The murder trial for disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh will continue Thursday, and now there are questions over whether Murdaugh’s defense will call him to the stand for testimony. It’s still unclear if the judge will allow Murdaugh, who is charged with killing his wife Maggie, and adult son Paul, at the family’s Colleton County estate in 2021.

As the day began, defense attorney Jim Griffin asked Judge Clifton Newman to set parameters for the prosecution should Murdaugh take the stand in his defense on Thursday, asking that any financial crimes should be off limits in questioning. Murdaugh is also facing separate trials in the future on accusations he stole millions from clients and his law firm.

A total of five witnesses testified today on Wednesday during week five of the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial. First up was Mark Ball, the defendant’s former colleague.

Ball is a partner at Murdaugh’s former law firm, now called Parker Law Group, and a family friend of the Murdaughs.

“Knowing Alex for 30 years, do you develop an assessment of his relationship with his family: Maggie, Paul and Buster?” defense attorney Jim Griffin asked.

“Well, I will tell you this. The person I thought I knew loved his family or appeared to love his family very much. He would take their calls, he did all those things,” Ball testified. “After September the third, I’m not sure I know that person. But he always seemed to be devoted to everything.” #AlexMurdaugh #Murdaugh

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