A South Carolina trial clerk who oversaw the murder of Alex Murdaugh has been accused of plagiarizing parts of a memoir he wrote about the ordeal.
Rebecca “Becky” Hill, author of “Behind the Doors of Justice,” has been accused of lifting parts of her memoir from a BBC report by her co-author Neil Gordon.
Gordon was reviewing emails released through the Freedom of Information Act between Hill and BBC reporter Holly Honderich when he saw “an ethical lapse.”
The reporter had shared a “long excerpt from an upcoming article” with Hill and after comparing it to the preface to Hill’s memoir, he noticed a striking similarity.
“When I confronted Becky about this, she admitted she plagiarized the quote due to deadline pressure,” Gordon said in a statement. “As a veteran journalist myself, I cannot condone his behavior, nor can I condone him.
“This has blinded me,” he said.
He reported the plagiarism to a BBC reporter and was told the British network would investigate.
Rebecca “Becky” Hill, who wrote “Behind the Doors of Justice” has been accused of lifting parts of her memoir from a BBC report by her co-author Neil Gordon.
Sales of the book have been halted and the memoir has not been published since the revelations.
“Journalism has been my life’s work; My credibility and integrity are paramount to everything I do. I cannot be associated with anything like plagiarism and will never again work with Becky Hill on any project. I want to apologize to our readers, and publicly to the BBC and journalists,” Gordon apologized.
Hill apologized through his lawyer Justin Bamberg, who said the hearing clerk was “deeply sorry about the allegations of plagiarism that have recently come to light.”
Gordon was reviewing emails released through the Freedom of Information Act between Hill and BBC reporter Holly Honderich when he saw “an ethical lapse.” TNS
“Ms. Hill accepts full responsibility for this unfortunate error in judgment and has personally contacted Ms. Honderich to express her sincere apologies,” Bamberg wrote at X. “Ms. Hill has the utmost respect for the tireless work of reporters every day and sincerely regret using Ms. Honderich’s words as her own.”
Honderich has not responded publicly.
Earlier this year, Hill was accused of witness tampering, with Alex Murdaugh’s defense team citing his memoirs as evidence for a retrial.
Hill denied the allegations, accusing Murdaugh’s defense of “numerous misrepresentations and false statements.”
The reporter had shared a “long excerpt from an upcoming article” with Hill and after comparing it to the preface to Hill’s memoir, he noticed a striking similarity.
“I did not tell the jury not to be fooled by the evidence presented by Mr. Murdaugh’s attorney,” Hill asserted in the affidavit.
Murdaugh was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences in March.
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