Oh please, this man is just as guilty. No one forced him to take the Plyers girls money. He was totally complicit and a willing partner, he was ceo of a bank for heavens sake, he's not stupid, he knew what he was doing was illegal. Helping yourself to a orphans money! And he didn't really help Hannah with car, he refused. He charged them $5 for a sandwich. No, he's where he belongs and he can dress it up how he wants but unless he has written consent from the Plyers to use their money it's stealing.
Watch Murdaugh Murder Podcast to see what he did to 2 young girls that he was suppose to be the conservator of their money they got when their mother and brother were killed in a car crash and they were awarded money because of the tire that blew on their car. Please go watch to see how evil this man allegedly he was to them
This guy put a 17 year old disabled boy out on the street when the bank took his trailer…….while he was in charge of the 4 million dollars that he and Alexander stole from him and his brother……that’s all we need to know about him !
Not just working on their daddy’s reputation but most likely following in their footsteps. Who knows how long the corruption has gone on and done with such blatant disregard.
@@timrobinson6573 I am confused here. Not about if your crazy or not I'm pretty sure that's a given...but how could only 1 banker be complicit? Just like the law firm...to be continued.
I saw a picture of that Shack of a House he got for them…when they had millions ! She said she had to beg for school supplies & school clothes ! The law was they could have $24,000 a yr without a judge sign off…he’s lying ! He took $ 140,000.00 a yr for his services…He should be in Jail !
Exactly what I was thinking. He knowingly robbed them blind. He made them jump thru hoops, made it hard to get in touch with him…and he lied to their inexperienced faces, knowing those girls were so vulnerable that they had NO choice but to trust him. Guilty and NOT the victim by any means. He’s playing folksy-dumb, like they all do. How dare he say how proud he is of how they raised themselves…no thanks to you Buddy who charged them exorbitant fees for doing nothing but the bare minimum
As a former 40 year+ banker, I am appalled at the good ole boy lending and other huge improprieties this guy did. I read that he has already been convicted and can’t wait until to see how long he is sentenced. He will deserve every minute of his incarceration
same here-longtime banker---these community banks are notorious for this kind of "loose" lending to the local successful and well known customers....some are even in cahoots with being bad....I kind of think this guy was just suckered but probably did not put a dime in his pocket illegally....could be wrong but that is not the feeling I was left with.
That's one way the Murdaugh's managed to run this county for a over a century. Rules didn't apply to them. They even controlled banks! Who could ever stand up to them? The peasants certainly couldn't....until now.
This should be a pinned comment. The more that comes out in the trial, the more jail house calls I listen to the more unbelievable this whole saga is. Crazy that AM has a family "inheritance"of this type of behavior & likely many he conspired with their own family lines of narcissism & greed.
Did Madoff murder anybody? There's so many bodies around him (Alex). You know somebody went into the hospital and unplugged Hakeem Pinkney's life support! Only 1 who'd benefit was Murdaugh! No one is talking about this though. Except #@Mandymatnee. She's fearless & Liz too.
So we are super clear, this kind of thing happens everywhere. It doesn’t help for you to smear an entire section of the country because it makes you feel better… crooks are EVERYWHERE.
@@NLSmith-qe4sg Yeah, but these Dixie Mafia cats have a criminality and arrogance that's all their own! Evil flourishes when nice people do nothing and there are a lot of nice people down there
I am not really sure he is smart enough to understand what was going on. But he was happy to take the fees and has a lot to answer for. Glad about the verdict.
People who have managerial responsibilities have to be licensed, this requires training. He had full knowledge of what he was doing. If it was unclear, he had many accountants and lawyers available for consultation. He just wanted to enrich himself and his buddies.
So don the Financial entities instead carolina conduct Audits? How does an outside auditor not catch this for decades? This gold ol boy is crooked to the bone.. just like Alec.
He and Alex took loans out with that Pliler girl’s money. Charged her enormous amount of interest. They stole her money together! He didn’t bother to tell her she was allowed $24k a year. Instead she had to ask permission to buy simple things like groceries. This man is lying!!!!
He denied them so many things because the money was already being used. The Plyer girl is on Murdogh Murder Podcast. He even made them pay for their lunch. He said he could give money for gas but not for a $500 car...but thousands went to Alec.
Sorry to rob them..thank goodness Alex was found out because it's exposing so many more...he's proud of how girls raised themselves...hope everyone he looks in mirror it makes him sick.
@@Buzzoff315 if you're interested.. may i suggest murdock murder podcast channel on you tube. They are independent investigative jounalists. They have been investigating murdochs for over 4 years and take deep dives into their activity. They interviewed one of the Plilor sisters facinating to hear her side. She reveals so much more.... enjoy x
"I had to buy them a house." Whaaat?! You mean you assisted them in purchasing a house with their own money bc that's what you were hired & paid to do? Everything he said was, "I had to.." Sir! 🙄
If you are taking a real client or a customer out for lunch and pay for that lunch out of your pocket- you absolutely can expense those lunches to the bank and get reimbursed---OR-some have credit cards in the name of the company and pay the lunch that way. Now-you have to keep receipts and records or you do not get reimbursed by the bank-------happens all the time with EVERY bank.
Your right that is normal. I think what they meant to say was that he expensed it to the girls account. He had taken them shopping for things they needed, with their money, during that outing he took them to lunch. It was only much later the girls realized the lunch was paid for by their conservator shop monies.
I saw in the trial that thIs guy is married to the lawyers office CFO'S sister. This whole thing is a mess. How these people will screw over others is unreal. They thought these ppl were just country bumpkins that wouldn't figure out they were being taken advantage of. He said they would do whatever with ppls money...like get your house remodeled?? He needs to get serious jail time.
I've always heard about the 'good ol' boy network'. Now I understand how they work it. They can get loans even though they have thousands of dollars in overdrafts? Wow!
🤣😂 yes, apparently lol The Laffittes actually want you to believe that they now live in a double wide trailer 🤣😂 Anyone with money at Palmetto State Bank need to run. Run far far away from that bank. To think they actually wrote off $500,000 dollars in loans for Alex. It’s coverup after coverup! There’s a bigger story here ppl.
This man needs to be in prison and you need to look into the judge’s who approved all the transactions that were done in the trusts he set up for the people he swindled. He really makes me sick.
1) RL didn't go to Judge for permission. (Would have exposed more eyes & accounting to the shade / he used this as a delay excuse to Conservatees ) IF n WHEN he chose to give P sisters' any $- it was a fraction of the discretionary 2k they were both legally entitled to monthly; which they knew nothing about. 2) re: "you"; the investigative reporter testifying for him here is his cousin.
This aww jeez shucks, crap he's trying to pull off isn't doing him any good. Why can't he just own up to what he's done? Avoiding accountability, it's time to fess up, there's no way in hell AM could've pulled this scheme off alone, absolutely no way.
Playing aww-shucks-folksy-ignorant…like they all seem to do. We know how this happened dude, you schemed WITH Alex, nothing more to it. You saw an opportunity that wouldn’t be questioned within the good old boy network or by your most vulnerable victims and you took it
Please interview Eric Bland and his clients. Let’s get their side of the story too. This aww shucks persona he’s portraying comes across a little too fake.
If you were conservator you knew damn well when you should have received payments. He CHOSE ti turn a blind eye when the checks came in made out to Palmetto Bank instead of him as Conversator and that was why he was convicted. Went to the Dumbass school of Banking
Every company I've worked for had an annual audit by independent auditors that would have found these discrepancies. Aren't they required to have annual audits in South Carolina?
Only one side of the story has been told? You're right! And that's the story of the victims! That guy is a criminal! I hope he's in prison by now because that's the place he belongs to.
He’s no victim. How disgusting. He portrays himself as innocent and was used by Alec. He’s a crook and the way he treated the Plyers is absolutely criminal.
Actually he’s not in prison yet, ironically. But He does have two ankle monitors on that the poor wittle fewwa is having to pay for each month so that the courts know his location at all times. I think it’s technically called “house Arrest” until he is sentenced. His wife got up in front of the judge and was complaining/crying about how unfair life is for them/him now that his and Alex’s crimes have come to light. He even has a curfew and can’t go but a certain amount of miles from his home, (which is what the wife used to show just how unfair life is for him now) because he wasn’t able to go watch his son’s high school football game because it was after curfew and too far away. He wasn’t allowed special permission for this either. In other words, someone told him “No”! 😱😳😲 I mean the nerve of someone telling these VIP’s no, and a mere probation/parole officer (who is so much more beneath them) at that! 🤷🏻♀️😉 Luckily the judge agreed with the officer and reinforced the decision to adhering to the rules of house arrest if he was going to stay out of jail until sentencing. 😎
@@AmeliasMiMi oh so he doesn't agree with the way ankle monitors or other stuff is "expensed out" like he did the sandwiches or such!!! "Wishes he hadn't done that now, but would have just paid for it! But he listened to the"big boys",it was eeellick,he was his lawyer, eeellick should have known!!"
Today he was denied a new trial. Hard to think of anyone who enabled Murdaugh more. Fines, restrictions, probabtion, all are too good for him. He needs decades of hard time.
Alex had to cover $350,000 that he embezzled, he wrote a check for that amount which made him negative 350K and Russell put the money in his acct. Tell me if that is not a cover-up. Where did Laffitte get the money to put back into his acct. He would have to take from another acct.
Love the watches sitting outside a simple looking property acting the country boy while actually his marital home is very grand. Found guilty now so he deserves everything he’s got!!
Enjoy your freedom while you have it, Russell. That prison cell is waiting for you. I think you've found that most in the public don't believe you, and I think you'll find the same is true of your future fellow inmates. Don't do crime, kids. It's not worth it.
This guy helped alex AND he is a victim, BUT he is reponsible for the havoc he created, and the people he cheated...THIS MAN needs to be in jail and NEVER be allowed to work in banking.
This just reinforces my notion to never do business with friends and family. It is a slippery slope and very tempting to get sloppy with having the proper checks and balances. Lord help keep this affirmation in me strong. If I want to help family and friends, just straight up give them the money and not wrap it up in the form of business. I've worked too hard to lose my reputation in this way.
And the notion that an attorney is special because they are an officer of the court makes the law meaningless. Judges, lawyers and such should be audited more frequently than the rest of us, instead of less often. We hold these individuals in high esteem as we have been trained to think of these people as 'special'. It must create much angst for others in this profession when one of their own is on trial. The judge in this case needs to send the message that this dude is going to suffer. Alex has brought heat on all those in his profession in his community. Their burn will assure he gets what's coming. Maybe more so.
Any if us who ever worked in banking would play the BS card to this. You know banking laws, you know what a position of trust you are in. You know that every penny in that cash drawer is not yours, checks that flow through are NOT yours, you do not give out nor do you take in funds in anything other than lawful and honorable ways. Being slow on the uptake is no defense.
I would think his father knew and he advised his son on the matter. If someone came to me and asked me to be a conservator I would have to sign a contract and be bonded. What happened here?
I know he’s been to trial already, & I wonder if they played this in court? I know he’s your distant cousin & glad he did the interview with you because unfortunately it showed me he was indeed guilty. I really like how he threw in there about charging the sandwich, “I wish I wouldn’t have charged it NOW, I could afford it [to buy my own sandwich]”. He certainly could afford his own sandwich. He was a bank ceo for crying out loud! at the least he could take it out of the money he was paid to take care of their money. Also, he absolutely told on himself when he was describing Alec’s checks he brought in from the law firm made to PSB. Yes, they were indeed made out to PSB, Alec could try to dictate what he wanted done with the $. However, since they referenced the names that he was charged to care for these folks $, then the right thing to do would be to tell Alec, “I can’t take these checks and just do what you want me to with them. Alec, I’m sorry but because these checks have this persons name referenced on it, they need to be made out to me as conservator for these people and that’s the account they need to go in. PSB agreed to be conservator for These people but we did not Agree to allow you to abuse the funds like this. You and I both know if you’re caught, I’ll go down with you & I just can’t do that. I have too much to lose to take a hit like that, Alec”. I even understand perhaps being intimidated by Alec because of his name. But when it came down to it, Mr. Laffitte had the final say on whether or not he would allow Alec to use his bank to commit this fraud. He could have said “I’m sorry this is not right and I can’t have a part of this”. Sure he wouldn’t have been conservator, but I believe the big wigs at the banks 100% had to allow Alec to do these things or he couldn’t do them. They did indeed enable him and when it comes down to it they allowed $$ to direct their own moral compass Instead of allowing a human being (that had already experienced a devastating circumstance & desperately needed those funds just to survive) direct it. unfortunate for them now, they must pay the price for their own actions. Doing the right thing is not always easy, but it is the right thing to do. Period. It is a sad story all around, but look at all the innocent people that was horribly affected by these actions & way less off than a bank ceo or a prominent attorney & all they did was trust the wrong people. Those are the ones folks need to feel sorry for, not poor innocent addicted Alec or little ol’ intimidated Russell. “With great position and power comes even greater responsibility”. Both had a responsibility to these poor unfortunate souls & both failed them miserably. Now the sins of the father will be felt by Russell’s kids and certainly by Alec’s remaining family. But I’m sure it’s nothing compared to the real victims in all this. 😢🤷🏻♀️
Jennifer D right! And really did the small people even have a choice in who to pick or trust,but was out of their hands through the court, legal system!!?
@@vernareed2692 absolutely no, they did not & one of the reasons these narcissistic idiots infuriate me so much trying to act as if they’re the victims! Makes me sick to my stomach 🤢
I heard these victims own words and how she lives. She had to get a lawyer to explain what happened to her funds. She was suppose to get 24,000 yr each and she felt like she had to beg for money. Very vile.
He is disclosing private information that could get him big trouble. Overdrafts and private business regardless of public circumstances. To the layman this aw-shucks front may float but to a banking employee on any level it does not float. The state regulators are culpable as well as the board of directors.
It's easy to trust well known RICH people. Alec was a well know attorney, ( supposedly ) well respected. He could twist a good story, and use people who trusted him.
Not once does he say I let these victims down, I didn't protect their interests... hes a coward at best, but we all know he was more likely mindlessly complicit, or even a greedy accomplice.
LOL. He refused them cash for a car but made them take a high interest loan from his bank for one instead so that he could rob them twice. Good ol' criminal boy.
Pretty sure Google, libraries, & phones existed in 2011 - 2021. RL seems to have had no clue re the duties, responsibilities, ethics, laws, standards, or rules re the Conservator or Personal Representative gigs he accepted. There's no indication he ever tried to research, study, ask about, or consult w/ state or fed regulators, professional orgs, a judge, or even just Google; despite his admission he agreed & was paid to serve in critical roles managing, preserving, & ideally maximizing settlement $$$ that belonged to vulnerable youngsters &/or survivors. He mentioned annuities but never obtained or confirmed one for any of the people he agreed to rep or whose money he agreed to manage &/safeguard. The interviewer pretty much completely ignores that elephant, yet invites & reinforces normalizing RL's casual use of Plyler money to buy himself lunch. Isn't that what lawyers and business people do? Just bill it to the client & put it on their expense report? The interviewer leads RL & feeds him answers to elicit agreement rather than asking RL whether he ever checked to see if his lunch reimbursement out of the Plyler funds was permitted, required, discretionary, or prohibited. Not even a modicum of diligence appears to have been undertaken by RL to determine at the time what was allowed, required, or prohibited. The whole situation & RL's seeming passivity where he should be actively tuned in or at least tuned up on behalf of the beneficiaries remains quite baffling.
You are. There is never any excuse for this. Herendous behavior, unforgivable. He can't get enough years to be rehabilitated. Thievery was always in his soul.
This guy is a crook, he knew damn well he didn’t do right by these girls , he used the money and was enjoying the ride . Glad they found him guilty
The penalties should not have been concurrent, . . .
I think sotoo
Exactly! I’m sure he’ll have more on his commissary than he gave those girls for allowance.
Another guy playing victim. He was president of a bank. Guilty 100%. What about this guy,?
This guy is such a liar.
As banker you are NEVER to put yourself in a position where your ethics are in question. This man knew this!!! THIS IS SO WRONG!
Russel is living in his own heaven created by his greed! You are not above the law Russell.
Oh please, this man is just as guilty. No one forced him to take the Plyers girls money. He was totally complicit and a willing partner, he was ceo of a bank for heavens sake, he's not stupid, he knew what he was doing was illegal. Helping yourself to a orphans money! And he didn't really help Hannah with car, he refused. He charged them $5 for a sandwich. No, he's where he belongs and he can dress it up how he wants but unless he has written consent from the Plyers to use their money it's stealing.
Well Said
Watch Murdaugh Murder Podcast to see what he did to 2 young girls that he was suppose to be the conservator of their money they got when their mother and brother were killed in a car crash and they were awarded money because of the tire that blew on their car. Please go watch to see how evil this man allegedly he was to them
@@karleem3473 that's the Plyer girls. It was despicable. At least he's in prison now.
He is a thief pure and simple.
@@Horseymama1 yes it was just awful
It’s painful to listen to this crook try and make himself out as a victim manipulated by the real criminal…he was in on the stealing
Exactly!!! 👍🏻
This guy put a 17 year old disabled boy out on the street when the bank took his trailer…….while he was in charge of the 4 million dollars that he and Alexander stole from him and his brother……that’s all we need to know about him !
This man is a liar and he’s just as guilty as anyone else is. Unbelievable how these thieves got away with what they did to innocent people.
Especially children who went through what those baby girls did. Unbelievable cruelty and greed.
Well he got his due. He’s in prison now.
@@Lori_in_CT Good! Ty for updating us.
@@Lori_in_CT He hasn't been sentenced yet.
And a bad liar!
Oh his daddy's the CEO of his bank. So him and Alex have a lot in common both working on their daddy's reputation
You sound jealous
Not just working on their daddy’s reputation but most likely following in their footsteps. Who knows how long the corruption has gone on and done with such blatant disregard.
@@timrobinson6573 Of crooks?? This man is in prison.
@@timrobinson6573 I am confused here. Not about if your crazy or not I'm pretty sure that's a given...but how could only 1 banker be complicit? Just like the law firm...to be continued.
I saw a picture of that Shack of a House he got for them…when they had millions ! She said she had to beg for school supplies & school clothes ! The law was they could have $24,000 a yr without a judge sign off…he’s lying ! He took $ 140,000.00 a yr for his services…He should be in Jail !
Exactly what I was thinking. He knowingly robbed them blind. He made them jump thru hoops, made it hard to get in touch with him…and he lied to their inexperienced faces, knowing those girls were so vulnerable that they had NO choice but to trust him. Guilty and NOT the victim by any means. He’s playing folksy-dumb, like they all do. How dare he say how proud he is of how they raised themselves…no thanks to you Buddy who charged them exorbitant fees for doing nothing but the bare minimum
@@zanzer386 you'd think they wouldn't want people to know how dumb, stupid it makes them sound and look!!
As a former 40 year+ banker, I am appalled at the good ole boy lending and other huge improprieties this guy did. I read that he has already been convicted and can’t wait until to see how long he is sentenced. He will deserve every minute of his incarceration
same here-longtime banker---these community banks are notorious for this kind of "loose" lending to the local successful and well known customers....some are even in cahoots with being bad....I kind of think this guy was just suckered but probably did not put a dime in his pocket illegally....could be wrong but that is not the feeling I was left with.
Lol 😆 calm down Columbo he ain't killed no body
Did I misunderstand that the pmped cfo said he is her brother/brother in law? I thought I heard some affiliation
That's one way the Murdaugh's managed to run this county for a over a century. Rules didn't apply to them. They even controlled banks! Who could ever stand up to them? The peasants certainly couldn't....until now.
There all affiliated he won’t be any more truthful because they have the . same grampapas. first second removed
Russell, you tell more stories than Dr. Seuss.
He is nothing but a thief
Lmbao
Thats the south...talk until you discover people are related somehow. Lol
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His bank fired him & he was found guilty in court….thank god
Thank God!
Really?
In the trial Alex said he didn’t know what was going on. His lawyers are gonna try to get a new trial. Alex is a liar hopefully it won’t work.
I believe that his family OWNED the bank.
He tried this sad story in front of jury and they convicted him...enough said.
ALEX IS THE BERNIE MADOFF OF S.C. LAWYERS.
This should be a pinned comment. The more that comes out in the trial, the more jail house calls I listen to the more unbelievable this whole saga is. Crazy that AM has a family "inheritance"of this type of behavior & likely many he conspired with their own family lines of narcissism & greed.
Did Madoff murder anybody? There's so many bodies around him (Alex). You know somebody went into the hospital and unplugged Hakeem Pinkney's life support! Only 1 who'd benefit was Murdaugh! No one is talking about this though. Except #@Mandymatnee. She's fearless & Liz too.
seems like the entire state of SC is involved - ole boy network at its best
Why did Bernie get locked up? BECAUSE HE RIPPED OFF THE RICH GUYS. period.
Good old southern bullpuckey at it's best.
Oh yeah!
I had to Google bullpucky 😃.
So we are super clear, this kind of thing happens everywhere. It doesn’t help for you to smear an entire section of the country because it makes you feel better… crooks are EVERYWHERE.
@@NLSmith-qe4sg Yeah, but these Dixie Mafia cats have a criminality and arrogance that's all their own! Evil flourishes when nice people do nothing and there are a lot of nice people down there
All I can say is birds of a feather flock together!! He knew what in the hell was going on, he was as crooked as Alex.
Absolutely damn true. O for sure we are going to hear more about Hampton SC
Generational birds.
I am not really sure he is smart enough to understand what was going on. But he was happy to take the fees and has a lot to answer for. Glad about the verdict.
C’mon gomer! No ones falling for the “ aw shucks Andy I didn’t know no better”
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😂😂,🇬🇧
People who have managerial responsibilities have to be licensed, this requires training. He had full knowledge of what he was doing. If it was unclear, he had many accountants and lawyers available for consultation. He just wanted to enrich himself and his buddies.
So don the Financial entities instead carolina conduct Audits? How does an outside auditor not catch this for decades? This gold ol boy is crooked to the bone.. just like Alec.
Found guilty on all six charges.
He and Alex took loans out with that Pliler girl’s money. Charged her enormous amount of interest. They stole her money together! He didn’t bother to tell her she was allowed $24k a year. Instead she had to ask permission to buy simple things like groceries. This man is lying!!!!
He denied them so many things because the money was already being used. The Plyer girl is on Murdogh Murder Podcast. He even made them pay for their lunch. He said he could give money for gas but not for a $500 car...but thousands went to Alec.
Sorry to rob them..thank goodness Alex was found out because it's exposing so many more...he's proud of how girls raised themselves...hope everyone he looks in mirror it makes him sick.
Hundreds of thousands.
He even denied them laundry detergent.. disgusting!
Mediocrity.
@@sherrydobbins188 you have to have a conscious to be disgusted with the lying eyes looking back at you. He has no morals.
Shame on him. What he did was totally disgusting. I have watched the girls interview. Listening to him made my blood boil. He deserved what he got.
Amen! Dirtbags
@@Buzzoff315 if you're interested.. may i suggest murdock murder podcast channel on you tube. They are independent investigative jounalists. They have been investigating murdochs for over 4 years and take deep dives into their activity. They interviewed one of the Plilor sisters facinating to hear her side. She reveals so much more.... enjoy x
Oh, poor Russell thinks he's a victim even as he speaks the names of actual victims. Complicit goober.
Lol, I love your analysis and terminology for him. 🤣👍🏻
"I had to buy them a house." Whaaat?! You mean you assisted them in purchasing a house with their own money bc that's what you were hired & paid to do? Everything he said was, "I had to.." Sir! 🙄
That smacked me in face too !!
Possessive language regarding the funds. OOOPS
It shows the kind of integrity he has when he expenses lunches.
If you are taking a real client or a customer out for lunch and pay for that lunch out of your pocket- you absolutely can expense those lunches to the bank and get reimbursed---OR-some have credit cards in the name of the company and pay the lunch that way. Now-you have to keep receipts and records or you do not get reimbursed by the bank-------happens all the time with EVERY bank.
@@johnalexander4654 expensing it to the bank is one thing but to the client he is representing is another. Or did I misunderstand him.
 $5 lunch when they were stealing hundreds of thousands from the clients??? Come on!
Your right that is normal.
I think what they meant to say was that he expensed it to the girls account. He had taken them shopping for things they needed, with their money, during that outing he took them to lunch. It was only much later the girls realized the lunch was paid for by their conservator shop monies.
Rule 1 : Bankers and lawyers are not above the law,... but they are just off to the side - their own side!
I saw in the trial that thIs guy is married to the lawyers office CFO'S sister. This whole thing is a mess. How these people will screw over others is unreal. They thought these ppl were just country bumpkins that wouldn't figure out they were being taken advantage of.
He said they would do whatever with ppls money...like get your house remodeled?? He needs to get serious jail time.
His wife is a kindergarten teacher
@Phyllis Whetstone I believe his wife is the sister to that PMPED law firm CFO Jeanne that testified.
@@phylliswhetstone1326and CFOs sister...not mutually exclusive.
I've always heard about the 'good ol' boy network'. Now I understand how they work it. They can get loans even though they have thousands of dollars in overdrafts? Wow!
Lol that doesn’t even scratch the surface of network benefits.
Creighton waters nailed it when he said "the most liberal overdraft policy in the world".
But everyday people get fee’d to DEATH. Alex had a $300,000 overdraft & charged $5. WTF
This guy is 100% guilty too. Disgusting
Are we supposed to believe this man's just humble pie Russ living in that old house in the background?
Please 😤
Yep! Absolutely we are supposed to believe it and NOT question it! 😳🤷🏻♀️😊🤣
"It's my pity party and I'll lie if I want to. You would lie too if the law was coming for you!" 🎉😢
He even has his own church pew on the porch. Aww shucks!
🤣😂 yes, apparently lol The Laffittes actually want you to believe that they now live in a double wide trailer 🤣😂 Anyone with money at Palmetto State Bank need to run. Run far far away from that bank. To think they actually wrote off $500,000 dollars in loans for Alex. It’s coverup after coverup! There’s a bigger story here ppl.
This man needs to be in prison and you need to look into the judge’s who approved all the transactions that were done in the trusts he set up for the people he swindled. He really makes me sick.
1) RL didn't go to Judge for permission. (Would have exposed more eyes & accounting to the shade / he used this as a delay excuse to Conservatees ) IF n WHEN he chose to give P sisters' any $- it was a fraction of the discretionary 2k they were both legally entitled to monthly; which they knew nothing about.
2) re: "you"; the investigative reporter testifying for him here is his cousin.
It suited him to be complicit at the time. A thief is a thief is a thief!
If you wouldn't do it with your own money, you shouldn't have done it with someone else's! This man has some nerve!
This aww jeez shucks, crap he's trying to pull off isn't doing him any good. Why can't he just own up to what he's done? Avoiding accountability, it's time to fess up, there's no way in hell AM could've pulled this scheme off alone, absolutely no way.
Playing aww-shucks-folksy-ignorant…like they all seem to do. We know how this happened dude, you schemed WITH Alex, nothing more to it. You saw an opportunity that wouldn’t be questioned within the good old boy network or by your most vulnerable victims and you took it
Alex screws all his schemes up, lol, the failed suicide and the two murders for example.
Please interview Eric Bland and his clients. Let’s get their side of the story too. This aww shucks persona he’s portraying comes across a little too fake.
I would love to!
He was no pawn! He knew exactly how to steal money from those girls. He is disgusting!
When you’re rich & wake up in the morning knowing you don’t have to worry about money. What he did was despicable, to late that horse has bolted.
If you were conservator you knew damn well when you should have received payments. He CHOSE ti turn a blind eye when the checks came in made out to Palmetto Bank instead of him as Conversator and that was why he was convicted. Went to the Dumbass school of Banking
If Russell told me it was raining outside, I'd go and check for myself
Every company I've worked for had an annual audit by independent auditors that would have found these discrepancies. Aren't they required to have annual audits in South Carolina?
Who knows? South Carolina's DOT can't even get their roads fixed? Have you ever driven I95 through SC?
I've been following this debacle since the boat crash.
Good interview, but he didn't do himself any favors here.
Only one side of the story has been told? You're right! And that's the story of the victims! That guy is a criminal! I hope he's in prison by now because that's the place he belongs to.
He saw Alex as an example of who to model himself after even if it meant taking money that didn't belong to him.
He even charged those two girls for a sandwich!
Prey upon the weak and use the state and federal laws to help you. Happens all the time. Then finally the greed gets so big! They loose their souls.
Wow . The fact he’s sitting so cool calm and collected, and he put the sandwhich on that poor little girls account . What a PRICK
He’s no victim. How disgusting. He portrays himself as innocent and was used by Alec. He’s a crook and the way he treated the Plyers is absolutely criminal.
This man is where he deserves to be. He knew what he was doing and now he blames Alec. They’re as rotten as each other
Actually he’s not in prison yet, ironically. But He does have two ankle monitors on that the poor wittle fewwa is having to pay for each month so that the courts know his location at all times. I think it’s technically called “house Arrest” until he is sentenced. His wife got up in front of the judge and was complaining/crying about how unfair life is for them/him now that his and Alex’s crimes have come to light. He even has a curfew and can’t go but a certain amount of miles from his home, (which is what the wife used to show just how unfair life is for him now) because he wasn’t able to go watch his son’s high school football game because it was after curfew and too far away. He wasn’t allowed special permission for this either. In other words, someone told him “No”! 😱😳😲
I mean the nerve of someone telling these VIP’s no, and a mere probation/parole officer (who is so much more beneath them) at that! 🤷🏻♀️😉 Luckily the judge agreed with the officer and reinforced the decision to adhering to the rules of house arrest if he was going to stay out of jail until sentencing. 😎
@@AmeliasMiMi oh so he doesn't agree with the way ankle monitors or other stuff is "expensed out" like he did the sandwiches or such!!! "Wishes he hadn't done that now, but would have just paid for it! But he listened to the"big boys",it was eeellick,he was his lawyer, eeellick should have known!!"
The Behavior Panel would have a heyday with him!!!
Hehe love those guys
The Bible says that "'bad company corrupts good character." Russell was definitely keeping BAD company by doing business with Alex!
they were cut from the same cloth, he & Alec & all good ole fat bastards!
They kept the same company they are equally yoked. Birds of a feather fly 2gether.
@@KS-hi8vi "Birds of a feather FLOCK together" is the quote, but you are right!
Today he was denied a new trial. Hard to think of anyone who enabled Murdaugh more. Fines, restrictions, probabtion, all are too good for him. He needs decades of hard time.
Amen!!
Got it too
He was found GUILTY on all 6 counts..denied new trial...his lawyers dropped him for non payment..cut from the same cloth as AM.
These guys know how to make their words flow like honey.
Alex had to cover $350,000 that he embezzled, he wrote a check for that amount which made him negative 350K and Russell put the money in his acct. Tell me if that is not a cover-up. Where did Laffitte get the money to put back into his acct. He would have to take from another acct.
Love the watches sitting outside a simple looking property acting the country boy while actually his marital home is very grand. Found guilty now so he deserves everything he’s got!!
😂. Looks like a sharecropping shack.
Enjoy your freedom while you have it, Russell. That prison cell is waiting for you. I think you've found that most in the public don't believe you, and I think you'll find the same is true of your future fellow inmates. Don't do crime, kids. It's not worth it.
This guy helped alex AND he is a victim, BUT he is reponsible for the havoc he created, and the people he cheated...THIS MAN needs to be in jail and NEVER be allowed to work in banking.
He almost breaks out in a smile throughout this interview numerous times
This just reinforces my notion to never do business with friends and family. It is a slippery slope and very tempting to get sloppy with having the proper checks and balances. Lord help keep this affirmation in me strong. If I want to help family and friends, just straight up give them the money and not wrap it up in the form of business. I've worked too hard to lose my reputation in this way.
And the notion that an attorney is special because they are an officer of the court makes the law meaningless. Judges, lawyers and such should be audited more frequently than the rest of us, instead of less often. We hold these individuals in high esteem as we have been trained to think of these people as 'special'. It must create much angst for others in this profession when one of their own is on trial. The judge in this case needs to send the message that this dude is going to suffer. Alex has brought heat on all those in his profession in his community. Their burn will assure he gets what's coming. Maybe more so.
His story is crystal clear. He’s a crook.
Don't they have Bank Examiners in South Carolina who AUDIT these banks? Wouldn't they have caught these discrepancies? Just wondering.
Valerie, you would think! How was this allowed to go on for years?
They’re all corrupt.
They all related
@@lesliekilpatrick7875 I don't doubt it.
Good question! It’s sad the most logical explanation is they’re all corrupt. Surely Not! But if so, I pray it’s stopping now!
I know his grandpa stood up in his grave.His grandpa was my granny’s Dr.,and she loved him dearly.
He looks like the chief inspector John Barnaby in Midsomer Murder. I thought this was his new series 🤣😂🤣
oh not money for a 500 dollar car, but thousands to yourself and alex..gotcha
Ahhhh poor thing!!! Such a Victim!!! Not!!! 😖
Any if us who ever worked in banking would play the BS card to this. You know banking laws, you know what a position of trust you are in. You know that every penny in that cash drawer is not yours, checks that flow through are NOT yours, you do not give out nor do you take in funds in anything other than lawful and honorable ways. Being slow on the uptake is no defense.
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The older I get the less I trust people. Especially if they are in a place of any power. Add money to the equation and "BAM", pure evil.
He’s a conservator and he says he didn’t know! He knew! How much money did he personally spend from those accounts?
I would think his father knew and he advised his son on the matter. If someone came to me and asked me to be a conservator I would have to sign a contract and be bonded. What happened here?
I know he’s been to trial already, & I wonder if they played this in court? I know he’s your distant cousin & glad he did the interview with you because unfortunately it showed me he was indeed guilty. I really like how he threw in there about charging the sandwich, “I wish I wouldn’t have charged it NOW, I could afford it [to buy my own sandwich]”. He certainly could afford his own sandwich. He was a bank ceo for crying out loud! at the least he could take it out of the money he was paid to take care of their money. Also, he absolutely told on himself when he was describing Alec’s checks he brought in from the law firm made to PSB. Yes, they were indeed made out to PSB, Alec could try to dictate what he wanted done with the $. However, since they referenced the names that he was charged to care for these folks $, then the right thing to do would be to tell Alec, “I can’t take these checks and just do what you want me to with them. Alec, I’m sorry but because these checks have this persons name referenced on it, they need to be made out to me as conservator for these people and that’s the account they need to go in. PSB agreed to be conservator for These people but we did not Agree to allow you to abuse the funds like this. You and I both know if you’re caught, I’ll go down with you & I just can’t do that. I have too much to lose to take a hit like that, Alec”.
I even understand perhaps being intimidated by Alec because of his name. But when it came down to it, Mr. Laffitte had the final say on whether or not he would allow Alec to use his bank to commit this fraud. He could have said “I’m sorry this is not right and I can’t have a part of this”. Sure he wouldn’t have been conservator, but I believe the big wigs at the banks 100% had to allow Alec to do these things or he couldn’t do them. They did indeed enable him and when it comes down to it they allowed $$ to direct their own moral compass Instead of allowing a human being (that had already experienced a devastating circumstance & desperately needed those funds just to survive) direct it. unfortunate for them now, they must pay the price for their own actions. Doing the right thing is not always easy, but it is the right thing to do. Period. It is a sad story all around, but look at all the innocent people that was horribly affected by these actions & way less off than a bank ceo or a prominent attorney & all they did was trust the wrong people. Those are the ones folks need to feel sorry for, not poor innocent addicted Alec or little ol’ intimidated Russell.
“With great position and power comes even greater responsibility”. Both had a responsibility to these poor unfortunate souls & both failed them miserably. Now the sins of the father will be felt by Russell’s kids and certainly by Alec’s remaining family. But I’m sure it’s nothing compared to the real victims in all this. 😢🤷🏻♀️
Jennifer D right! And really did the small people even have a choice in who to pick or trust,but was out of their hands through the court, legal system!!?
@@vernareed2692 absolutely no, they did not & one of the reasons these narcissistic idiots infuriate me so much trying to act as if they’re the victims! Makes me sick to my stomach 🤢
WOW! This guy must of got his acting skills from the same place as Alex's. Miss Jones' third grade production of "liar liar pants on fire"
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I heard these victims own words and how she lives. She had to get a lawyer to explain what happened to her funds. She was suppose to get 24,000 yr each and she felt like she had to beg for money. Very vile.
The one Sister asked for laundry detergent and was turned down. They were discusting how they kept & spent their Pilers Sisters money.
is a crook , hates he got caught
Wonder how many ppl pulled their money out of Palmetto State? I would like to see their year over year P&L’s for the last 5 years.
"Like a house, I had to buy that for them...." No! You didn't buy them shit! YOU used THEIR money to buy them their home. Ugh. This makes me GAG.
He may say he is innocent and was manipulated, but the evidence says otherwise and cannot be disputed. It’s sad to see he has no remorse at all. .
He was a very willing participant or the stupidest person ever n banking
Y'all throwin' each other under the buss. None of you are taking responsibility for your own behavior, your decisions.
"Manipulative Ego Manic" describes him perfectly
He is disclosing private information that could get him big trouble. Overdrafts and private business regardless of public circumstances. To the layman this aw-shucks front may float but to a banking employee on any level it does not float. The state regulators are culpable as well as the board of directors.
I hope Justice is Served! ⚖️
Alex knew who to put in his pocket
We wonder, at what point does a Thief cross the line and sold his Soul?
This man is no victim! He stole money! Just like Alex
The Plyler girls sing quite a different tune. Just sayin'.
It's easy to trust well known RICH people. Alec was a well know attorney,
( supposedly ) well respected. He could twist a good story, and use people who trusted him.
Legal does not equal Honest.
So true but in the end it’s he that must decide which road he will take in this situation, the high road or the easy $ making one.
Bull. Some of these 'victims' were merely crooks themselves, like this crook.
Rich people are not who i would ever trust.
Not once does he say I let these victims down, I didn't protect their interests... hes a coward at best, but we all know he was more likely mindlessly complicit, or even a greedy accomplice.
Corruption at its finest
LOL. He refused them cash for a car but made them take a high interest loan from his bank for one instead so that he could rob them twice. Good ol' criminal boy.
No amount of money should take the place your integrity.
He is just as guilty as Am. These good ol’ boys hang together
I trying to watch other things but i cant resist this case
I sure would like to hear another bank officer/conservator weigh in on this because these are some blurred lines....
Good point!!
Pretty sure Google, libraries, & phones existed in 2011 - 2021. RL seems to have had no clue re the duties, responsibilities, ethics, laws, standards, or rules re the Conservator or Personal Representative gigs he accepted. There's no indication he ever tried to research, study, ask about, or consult w/ state or fed regulators, professional orgs, a judge, or even just Google; despite his admission he agreed & was paid to serve in critical roles managing, preserving, & ideally maximizing settlement $$$ that belonged to vulnerable youngsters &/or survivors. He mentioned annuities but never obtained or confirmed one for any of the people he agreed to rep or whose money he agreed to manage &/safeguard. The interviewer pretty much completely ignores that elephant, yet invites & reinforces normalizing RL's casual use of Plyler money to buy himself lunch. Isn't that what lawyers and business people do? Just bill it to the client & put it on their expense report? The interviewer leads RL & feeds him answers to elicit agreement rather than asking RL whether he ever checked to see if his lunch reimbursement out of the Plyler funds was permitted, required, discretionary, or prohibited. Not even a modicum of diligence appears to have been undertaken by RL to determine at the time what was allowed, required, or prohibited. The whole situation & RL's seeming passivity where he should be actively tuned in or at least tuned up on behalf of the beneficiaries remains quite baffling.
If he took the job it’s his duty to have known!!.
You are. There is never any excuse for this. Herendous behavior, unforgivable. He can't get enough years to be rehabilitated. Thievery was always in his soul.
How dare you( u can't imagine) you were the creator of their misery. Bastard.
I'm a decorator. I'm more interested in seeing the inside if that beautiful old house behind him than hearing what he has to say.
Nitwit “I thought we do whatever” with girls money. Can tell he inherited his position at the bank and didn’t need any actual qualifications.
I believe there are quite a bit of people who are accomplices in this whole thing.
You can see it in his eyes! One day you'll answer to Lord God Almighty!
We all will....
This man is 51? My.. I thought he was maybe 65, 68.. I can’t believe that someone who looks this old and tired can be one year younger than me 😳
the a very modest outfit and house for a wealthy bank executive - so humble😏
I'm sure it's not his house. In the south, some keep family homes up on their private land. It could have belonged to great grandparents, etc.
He got convicted
These people aren't human. If they can do vile acts like this. I hope he rots in jail.
Surrogate parent !!! You have been outed... what you did to those girls is Horrific. Bad guy here