make this quick, correct? isn t that what you said? isn t that what you implied? no, sir, mr. waters. you have charged me with murdering my wife and my son and i have sat here for all these weeks listening to all this financial stuff. again, i stole money that didn t belong to me. i misled arthur badger to take that money and i was wrong. how many times have you practiced that answer before ....
Situations or circumstances where i would get paranoid thinking. i wasn t thinking clearly. i don t think i was capable of reason. and i lied about being down there. and i m so sorry that i did. reporter: but during cross-examination creighton waters emphasizing his 20-month lie. would you also agree that the first time that law enforcement officers that you ve talked to, the prosecution and here in open court ever heard you say that you lied about being in the kennels was today in this court? yes, i m aware of that. you would agree with that? yes, sir. reporter: murdaugh became emotional talking about his wife and son who he called pau-pau. most of all i m sorry to mags ....
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I got a pocket full of pills in my pocket. i was the person who found maggie and paul, my distrust for s.l.e.d., all of those factors combined and made me i also know him asking me about maggie and pau-pau contributed to that paranoia. all i m saying is i m not dispuing that i lied. i m just saying at this point you re saying i made a conscious decision to lie here, and i m saying i don t think i made a conscious decision right there. okay. later? i believe so. had you already had your gsr done at this point? yes, sir, i had. okay. you already talked to your law partners and heard sheriff hill, and now you re blaming them and blaming chief alexander now as well for your lies? ....
Point in time believed that those kids that were riding in that boat or their parents or their families, i didn t believe that any of the families, the people that were involved in the boat wreck had anything to do with hurting maggie and paul, but i can tell you that at that time and as i sit here today that i believe that boat wreck is the reason why pau-pau and maggie were killed, and i believe that. random vigilantes. no, what i believe, mr. waters, i believe that when paul was charged criminally, there were so many leaks, half truths, half reports, half statements, partial information, ....