HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (Court TV) — A South Carolina man who is accused of fatally shooting another driver during a 2023 road rage incident has filed an unusual lawsuit against the victim’s family attorney, claiming the lawyer orchestrated a “media firestorm” solely to enhance his own celebrity status and permanently damaged the defendant’s ability to receive a fair trial.
Weldon Boyd filed the civil complaint Nov. 3 in Horry County against attorney Mark B. Tinsley, seeking a declaratory judgment that Tinsley “manufactured, disseminated, and perpetuated a false narrative through manipulative use of media outlets” for personal publicity rather than to serve his client’s interests.
Witness Mark Tinsley, attorney for Mallory Beach’s family, answers questions during Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, in Walterboro, S.C. Attorney Murdaugh is standing trial on two counts of murder in the shootings of his wife and son at their Colleton County home and hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. (Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool)
Tinsley fired back at the allegations, calling the lawsuit “baseless and flawed” in a statement to Court TV…