Mark Tinsley, the attorney for Mallory Beach, who died when she fell off a boat that Paul Murdaugh was driving, made headlines when he testified at Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial
The judge called Tinsley a “tiger,” and he told the court how he got into Murdaugh’s money to force a settlement in the case.
In 2019, Paul Murdaugh was accused of accidentally killing Beach by steering the boat after he had been drinking. Alex Murdaugh, Paul’s father, was reportedly sued by the Beach family for not giving them the money they had asked for. Tinsley was suing Alex at the time and was looking into his finances. He asked the court to let him see Murdaugh’s finances so that the case could be settled.
Who is Mark Tinsley South Carolina attorney of Mallory Beach in the Alex Murdaugh murders, trial, age, wife, education
🐅 Mark Tinsley 🐅 the TIGER. Greatest Hit #1 #MurdaughTrial #MarkTinsley #AlexMurdaughTrial #AlexMurdaugh pic.twitter.com/0m6BorpTlm
— Kimrey Rhinehardt (@KimreyThinks) March 4, 2023
“When you practice law and go to a (court) roster meeting, if there are 50 cases on the roster in Hampton County, 50 or 60% are Alex’s. I know he’s making money. He can’t possibly be broke,” Tinsley said on the witness stand.
Mark Tinsley revealed that Alex had tried to bully him into dropping the case seeking compensation for the Beach family.
Judge Newman praises Mark Tinsley as a Tiger
Judge Clifton Newman, who presided over the murder trial of Alex Murdaugh, referred to Tinsley as a “tiger” during the proceedings. “I can just imagine on that day June 7 when a lawyer was confronted and confesses to stealing over half a million dollars from a client and he has a tiger like Mark Tinsley on his tail pursuing discovery in the case involving the death of Mallory Beach,” Newman said. “And having a father for the most part on his deathbed… I know it had to have been quite a bit going through your mind on that day.”
Mark TINSLEY 🐅 the TIGER 🐅 Greatest Hit #2 #AlexMurdaugh #AlexMurdaughTrial #MurdaughTrial #MarkTinsley pic.twitter.com/rBkavlHuj1
— Kimrey Rhinehardt (@KimreyThinks) March 4, 2023
Who is Mark Tinsley?
Mark Tinsley is an American lawyer for Gooding & Gooding in Charleston, South Carolina. According to rumours, he graduated from USC’s law school in 1998. He practises across the board and is particularly well-versed in matters pertaining to immigration law, civil rights, and human rights.
In the 25 years he worked as a lawyer, the Mallory Beach case made him famous. Stephanie Sawyer Fletcher is married to Tinsley. He was told he had prostate cancer, but he was able to get rid of it.
When your witness brings the sauce.#AlexMurdaughTrial #MarkTinsley
Highlights ⚖️📒 pic.twitter.com/zBVzCYw1tG— ⚖️The Justice Team⚖️ (@LawDog323E) March 2, 2023
Mark Tinsley is known as a “tiger” in the courtroom because of his role in the Mallory Beach case and how hard he worked to get justice for the Beach family.
Mark Tinsley asking for a copy of the record where Judge Newman called him a tiger #MurdaughTrial pic.twitter.com/lX2E0t2eBW
— Jay (@theshamingofjay) March 3, 2023
His desire to look at Alex Murdaugh’s finances in the case showed that Murdaugh’s actions might have been about money. Tinsley is a respected lawyer in South Carolina because of how well he knows the law and how hard he works for his clients.
What is Alex Murdaugh’s case which Mark Tinsley is fighting
Alex Murdaugh’s case is a complicated legal story that has kept South Carolina and the rest of the country interested. Alex Murdaugh is a well-known lawyer whose family is one of the most powerful in the state. Murdaugh’s wife and son were found dead on their family’s property in June 2021.
As police looked into how Murdaugh’s wife and son died, other scandals started to come to light. Murdaugh was accused of stealing a lot of money from his law firm, which has since gone out of business. Murdaugh was arrested and charged with insurance fraud in September 2021. He was accused of setting up his own death so he could get a $10 million life insurance payout.
The case has shown how powerful and influential South Carolina’s wealthy families are. And where the state’s legal system falls short. There are still a lot of questions about what happened to the Murdaugh family. The investigation is still going on.
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