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Murdaugh ‘egg juror’ fights to crack open jury tampering investigation with records in court clerk scandal
By Sarah Rumpf-Whitten
Published May 20, 2026
The woman dubbed the "egg juror" during Alex Murdaugh’s sensational double-murder trial is now demanding that South Carolina officials hand over sealed records tied to explosive allegations that a court official tampered with the jury.
Myra Crosby, the juror booted from the high-profile 2023 murder trial before deliberations, filed a motion dated May 18 asking the South Carolina Supreme Court to lift protective orders shielding investigative files involving former Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca "Becky" Hill.
"The public interest and the ends of justice are best served by transparency," the filing says.
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Myra Crosby earned the nickname "egg juror" after asking a judge if she could retrieve her dozen eggs and purse before being dismissed from a case, prompting laughter in the courtroom. (Andrew J. Whitaker/The Post And Courier/AP)
The filing argues there is no longer any reason to keep the records secret because prosecutors have admitted the jury-tampering probe is concluded.
According to the motion, 11th Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard acknowledged during a plea hearing for Hill that investigators lacked enough evidence to charge her criminally with jury tampering.
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"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."
Myra Crosby, known as the "egg juror," exits the Colleton County courthouse in Walterboro, S.C., on March 2, 2023, after being dismissed for misconduct from the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial by Judge Clifton Newman. (Larry Paci/Fox News Digital)
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The filing points specifically to a January 2024 protective order in which the court acknowledged it "generally favor(s) public access and transparency," but determined confidentiality was warranted at the time to protect "ongoing investigations" connected to Murdaugh’s bid for a new trial.
Crosby’s attorney, Joseph McCullough, said his client submitted multiple South Carolina Freedom of Information Act requests to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), the attorney general’s office and the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office seeking the full investigative file into allegations Hill improperly influenced jurors during Murdaugh’s murder trial.
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But according to the motion, SLED declined to release the records, citing the Supreme Court’s protective order.
Now, Crosby argues, those investigations are over.
"As is now known," the filing says, "the underlying purposes supporting issuance of the protective order no longer exist."
Alex Murdaugh and defense attorney Dick Harpootlian review evidence during his trial for murder at the Colleton County Courthouse on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, in Walterboro, S.C. (Joshua Boucher/Pool/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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Murdaugh’s defense team is now mounting its own effort to gain access to the same materials.
Attorney Dick Harpootlian told Fox News Digital that Murdaugh’s lawyers have filed a separate motion seeking access to the sealed files for use in ongoing civil litigation against Hill.
"We, that is, Alex Murdaugh’s lawyers, also filed," Harpootlian revealed to Fox News Digital. "It’s a similar motion to allow us access to those files, to subpoena those files so that we might use them in the civil lawsuit that we have against her."
Harpootlian said the defense motion differs from Crosby’s request because Murdaugh’s attorneys are pursuing active litigation.
"It’s not the same as Myra’s, because hers is basically an FOIL request, and she doesn’t have any pending litigation," he said. "We have, as you know, a pending [civil] lawsuit against Becky Hill."
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson speaks to the media alongside the prosecution team after Alex Murdaugh was found guilty on all counts at the Colleton County Courthouse on Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Walterboro, South Carolina. (Larry Paci for Fox News Digital )
Murdaugh’s defense has alleged that Crosby’s ultimate dismissal was part of a broader effort by Hill to steer jurors toward a guilty verdict.
Crosby became known nationally as the "egg juror" after she was removed from the panel in a viral moment. Another juror had brought in eggs to give away, and Crosby asked if she could get her dozen eggs and purse before leaving. The moment led to laughter in the courtroom.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the South Carolina attorney general's office for comment.
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