#Splatter beach death stills series#

When we first wrote about a motion in the Beach case related to WardвЂ™s project, we provided a link to the video. To be very clear, at no point did FITSNews publish this video, as Ward states. You can read the articles she takes issue with here, here and here.

That is the entirety of her statement, which she requested we print in full. Any suggestion that I would ever seek to exploit a tragedy is utterly false and disgusting.вЂќ As with all of my investigative reporting activities, I am devoted to finding and telling the truth. I am appalled by FitsnewsвЂ™ publication of the video.В A simple phone call would have ensured that the video, uploaded in error, completely without my knowledge or involvement, was taken down. As soon as this was discovered (unfortunately, after Fitsnews published it and not before) immediate action was taken to remove access to the video. Unfortunately, an outside contractor at the production company, inadvertently uploaded the internal video to an open (as opposed to private) Vimeo site. Had the journalist there bothered to contact me she would have discovered that the video was publicly accessible entirely by error. I was as horrified as everyone else to learn that Fitsnews had published it. It was for internal development purposes only and supposed to have been seen by approximately ten people. The video at issue was created and intended for internal use by the production company I am working with. Nor did I publish, promote, or create the video, that was wrongly described as a вЂtrailerвЂ™ and which contained very sensitive photographic images as reported by Fitsnews. Nor have I ever met, or spoken to, Greg Parker or his lawyers. вЂњAs IвЂ™ve already stated, IвЂ™ve never bought any materials for use in a proposed documentary about the Murdaughs.

#Splatter beach death stills series#

Vicky Ward, whose documentary series on the Murdaugh family is at the center of the latest flare-up in the Beach case, wants you to know the following: In response to three recent FITSNews articles about the Mallory Beach case and the legal battle over how a reporter came to be in possession of confidential court materials - including macabre evidence photos - the reporter in question issued a statement this week to our founding editor Will Folks further denying the allegations made against her.