did you continue lying after that night, did you not? once i lied, i continued to lie, yes, sir. why? you know, what a tangled web we weave, but once i told a lie, i told my family, i had to keep lying. alex, tell the jury what happened on the evening of june 7th, starting when you met up with paul. i had been at work that day, a fairly normal day.
and paul paul. i would never intentionally do anything to intentionally hurt either one of them. ever. ever. did you continue lying after that night, did you not? once i lied, i continued to lie, yes, sir. why? you know, what a tangled web we weave, but once i told a lie, and i told my family, i had to keep lying. alex, tell the jur
first blizzard warning for the southern california mountains since 1989. norah? norah: christina ruffini, thank you. it was a big day in the double murder trial of disgraced former attorney alex murdaugh. murdaugh took the stand, sobbing at times. he surprisingly admitted he lied to police. cbs s scott macfarlane was in yes, ma am.rolina reporter: just moments after taking the stand from alex murdaugh, part of a family legal dynasty in south carolina, denied being a murderer. i didn t shoot my wife or my son anytime. ever. reporter: but he admitted lying to police about being at the crime scene. the family s dog kennel just bee killings. he blamed paranoia and an opioid addiction. you continued lying after that night, did you not? once i lied, i continued to lie, yes, sir. why? oh, what a tangled web we weave. reporter: his attorneys
he lied was because he became paranoid due to his opioid addiction and said the reasons why he continued to lie was because he had already told those lies to people and family. that s when he gave the, oh, what a tangled web we weave. that s something that has been a theme throughout this trial. alex murdaugh s alibi had a giant hole in it today admitting ta he was there at the kennels just moments before his wife and son were shot to death. diane, stay with us. elliot williams joins the conversation it s a gamble to put a defendant on the stand testifying in his own defense. in this case, he repeatedly said he was not at the kennels. they had the visit yoen on his son s phone he was. did they have a choice, and what did you make of the idea? i lied because i was power noud because of a drug addiction. let s talk about why you don t put a defendant on the stand. your putting somebody on who can t control the story. they are going to have a prosecutor in an hour or
ever. ever. did you continue lying after that night, did you not? once i lied i continued to lie, yes, sir. why? you know, what a tangled web we weave. once i told a lie, i told my family, i had to keep lying. alex, tell the jury what happened on the evening of june 7th starting when you met up with paul. i had been at work that day,