Alex Murdaugh is seen in court for the first time since his double murder conviction as he faces financial fraud charges - and new trial date is set

Alex Murdaugh was in court for the first time since his double murder conviction.

The disgraced legal scion, 54, is facing financial fraud-related charges in Beaufort County, South Carolina. He allegedly stole millions in insurance payments intended for the family of his late housekeeper, who died from a fall at his property. 

Murdaugh tried to skip the court appearance today, but he was ordered to appear by Judge Clifton Newman, who also resided over his murder trial earlier this year. 

A trial date for the financial fraud case was set for November 27 - against the wishes of the defense team, who tried to hold it off. 

The red-faced double killer wore his orange prison jumpsuit and handcuffs as he entered the courtroom this morning. His son Buster was not seen in the room.  

The disgraced legal scion, 64, is facing financial fraud-related charges in Beaufort County, South Carolina. He allegedly stole millions in insurance payments intended for the family of his late housekeeper

Alex Murdaugh is in court for the first time since his double murder conviction

Gloria Satterfield, Murdaugh's housekeeper, died in 2018 from complications of a 'slip and fall' after falling down stairs at their Moselle home. 

Murdaugh allegedly drafted life insurance settlement checks amounting to almost $3.5 million into his own bank account. 

He pleaded not guilty to all 22 counts contained in a recent federal indictment during a hearing in May this year - and now his trial is set to start in two months. 

Cory Fleming, his alleged co-conspirator, already pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing. He admitted to working in unison with Murdaugh to steal from two clients, Pamela Pinckney and Ms Satterfield. 

In court today, Murdaugh was greeted with smiles and a handshake from Rep. Todd Rutherford - who has since been slammed for action.  

He is also separately demanding a new trial in a bid to overturn his double life sentence for murdering his wife Maggie and son Paul. 

A jury convicted Murdaugh on March 2 for the fatal shootings at their family hunting lodge in June 2021. He was handed two life sentences for the crimes.

The move to get a new murder trial was announced on September 4, days after Murdaugh's surviving son Buster broke his six-month silence on his family's ordeal to insist he believes his father was wrongfully convicted. 

Murdaugh's trial earlier this year captured international attention as numerous shocking details emerged during the proceedings, including how Alex allegedly stole millions of dollars from his clients.

A jury convicted Murdaugh on March 2 for the fatal shootings at their family hunting lodge in June 2021. He was handed two life sentences for the crimes

Murdaugh's trial earlier this year captured international attention as numerous shocking details emerged during the proceedings, including how Alex allegedly stole millions of dollars from his clients

The high-profile trial was slammed by Buster as unfair, feeling the public outcry over the crimes may have swayed the outcome as he branded it a 'tilted table.'

He took aim at the police and judge, claiming they had a 'crappy motive' and he does not 'believe it was fair' that all 12 jurors found him guilty.

'I was there for six weeks studying it, and I think it was a tilted table from the beginning,' Buster said.

'And I think, unfortunately, a lot of the jurors felt that way prior to when they had to deliberate.

'It was predetermined in their minds prior to when they ever heard any shred of evidence that was given in that room.' He believes that the jury ultimately found his father guilty of the shootings because of 'everything they had the ability to read prior to the trial.'