What’s next for Buster Murdaugh after father’s conviction?

Buster Murdaugh’s future is in the spotlight following the conviction of his father, Alex Murdaugh, for the deaths of his mother and brother. NBC’s Stephanie Gosk reports for TODAY.

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[Raykibb]

I have been an attorney since 1989, when I graduated law school, passed the bar and went to work as an Asst. DA. I tried over 150 jury trials, and I caught a good bit of this trial, and Justice was handed out. Buster does inherit all of his mother’s estate, and also Paul’s. By law, a murderer can never inherit from one he is convicted of killing. It is as if AM had pre-deceased Buster when it comes to inheritance in this case. But, Buster will never touch that money, all of the victims of the financial crimes will get that money before Buster. I feel there is a lot of cash offshore. The $50k/wk habit was not believable to me.

[TheDerangedBlood]

The entire family needs to be investigated and the police department.

[claudiamarrero]

Justice For Stephen Smith. EVERYONE IN THE LOW COUNTRY KNOWS BUSTER IS INVOLVED.

[sjordan]

Hopefully, he gets questioned about the death of Stephen Smith, the young man deserves justice.

[bernardmungin]

I hope they do a real investigation of Stephen Smith after this.

[deborahbeltz]

You can bet there is hidden money, his father was not stupid

[wolke]

Buster and John Marvin know exactly what Alex did, my thought.
In all phone call with Alex and Buster... not 1 single word about Paul and Maggie
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[musicg]

Buster may have some criminal or financial responsibility in Mallory's murder. Did he know his brother was using his ID? Also, there is another case that may involve Buster. It's a hot mess. Finally, I think that Maggie left the beach house to her father-in-law. Sort of a weird arrangement. Then the father-in-law died days later. It's almost like Alex planned it.

[jackstraw]

The ghost of Stephen Smith will haunt Buster. It's already been proven it's not a hit and run.

[thessyjewell]

Based on their jail house conversations about bribing law school administrators and politicians, I'm sure he's wondering the same thing. Money and power has done this young man no favors.

[marilyncarter]

What shocked me was the jail house conversations about selling the assets as soon as possible to pay the bank so property liens could be removed. Not a word about paying his many victims . This greedy family needs to be held accountable. Buster is an adult and should work for his money like the rest of us.

[allimimi]

Is the Steven Smith issue that the Murdaugh’s didn’t want Buster’s name associated with Steven? So there is speculation that the Murdaugh’s had something to do with Steven’s death? I’m trying to follow along. This story has more twists than a bag of pretzels, my goodness…

[jackstraw]

The civil lawsuits should sink the family money.

[maggiehansen]

By the way he was acting in the court room makes me believe he knows something as well. If not that it speaks volumes about his ego even after everything came out about all of them and it’s disgusting

[linbrowning]

The disrespect Buster showed toward potential witnesses during his Dads court hearing makes me not care what happens to Buster. It appears to me that Maggie was the best of the Murdaugh family, and unfortunately, Alax took her life away. I think the last Murdaugh standing Buster is as heartless as his dad.

[mefford]

Buster showed exactly *WHO* he really is when he flipped off that witness as they were testifying. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[laurajanesherman]

Brothers know each other better than anyone else.

[cheekyoziechick]

They need to look into the death of that young man found not far from their property on the road with head injuries not connected to being hit by a car. He was Busters age.

[kerisatterwhite]

I think his girlfriend should head for the hills and get away from that family.

[willettmary]

He knows much more than he is sharing...my gut tells me he is tied into all of it somehow.