Murdaugh Trial Clerk Accused of Plagiarizing Parts of Tell-All Memoir

The South Carolina court clerk who penned a memoir about Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial has been accused by the book’s co-author of plagiarism.

“This has blindsided me,” co-author Neil Gordon said in a statement announcing that all sales of Behind the Doors of Justice have been stopped.

Gordon said he discovered the “ethical gaffe” while reviewing e-mails between Colleton County clerk Becky Hill and a BBC reporter who “shared a long excerpt from an upcoming article.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.