Court Clerk in Murdaugh Murder Trial Accused of Plagiarism
Rebecca 'Becky' Hill Admits to Lifting Parts of Her Memoir from a BBC Report, Halting Sales and Unpublishing the Book
- Rebecca 'Becky' Hill, the court clerk who oversaw Alex Murdaugh's murder trial, has been accused of plagiarizing parts of her memoir, 'Behind the Doors of Justice', from a BBC report.
- Neil Gordon, Hill's co-author, discovered the plagiarism when reviewing emails between Hill and BBC reporter Holly Honderich, noticing a striking similarity between a shared excerpt from an upcoming article and the preface of Hill's memoir.
- Hill admitted to the plagiarism when confronted by Gordon, citing deadline pressures as the reason for her actions.
- Sales of the book have been halted and the memoir unpublished since the revelations.
- Earlier this year, Hill was also accused of witness tampering in the Murdaugh trial, with the defense team citing her memoir as evidence for a retrial.