Attorney Accused of Murdering Mom: Defendant Takes the Stand

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“This monster took this dumbbell and proceeded to bludgeon my mother right in front of me…” Defendant Richard Merritt testified that two gunmen were responsible for her brutal murder of his mother, not him. The disgraced personal injury attorney is accused of beating and stabbing his mother to death.
Merritt was supposed to report to prison for cheating clients the day he allegedly killed his mom, jumped bail, and led police on a nationwide manhunt.
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@COURTTV Год назад

#CourtTV What do YOU think? MORE HERE: www.courttv.com/trending/ga-v-richard-merritt-disgraced-attorney-accused-of-killing-mother/?

@FLo-jc7ig Год назад

This case has the Same circumstances as "Alex Murdaugh"!!! I'm sure they're TWINS.....😱

@suzymoroka297 Год назад

Is there a video of the complete cross examination? I’m pretty sure he was on the stand for a lot longer than just an hour, no? Alec Murdaugh’s long lost sibling

@CremeDeLaCrime Год назад

Would love to tell you what I think but I can’t get thru an ad without ANOTHER playing. Ridiculous.

@francescawilliams8177 Год назад

After watching true crime for ages and getting my degrees on RU-vid my question is , why would intruders see a weaker older woman as a threat and leave an able bodied man? Guilty

@SalsaShakers Год назад

Loving getting your law "degrees" on You Tube! LOLOL Love from SCOTLAND

@thomasb7347 Год назад

To be fair maybe they just knew he is a total and utter coward

@mariatrining4083 Год назад

🤓😆

@abeldemota1851 Год назад

😂😂😂 hey classmate 😂🎉

@snowbird9660 Год назад

EXACTLY! Well said.

@Melanie0936 Год назад

I LOVE when defendants take the stand! Nearly every single one is a complete narcissist, including this guy.

@CoraJean19 Год назад

Yes ! Murdaugh. Brophy. Can hardly wait for the Sara Boone trial.

@paulaellis6242 Год назад

He just doesn't stop with all lying. It is so obvious.

@barstad-9591 Год назад

I really wish Lori Vallow Daybell had taken the stand!

@cagonza7832 Год назад

So what did the so-called 'intruders' want from him that they would KILL his Mother brutally and threaten his ex-wife and kids. They left him alive 😮. Why??? Seriously dude!!!

@suzymoroka297 Год назад

The boat crash? 🫢🤭

@cagonza7832 Год назад

@@JozieWales420 ik... it was written in sarcasm. It was a STUPID story.

@cagonza7832 Год назад

@@suzymoroka297 That is what I was saying. He was going to jail that day. STUPID lie.

@Two_Deep Год назад

Did you notice he said "the GENTLEMAN pushed my mother down the stairs"??? What a crock of sheet

@kristieunderthesea Год назад

And then he called the same “gentleman” a monster shortly after. It seemed like he caught himself after he said gentleman and then thought to clarify after with “monster”

@MrBetc Год назад

Like seriously! He lets these 2 into the house, they have a gun but go and find a knife and take out the Mom cause she is such a threat over him. I call bull💩.

@doneldamacdonnell8602 Год назад

Where is the lawyer asking the questions from ? The bathroom ?

@StaceyJoy14 Год назад

You just made me LOL 😂

@ajqueen31 Год назад

@@StaceyJoy14 ditto!

@barryspurr9577 Год назад

@@ajqueen31 ditto!

@Annie67083 Год назад

😂😂😂😂😂

@harrond Год назад

Lol 😂

@Hayday.1979 Год назад

Soooo, the old people you robbed blind wanted to punish you by ringing the doorbell, beating & stabbing your mom to death in front of you, letting you run away, and letting you relocate, sign up for tinder, and make a new life as a free man for 8 months? Man, they really got their revenge! 🤨

@eh-i1841 Год назад

Yeah,I’m a bit disappointed,that they didn’t throw a party for him.

@debsea2759 Год назад

Why would anyone kill his mom in that fashion and then threaten his family when, he’s the dirtbag here?!

@californiadreamer2580 Год назад

@Deb Sea: Yes, especially if he is right there

@robbiewilson5563 Год назад

She was trying to stop him from running away and he snapped as she probably never told him no. I hope the jury comes back in 15 minutes.

@vanessavanvuuren8193 Год назад

i believe this too

@speakupify Год назад

Hit the nail.on the head. I just posted same.on another thread. He thought he'd smooth over the jury with his long unnecessary answers. Hope they torture him inside!!

@CoraJean19 Год назад

Close. Less than an hour.

@mischiefmanaged9873 Год назад

When he is describing what " those monster's " did, he is describing himself. How can someone who has passed the bar think this ridiculous story would work on anyone! Guilty af!

@whathappenedtomyYThandle Год назад

That's what I thought. Otherwise, aside from no emotion from him, if true what was the purpose of watching "them" kill his mother in such a brutal way? No reason.

@sherireedy329 Год назад

So true

@Coastal_one Год назад

Mama gets brutally murdered and he wants effing snacks?

@onacoffeebreak Год назад

💁🏻‍♀️ This man at 49:05 just said “The GENTLEMAN that pushed her down the stairs…” that is no doubt proof he is a disgusting and he is a liar. No one would call the person who supposedly killed your mother a gentleman. What a horrible evil man he is.

@thisiscait Год назад

Great observation

@mywilliams9472 Год назад

Straight from Jennifer Pans handbook

@vanessavanvuuren8193 Год назад

you are right

@Hayday.1979 Год назад

What about when he laughed under his breath when asked about the knife?? :laugh: no, the knife came later… Are You Kidding Me?!

@AcypressRN Год назад

Literally my thought process when I heard that!!!

@zeldafitzgerald3530 Год назад

I cannot roll my eyes hard enough during this mfrs ridiculous testimony. Lock him up, throw away the key.

@Multiverse10X Год назад

R U a member of the Sofa Squad? 😎

@CoraJean19 Год назад

@@Multiverse10X I was thinking the same thing!! A sofa squad member! Love Paul and Roscoe P.!

@Multiverse10X Год назад

@@CoraJean19 Yes, we absolutely do!! 🛋️🛋️🛋️

@debsea2759 Год назад

Wow no tears describing his mother’s murder 🧐. He should be writing novels. Give me a break!

@sherireedy329 Год назад

Omg I have heard it all now!!! What a heartless pos of a son!!!!

@anovemberstar Год назад

Like he legit makes Akex Murdaugh look sincere in comparison, LOL

@paulbarnhart210 Год назад

What a monster to kill your own mother

@jojozep7820 Год назад

“Richard, where were you born?”……… “From the womb of the woman I bludgeoned to death”……should’ve been his reply…….

@thatcanadianchick7589 Год назад

His mom was nag, nag, nagging him with her steel magnolia southern charm and he cracked !! He frickin' had a meltdown and tore into her(literally) ! Guilty !!

@paulaellis6242 Год назад

great comment, I think you are so right!!!! Poor lady!!!

@barbolson8768 Год назад

If he didn't want to turn himself in, he could have said to his mother that he was going out to his car to get something and drive away, leaving his mother safe, sound and alive in her home. He didn't need to kill her.

@kerrib2568 Год назад

So true. Or if he was worried about his get away and her alerting the police that he might be running, he could have tied her up. (awful…but way less so than bludgeoning and stabbing).

@elainewat2607 Год назад

Well, my guess is he threw her down the stairs when she tried to keep him from running.! No one within their right mind would EVER believe this crock of bull crap he just spewed out his evil mouth!

@laurapender9483 Год назад

He's an awful person. So self serving and cold. His moral compass was in the ditch.

@Aleyaha699 Год назад

He reminds me of Alex Murdaugh.

@TTK59 Год назад

He is able to describe the brutal murder of his mother that he claims to have witnessed and remain composed. The story he tells is ridiculous. The monster in the house that day is him.

@cking3443 Год назад

How hard would it be to be a juror and not burst out laughing at this pig!! RIP Shirley you didn’t deserve a monster like this as your son

@crysn315 Год назад

So, he wants us to believe that these people killed his mother (brutally), threatened to harm his wife and children, and yet when they "left" he didn't even try to warn his wife/children of a possible looming threat?? A phone call to ensure their safety is the bare minimum, and he didn't even manage to do that when he had *two phones* on him. If someone threatened any of my kids and had their pictures and locations --- my top priority would be making absolutely sure they are safe ( *especially if these people just killed my mother right in front of me and left* ) Lock him up and throw away the key.

@efsmoore2274 Год назад

Why was he so bothered about these monsters killing his wife & kids after he'd spent all the time thieving from his clients which directly damaged his wife & kids? I mean, what a croc. He really is trying very hard to sound plausible.

@bbrd876 Год назад

What an unbelievable story! Who would believe this guy! He is guilty!!

@theresakilday9219 Год назад

So weird! No tears describing the horrid murder he “ witnessed”

@TawnyC_ Год назад

He always mentions everybody hugging him. Like "Look, everybody in my family loves me."

@TheresaofTheWorld Год назад

He forgot to add emotion

@sabineliebehenz4492 Год назад

He even has intense satisfaction in describing how he killed his mom, using the fantasy person as the actor

@AirQuotes848 Год назад

DNA on murder weapons 😏

@seriously6649 Год назад

Sounds very much like a computer generated voice. Not even the tiniest bit of humanity.

@audsmithl Год назад

His version of how his mom was murdered is total BS. How can he possibly think anyone would believe such an asinine story?!? 😡

@judithomas5814 Год назад

He had time to think of this lie

@yvevia Год назад

He’s so matter a fact while describing the actual murder. If i witnessed my mom being stabbed and bludgeoned, and had to testify, I’d be incredibly emotional and would probably have to take breaks in between. There’s NO WAY I’d sound like him, no way!

@yvevia Год назад

Such a self absorbed, piece of **hit!!!

@lynnu25 Год назад

Right like he just stood there.....omg

@lynnu25 Год назад

@@yvevia such a narcissist.... And I have no emotion as he's explaining her murder and it doesn't even have the nerve to act like it bothered him.... A normal person if it was their mother would have jumped on them guys and done anything they could to save their mom 💯💯💯❤️ it's all a lie , and if it really would have happened the lie he says , he wouldn't have cared anyway!

@michellebattersby8585 Год назад

What a work of art this guy cocky and confident

@thisiscait Год назад

Work of art?! I hope you mean piece of work..

@sashamoore9691 Год назад

Narcissist

@tyonwilson7885 Год назад

Body language tells it all. If my mother was getting attacked no matter what I’m going to try to help her!

@tammyslade1375 Год назад

Right! 😡

@oliviastofberg6084 Год назад

How can you just stand there while your mom is being attacked, you are a liar, you are evil

@karenhurd9792 Год назад

This guy is lying through his teeth. His story makes no sense! He cut off his ankle monitor to keep his family safe, assumed a new life to keep his family safe, and left his poor mother's dead body laying on the cold basement floor to keep his family safe. Total BS!!! He's a thief and a murderer!

@lindaaitken7679 Год назад

I wonder if he went on the dating app to keep his family safe!

@karenhurd9792 Год назад

@@lindaaitken7679 Yep, you got it.....

@yvevia Год назад

How can he sit there and testify without ANY EMOTION, yet he says, he loved his mom. What a freaking LIAR! He definitely did it.

@spinrash6000 Год назад

Right I thought he was a witness for the prosecutor

@traceylok675 Год назад

I thought the same. Zero emotional response. He can't even pretend.

@NicholsHomeDetail Год назад

Military brat… Flat

@user-pm4ef8yu7w Год назад

Cool as a cucumber 🥒

@plants4thewin Год назад

Havent been watching this case. I am always interested in what defendents have to say when they take the stand. One thing that sticks out to me is that his wife filed for divorce FOUR days into the first case. To me that says A LOT.

@lindaaitken7679 Год назад

And the defendant wasn't mentioned in his late mother's obituary. His family knew.

@plants4thewin Год назад

@@lindaaitken7679 Wow

@Samiam173 Год назад

Yes it does!!! Seems like she wanted out a loong time ago and he just gave her a reason.

@Samiam173 Год назад

@@lindaaitken7679 ...didn't know that🤔

@LJ.350 Год назад

It sucks that there is no mike to hear the questions a bit better.

@debbiephillips176 Год назад

There sure is A LOT of evil being exposed

@debsea2759 Год назад

Wow he sure adopted a new identity FAST! Within hours! 🤨

@SenshinDk Год назад

I can't believe how much they just let him talk and talk. Blah blah blah

@sherrykrause3410 Год назад

Probably because the more he talked the more everyone was cringing at his BS and imagining how they re going to throw the book at him!!

@Theresa89 Год назад

He referred to the murderers as gentlemen lol that’s a whole new meaning to the word 🤦🏽‍♀️

@sherireedy329 Год назад

I’m confused. He said he didn’t want to tell Kelly Richardson who he was because he was accused of a murder he didn’t commit. Did he know he was being accused of his mom’s vicious bludgeoned murder?

@mischiefmanaged9873 Год назад

Good catch

@Multiverse10X Год назад

Oooh, excellent observation!! 🎯

@slytherinhouse Год назад

He is the worst liar I've ever heard. And that's saying something.. The calmness while describing this AWFUL act done in front of him.. to someone he was very close with.. and he just stands there? What a disgrace. I hope he rots..in this world and the next.

@suzymoroka297 Год назад

Worse than Alec Murdaugh? 😂

@Dwe245 Год назад

I would like to see the Behavioral Panel review his body language. Why did he laugh before he told the story of his Mom being bludgeoned by the dumbbell? Why would they do this to his Mom (elderly woman) yet let him live? Who buys this BS story? All I hear when he’s telling this story is how HE killed his Mom.

@Samiam173 Год назад

Jodi Arias laughed, Chris Watts laughed,,,,need I say more.....

@avaleakeough8236 Год назад

he didn't want to be late to the jail but its ok to bludgeon your mother

@MrBetc Год назад

I know eh, like seriously! Guys a piece of work.

@paulaellis6242 Год назад

@@MrBetc Oh yeah! crazy indeed!

@pattyb8718 Год назад

The way he explains what supposedly happened to his mom is so matter of fact. So yeah I was walking down the street and yeah saw a bird and kept walking. This guy is robotic.

@Linda-xk6ed Год назад

If someone was killing my mother, they would have had to shoot me because I am definitely going to try to stop them. This guy is either a filthy liar or a coward. I believe he is full of it. May that poor mother rest in peace....xoxo

@HoneySuckle123 Год назад

Yes! QUEEN 💯

@sandrahealy552 Год назад

As he was telling this story, I was thinking 'when are they going to hurt or kill you?'...oh, wait a minute...they didn't lay a finger on you??? Just violently murdered your mother and left??? Um, that is one ridiculous story. That poor woman, may she rest in peace. He's a psychopath.

@TheRight-handedStranger Год назад

He stole $464,706 from his clients and was sentenced to 15 years. He probably needed money to run away and his mom refused to help him.

@kerrib2568 Год назад

Yup. Also she put her house up for his 400k bond. She most likely said: no you’re not going to run. I’ll lose my house! Are you crazy? Be he killed her just like he described the gentlemen monsters did. Shoved her down a flight of stairs, bashed her with the 35 lb weight, stabbed the crap out of her. That’s rage. Way more rage than a stranger would have. And weren’t they supposed to be after HIM? But they just let him go. lol. Mmkay. He either thinks the jurors are idiots or is just throwing a Hail Mary with this story. Probably both.

@Snail.1 Год назад

@@kerrib2568she was going to call the police 🚨 because she had signed his bond and would've lost her home. He killed her to keep her from calling. He's a POS!🤦

@kerrib2568 Год назад

@@Snail.1 💯

@CoraJean19 Год назад

@@kerrib2568 “gentlemen monsters”. 😂 I noticed that too.

@TawnyC_ Год назад

Why would you let in two guys holding guns? Why not just slam the door in their faces? Why open the door in the first place since you weren't "expecting anyone"? Why would a guy with a gun go looking for a 35 lb weight and a knife to attack an elderly woman?

@lynnu25 Год назад

He's talking about his self!!!

@sherrykrause3410 Год назад

My mom, my brother, and I .. we were, eh, close. (That was the most fake tone of voice.) Gushes over his son, and well, then we have Mia. Full time job: therapy. Clearly a disappointment. He has the worst inflections in his voice! If things in his life were so idyllic why steal from clients?

@hopeonwisdom8780 Год назад

I laughed out loud at his stupid story! Sad for his mom though.😢

@anovemberstar Год назад

he's not even attempting a Mark Seivers, aka "the crying man", nor Anthony Todt, with his fake sniveling, nor the "traumatised" stuttering of Todd Kendhammer .. he doesn't waste time trying to act sad or effected - cos granted, that does take a bit of effort - but he's got it wrong thinking the jury wouldn't see right through him if he didn't put on a good theatrical performance . But this is a MINUS F in effort. But how no one in the courtroom is yelling out "are you SHITTING ME?" or bursting into fits of incredulous laughter, I'll never know.

@gotlandia1588 Год назад

Needed the car with more gas and had bigger room to sleep in, sounds like a runaway plan.

@maridambrosio523 Год назад

Life without Parole. His arrogance is astounding! His guilt is loud & clear

@kristieunderthesea Год назад

He said i was wanted for A murder that i DID NOT commit, then i quickly edited to “didn’t” I didn’t do… 😂 he definitely knows how he should be wording things to appear innocent and then he can’t even say “my mother’s murder.” It’s just too impersonal if he really had this loving relationship with his mom and that he claims to have had.

@lisaadams3320 Год назад

I feel bad his family has to listen to this.

@christinehirabayashi9598 Год назад

What would be the motive for the robbers? makes no sense

@caterinascarcella Год назад

Yup the ninja story has been said before .

@TheRight-handedStranger Год назад

Is he a lawyer, really? Would viciously kill his mother because 2 strangers hate him?

@munix9351 Год назад

Mothers stop spoiling your Son's!!! This spoilt brat had no understanding of value!!

@vatrweaver5169 Год назад

He couldn't count to 10. How stupid you can be to and up killer... and lawyers on top? Didn't occur to them that only Clinton's can steal.

@TawnyC_ Год назад

sons

@annie124 Год назад

@@TawnyC_ Seriously petty . No one gives af about your grammatical correction.

@amyherrin3651 Год назад

Is it absolutely necessary to point out people’s spelling errors? Ridiculous!

@theresamorrison2638 Год назад

@@amyherrin3651 It's actually a grammatical error. It was spelled correctly.

@ajqueen31 Год назад

I haven't been following this trial but he is too smug and matter-of-fact to think it was a good idea to take the stand in his own defense. I do not see the jury believing him, I'm having a hard time with his answers and I don't have any background knowledge that has undoubtedly been presented by the prosecution already.

@kathycreager3381 Год назад

Guilty as all get out!!! His actions, his words, etc. etc. points to him. If what he is saying is true, he would have NEVER left his mother and taken off like that, among other things.

@KrispyChanges Год назад

Another personal injury attorney stealing money net then killing lawyers ved one’s.

@rachellbanks503 Год назад

Psychopath the ultimate crime 😤🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

@Scottallen8909 Год назад

This is just my own opinion but , if I were to be accused of something like this and I was absolutely Not Guilty, well I wouldn’t have took off running from law enforcement to the point that I am the suspect that there’s now a nationwide manhunt for. I don’t think I would have jumped bail for any reason and I don’t know but I feel like I would have stayed close and especially until I was removed from a list of suspects. I’m just thinking things like that don’t make you look all that innocent

@sravd6079 Год назад

Thats the reason he is evil

@BobbieXxoo Год назад

Especially since he’s a lawyer

@steveyoung627 Год назад

just looking at him he looks guilty as hell

@suzintex Год назад

That story is so bad! So I sat stunned while they plunged a knife in my mother's chest over and over. Then they showed me current pictures of my ex-wife and children (whom I didn't warn) saying they were next if I said anything. Then I cut off my monitor and hit the road. 🙄

@dee398 Год назад

If you murder your mother, be a good liar.

@daynasafranek7807 Год назад

He acts like he is a victim describing the crime with someone else on trial. He sounds almost bored. He at least practiced his speech. 😂😂😂😂

@avaleakeough8236 Год назад

is the killer agentleman or a monster what a bunch of crock

@rullvox5912 Год назад

He wasn't that scared, he held on to his drink the whole time..😅

@deannajack6755 Год назад

Why didn't he go check on his kids if he was so worried about them 💁🏼‍♀️

@roythomasVA Год назад

He s a terrible liar

@ja7434 Год назад

This guy is so full of it, anyone comes at my mother like that be sure I would of done more then stand and watch it happen to my mother!! He is one of the jerks I have ever seen

@KathySpencer-mb7vi Год назад

You can definitely tell he had a long career as a lawyer, a good liar

@cking3443 Год назад

This friggin guy!! The arrogance his poor mother murdered by this monster

@sabineliebehenz4492 Год назад

What exactly happened when he was 3 years old. We need more details! It’s just too important! And then the jump from 3 to 5 years. What ALL happened when he was 4? Let’s concentrate on the crime. It’s totally unimportant, how the neighbors weht to bbq’s together and the kids had sleepovers. He is not looking one bit more sympathetic as well after this life story.

@CoraJean19 Год назад

First he said “the gentleman that pushed my mother down the stairs”. Then he said “the monster hit my mother”. So, is he a gentleman or a monster? Or a person, as he calls him next.

@Dwe245 Год назад

He sounds like a pampered son whose mother rescued him after his wife left his thieving self. Then he is found guilty of killing his Mom. What an ungrateful POS. I hope he gets his Justice behind bars from men who can no longer see their elderly moms. RIP Mom.

@moskie325 Год назад

Sad! He was so sad…. He was maybe going away for 15 years! Maybe he will be super duper sad about life without parole 😅

@Scottallen8909 Год назад

The Prosecutor Cross of this genius , well is it just me or doesn’t he sound like the teacher on Charlie Brown ? 😊

@sarahlinton2569 Год назад

Gettin' Murdaugh vibes. Wow what a story, in such great detail ha! Acting 101

@careybogdanovic7 Год назад

Why would someone not kill u!? Ur mother was innocent and u had no money. Makes 0 sense. They break in for what? Just to scare u? And they let u live for what reason? Come on this story is funny its so absurd😂😂😂

@pattyb8718 Год назад

I feel like there are truths to his story like “when He (I) stabbed my mother with such force. I believe he’s reliving the stabbing.

@lyhongwrites Год назад

Damn…CANT EVEN TRUST THE VERY CHILD YOU BIRTH TO NOT HARM YOU IN ANY KIND OF WAY…GOTTA BE SOMETHING IN THE WATER AND OUR FOOD‼️ WTF*4#⁉️

@carriehannah6255 Год назад

I don,t believe one damn word he said Her car would be easier to sleep in ! Hes disgusting

@simaturna9765 Год назад

Now this person is the epitome of psychopathy and he is a great actor and a scriptwriter

@peteryork68 Год назад

Merritt said the two gunmen told him if he ever uttered a word about what happened, they would kill his ex-wife and two children. He says that is why he fled to Nashville and started a new life. He denied any involvement in the murder when questioned by his attorney...... yeah right

@NatalieMcLaughlin Год назад

Is anyone buying his story? He barely flinched when he talked about what happened to his mom.

@trudyaddis681 Год назад

This guy is a piece of work.

@mandyeckley464 Год назад

This guy gives me Scott Peterson vibes the way he talks. My humble opinion is he's guilty. The way he said "my dear mother" turned my stomach

@erpthompsonqueen9130 Год назад

Thank you. Watching from Alaska.

@lynnmesser5353 Год назад

Guilty period

@Scottallen8909 Год назад

This guy is the absolute worst liar I have ever seen !! I am just starting to watch his trial and so I’m way far behind, however and this is the first time I have seen or heard about this guy , but y’all he is absolutely unequivocally the Worst Liar Ever !! I wonder who thought this was a good idea