Egg Juror Seeks Release of Sealed Records in Alex Murdaugh Trial Probe

Myra Crosby, the juror removed from Alex Murdaugh’s 2023 double-murder trial before deliberations, has asked the South Carolina Supreme Court to lift protective orders on investigative files tied to former Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill.

Crosby filed the motion on May 18. The filing says the public interest and the ends of justice are best served by transparency. It argues that the records no longer need to remain sealed because prosecutors have said the jury-tampering investigation is over.

According to the motion, 11th Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard told a plea hearing for Hill that investigators did not have enough evidence to charge her with jury tampering. “I don’t know that I have enough based on what we have to even get an indictment,” Hubbard said in a transcript attached to the filing. “We cannot get a conviction because we cannot prove that case beyond a reasonable doubt.”

Murdaugh’s defense team, including Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin, later said Crosby’s removal was part of a broader effort by Hill to steer jurors toward a guilty verdict. Crosby became known as the “Egg Juror” after testimony showed she discussed the case outside court and made comments about the cost of eggs. She was removed from the panel.

Fox News Digital reached out to Murdaugh’s attorneys and the South Carolina attorney general’s office.