CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The man accused of conspiring with Alex Murdaugh is due in court Monday to be sentenced for state crimes he pleaded guilty to last month.

Russell Laffitte will be sentenced at 10 a.m. in Columbia for four class E felony counts of breach of trust in the amount of $10,000 or more, three class F felony counts of criminal conspiracy and one class F felony count of computer crimes of $10,000 or more.

Laffitte is accused of loaning large amounts of cash to himself and to Murdaugh from the pockets of Murdaugh’s legal clientele back in 2011.

He is expected to face up to eight years on these state charges and five years of parole. He will also pay millions of dollars in restitution as a part of his guilty plea.

Laffitte is already serving a federal sentence for fin

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