DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) – The man accused of being one of disgraced Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh’s primary drug dealers entered a guilty plea on state charges Monday.
Spencer Roberts pleaded guilty to distributing drugs and money laundering after lawyers on both sides negotiated a settlement. A judge sentenced him to six years in prison.
Murdaugh was convicted in the June 7, 2021, double murder of his wife Maggie, and their son, Paul. Murdaugh’s defense said prior to the killings, for which Murdaugh still maintains his innocence, he had become severely addicted to drugs, in particular oxycodone.
Roberts is the man who was accused of supplying Murdaugh with that medication…