A former juror from Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial is again pushing to bring alleged jury tampering evidence from the 2023 proceedings into public view, according to a new court filing cited in a report.
Myra Crosby, widely known as the “egg juror,” submitted documents arguing that the public should be allowed to review the state’s investigation into Becky Hill, the former Colleton County, South Carolina, court clerk, WCSC reported.
Crosby became known by that nickname after she was removed from the jury just hours before deliberations began, then memorably asked the judge whether she could collect her purse and a carton of a dozen fresh eggs she had left in the jury room.
Myra Crosby, known as the “egg juror,” leaves the Colleton County courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina, on Thursday, March 2, 2023. (Larry Paci for News Outlet)
Hill has been a central figure in the jury tampering allegations, with claims that she told jurors “not to be fooled” by Murdaugh’s defense team during the high-profile trial.
Alex Murdaugh appears at a judicial hearing on Monday, June 29, 2026, at the Marc H. Westbrook Judicial Center in Lexington, South Carolina. Murdaugh is set to be retried in the June 7, 2021, shooting deaths of his wife and son after his original conviction was overturned because of jury tampering. (Tracy Glantz/The State via Pool)
The allegations ultimately resulted in South Carolina’s Supreme Court throwing out Murdaugh’s murder conviction.
In its ruling, the state’s highest court found that Hill’s conduct directly affected the integrity of the jury’s verdict.
Former Colleton County Court Clerk Becky Hill closes her eyes with a coffee mug on a swing outside her South Carolina home on Saturday, May 23, 2026. Hill is facing a civil lawsuit from disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh, whose murder convictions in the deaths of his wife and son were reversed earlier this month after Hill allegedly influenced jurors on the case. (Kat Ramirez for News Outlet)
According to WCSC, Crosby filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in May for the release of records relating to Hill’s jury tampering to be made public.
In response, the attorney general said videos cannot be released right away because they may need parts blurred or removed to protect the jurors’ identities.
During the highly publicized proceedings, in which Murdaugh was accused of murdering his wife and son, Becky Hill allegedly engaged in “shocking jury interference,” according to the South Carolina Supreme Court. (Andrew J. Whitaker/The Post And Courier via AP, Pool)
Crosby argued those redactions are no longer needed because the jurors already spoke in open court, and some have also appeared in TV interviews and documentaries.
She says even if a few parts need to be hidden, that should not slow down the release of those records.
News Outlet has reached out to the office of South Carolina Attorney General, Crosby’s attorney and Hill’s attorney for comment.
