Buster Murdaugh sues media companies over accusation he's connected to death of Stephen Smith

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The only surviving son of convicted double murderer and disgraced legal scion Alex Murdaugh is fighting back.

Buster Murdaugh is suing Netflix, Warner Brothers and other media companies for accusing him of being involved in the death of Stephen Smith.is fighting back against accusations that he's also a killer.

In his lawsuit, the only surviving son of convicted double murderer and disgraced legal scion, says documentaries, like those from Warner Brothers and another from Netflix, include defamatory statements that falsely claim Buster Murdaugh he murdered Smith. The Netflix series features a re-enactment of Smith's death showing "...a young man with red hair carrying a baseball bat.""I never had anything to do with his murder," Buster has said in a Fox Nation docuseries. "I mean, people perceive me as a murderer."

Smith was killed in 2015 and his was body found in the middle of a road. The case reopened during the Murdaugh double murder investigation of Buster's mother, Maggie and brother, Paul.2 hours ago

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