Alex Murdaugh settles wrongful death lawsuit that sparked downfall

Alex Murdaugh is led to the Colleton County Courthouse by sheriff’s deputies for sentencing in March 2023 (Chris Carlson/AP)

Disgraced US lawyer Alex Murdaugh has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a teenager killed in a boat crash involving Murdaugh’s youngest son that prosecutors said provoked him to later kill his wife and their son who wrecked the boat.

The agreement by an insurer to pay the 500,000-dollar (£381,847) policy Alex Murdaugh had on the boat ends the wrongful death suit that ultimately pried open Murdaugh’s finances and laid bare his schemes to steal millions from his clients and his South Carolina law firm.