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>> did you steal divert the fee away from the law firm? >> i did. >> how did you get in such a financial predicament that led you to steal money that wasn't yours? >> you know, i'm not quite sure how i let myself get where i got, but it came from -- you know, i battled addiction for so many years. i was spending so much money on pills. i got in a spot i couldn't -- >> what type of addiction are you referring to? >> my addiction is to opiate pain killers, specifically oxycodone, oxycontin. >> when did you first become dependent or addicted opiods? >> oxycodone or opiods in general?...

Or did he pass before -- >> no, sir, he got killed in 1940. >> and how long was he solicitor? >> 20 years. >> for 20 years. >> yes, sir. >> and then your grandfather, who was that? >> randolph murdaugh jr. >> what did he go by? >> buster. that's who buster is named after. my granddaddy. >> was he a solicitor? >> yes, sir, he was solicitor for 46 years, from 1940 he took over when my great granddaddy got killed and he served until 19786. he was the longest serving prosecutor in the country. >> and you knew him obviously well, he was your grandfather. >> i knew him extremely well and loved him d...

>> then your grandfather, who was that? >> randolph murdaugh jr. >> what did he go by? >> buster. that's who buster is named after. >> was he solicitor? >> yes, sir, he was the solicitor for 46 years. from 1940 he took over when my great grand daddy got killed and he served until 1986. he was the longest serving prosecutor in the country. >> you knew him well, he was your grandfather, correct? >> i knew him extremely well and loved him dearly. >> idolized him, did you not? >> yes. >> he was the prosecutor for all that time as well, is that correct? >> yes, sir. >> then your father, mr. randolp...

0 was doing it and i had that document prepared, handwritten in the neatest handwriting that i could make because a secretary other than mine, a paralegal other than mine was going to be the person who was going to put those -- that financial information into the final document. and that's the document that mark ball talked about that he found on my desk whenever it was that he found it. so that is what was going to be, if necessary, what was going to be used thursday. >> the jury has heard about testimony of you stealing client funds. did you do that? >> i did. >> did you steal or divert that...

0 talked about that he found later in my office. and it was tight -- it was handwritten, ready to be tightened up by, you know -- because of the charges against paw, i kept everything close in the civil case, it was danny in his office that was doing it, and i had that document prepared, handwritten in the neatest handwriting that i could make because a secretary other than mine, a paralegal other than mine was going to be the person who was going to put that financial information into the final document, and that's the document that mark ball talked about that he found on my desk whenever it ...