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Murdaugh Trial Clerk Accused of Plagiarizing Parts of Tell-All Memoir<!-- wp:html --><p>Joshua Boucher/Pool/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images</p> <p>The South Carolina court clerk who penned a memoir about <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/alex-murdaugh">Alex Murdaugh</a>’s <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/murder">murder</a> trial has been accused by the book’s co-author of plagiarism.</p> <p>“This has blindsided me,” co-author Neil Gordon said in a statement announcing that all sales of <em>Behind the Doors of Justice </em>have been stopped. </p> <p>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.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/murdaugh-trial-clerk-becky-hill-accused-of-plagiarizing-parts-of-tell-all-memoir">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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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.

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