Alex Murdaugh calls new Hulu series ‘sensationalist’

A disgraced former South Carolina lawyer convicted of murdering his wife and son is launching a new drama series for his “sensationalist” portrayal of the brutal double murder.

The story of Alex Murdaugh’s rise and fall as a Lowcountry law mogul has been reimagined in a new eight-part Hulu limited series, “Murdaugh: Death in the Family.” The dramatic narrative recounts the moments before and immediately after the shooting deaths of Murdaugh’s wife, Maggie, and his teenage son, Paul.

However, after the series’ release, Murdaugh spoke out against the dramatization of his family’s tragic history.

Murdaugh’s defense team said in a statement that he “is deeply disappointed and disturbed by Hulu’s recent streaming series about him and the entire Murdaugh family.”

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The statement accuses the TV series of misleading viewers and misrepresenting Murdaugh’s relationships with his wife and youngest son.

“The program contains numerous inaccuracies and misleading portrayals that distort the truth about their lives,” the statement said. “The depiction of their personal family dynamic is particularly disturbing, as it completely misrepresents Alex’s relationships with his wife, Maggie, and his son, Paul, whom Alex loves so much.”

The disgraced lawyer also claims that the show’s producers failed to consult his legal team or family members to corroborate their versions of events during the filming of the series.

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A still from the Hulu original series, “Murdaugh: Death in the Family.” (Daniel Delgado Jr./Disney via Getty Images)

“Equally concerning is the lack of commitment from producers or actors to understand the individuals depicted,” the statement added.

“No one from Hulu has ever contacted Alex, his son Buster, any member of the Murdaugh family, or Alex’s attorneys to hear their side or verify the facts. Instead, the program appears to rely heavily on sensationalist accounts from secondary sources without any direct knowledge or relationship with him or his family.”

Hulu did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

On June 7, 2021, Murdaugh made a hysterical call to 911 to report that Maggie and Paul had been shot near the kennels on his family’s sprawling Lowcountry hunting estate.

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Alex Murdaugh speaks with defense attorney Jim Griffin during a jury tampering hearing at the Richland County Judicial Center on January 29, 2024 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Andrew J. Whitaker/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool)

However, the story of a grieving husband and father quickly came to light when Murdaugh’s long list of financial crimes – and elaborate cover-up schemes – against his legal clients came to light.

In the months before Murdaugh was indicted for the murders of his wife and son, prosecutors piled up dozens of charges alleging the disgraced lawyer stole millions of dollars from his clients and victims’ families to support his addiction to painkillers.

“I think it’s often difficult for people to compartmentalize what we think and who we think we know,” Mark Tinsley, an attorney who testified in the criminal case against Murdaugh, told Fox News Digital. “I think there’s probably a group of people who still have a hard time believing that the facade they saw wasn’t real.”

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In March 2023, a South Carolina jury found Murdaugh guilty of double murder and he was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences. He is serving an additional 40 years behind bars for his financial crimes and remains incarcerated in a maximum security prison in South Carolina.

Prosecutor Creighton Waters declined Fox News Digital’s request for comment regarding the series.

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However, as the series continues to captivate audiences with a dramatization of one of the most notorious true crime cases in modern American history, the man responsible for the murders asks viewers to consider watching with a skeptical mind.

“We urge viewers to approach this dramatization with the understanding that it is not an accurate portrayal of Alex, her family, or the tragic events it dramatizes,” the statement said.