HAMPTON COUNTY, S.C. (WSAV) – Several media companies and a journalist named in a defamation lawsuit by Buster Murdaugh have filed a notice of removal to take the case to federal court.

Defendants in a defamation case brought by Buster Murdaugh against national media companies that allegedly accused him of killing a gay teen have removed the case from Murdaugh’s home county of ...

In related news, Buster Murdaugh's defamation suit against media companies regarding allegations about his involvement in a 2015 death has shifted to federal court, illustrative of the family's ...

Marian Proctor, right, reaches out to hug her nephew Buster Murdaugh after she testified in his father Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, Tuesday, Feb. 14, ...

He was denied a new trial in January following his appeal request. Years before the murders, a schoolmate of Buster Murdaugh, Stephen Smith, was killed in what was believed at the time to be a hit-and ...