Murdaugh Murders Podcast - TSP #151 [Part Two] - Celebrities, Sour Grapes & Flying Pigs - Weldon Boyd Sues Mark Tinsley

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Starting point is 00:00:57 True Sunlight is a Luna Shark production written with journalist Liz Farrell. My name is Mandy Matney. In part one, we told y'all about the case of the missing crime log in The Scotsby The Investigation. And today, we need to tell you about the latest in the strange lawsuit related to that investigation. You might want to put your tenfoil hat on for this episode because we have some theories for y'all to think about. So, remember, Remember how we've said things got really weird in our universe back in November 2025? Our Hulu show, Murdoch Death and the Family, was topping the charts and dominating the Zekegeist.

Starting point is 00:01:42 We thought we were celebrating the end of our Murdoch era. Ha! Jokes on us. Finally, it felt like we were getting the accolades and praise we deserved for all of our hard work in the Murdoch case. And it felt like media outlets around the world were finally taking notice. But as our stars were rising, it felt like the South Carolina justice system was punishing us and those in our circles for it in a number of strange ways. Among the weird things that happened in November, Mark Tinsley, the attorney best known for

Starting point is 00:02:17 representing the Beach family in the Murdoch case, and now the Spivey case in the O'Rey County corruption case was sued by Weldon Boy, of all people. We need to talk about that case today because there's a hearing coming up next week. So a little refresher on Weldon Boy, the North Myrtle Beach Good Old Boy, who, along with his friend Bradley Williams, shot and killed 33-year-old Scott Spivey on a stretch of road in Ory County, South Carolina in September 2023. Weldon and Bradley said that they killed Scott's in self-defense. And it appears that the ORI County Police Department made sure that this was the conclusion of their apparently corrupt investigation into it. Why? Because Weldon

Starting point is 00:03:04 was big pals with one of the top cops in the agency, Brandon Strickland. You know, the guy who resigned last year around the time that we first started covering this case. The guy who Weldon stupidly recorded many of his phone calls with, where we heard Strickland say some really dumb things like he would send the right people to the scene, and that he would be working in the shadows on the shooter's behalf. Branded Strickland is being represented by Bert von Herman, the shady attorney who called me a hippo and shit on Facebook the other day. The guy who suddenly deleted his Facebook after the whole internet told him it was not okay to fat-shame a journalist who exposed his client. A bunch of real winners all around there.

Starting point is 00:03:52 So Mark Tensley filed a wrongful death suit against Weldon and Bradley in June of 2024 on behalf of the Spivey family to find answers as to what happened with the investigation that night. And boy, did they find them. The lawsuit forced Ory County to cough up their files and what they said, or what they said was all of it, but it sure wasn't. And those case files revealed three major things that powerful people in the state of South Carolina want to be buried. One is law enforcement misconduct, which we are still peeling back the layers on. Two is potential prosecutorial misconduct by the 15th Circuit solicitor Jimmy Richardson,

Starting point is 00:04:40 who allegedly gave reassurance to police that Weldon would be taken care of, and by State Attorney General Alan Wilson, who is running for governor right now and his office, who didn't bother to look past the very curated and very weird sled report in the case, and they declined to press charges against Weldon and Bradley. And the third thing is the evidence itself, which directly contradicts a stand-your-ground case for Weldon and Bradley, and largely supports the idea that a conspiracy cover-up took place to help. them. So as a part of that lawsuit, Weldon and Bradley claimed that Stand Your Ground immunity applied to them, which forced the court to hold a four-day hearing in February. Ultimately,

Starting point is 00:05:27 Judge Bubba Griffith denied both Weldon and Bradley immunity, which cleared the path for potential criminal charges against them and possibly other law enforcement officers who helped them. Next week, Judge B. Hyman will hold a hearing to decide on a number of motions in Weldon's very strange case against Mark Tinsley. Those include Tinsley's motion to dismiss, which is probably the most important, Tinsley's motion to stay or protective order, Tinsley's motion to quash and for protective order involving a really weird Netflix subpoena and Weldon's motion to compel for discovery. Now, it's very much possible that Judge Hyman rules from the bench to dismiss this case,

Starting point is 00:06:13 which would make all the other motions moot. That would be the most logical move, but as we have learned 10,000 times in the South Carolina justice system, anything could happen here. Now, to understand all the weirdness happening here in these motions, we should talk about the lawsuit itself for a minute.

Starting point is 00:06:33 The lawsuit was filed on November 3, 2025, coincidentally, or maybe not so coincidentally, the same day that Mark Tinsley was in Baltimore, where billionaire gas station owner Greg Parker's attorneys deposed me for eight hours. That was in another one of Mark's cases. This weird Weldon case against Mark Tinsley accuses Mark of manufacturing a false narrative about Weldon Boyd in the Spivey case to media outlets to increase his, and I don't know if I can say this without laughing, celebrity status.

Starting point is 00:07:08 Let me have David Reed from the lawsuit to remind you all the crux of it. Plaintiff Weldon Boyd files this action seeking equitable relief, including but not limited to a declaratory judgment, finding, and determining that defendant Mark B. Tinsley has intentionally engaged in conduct prejudicial to the interests of justice by manufacturing, disseminating, and perpetuating a false narrative through manipulative use of media outlets, which has permanently harmed. Boyd's ability to obtain a fair trial in the courts of this state in any related civil or criminal matter. Tinsley has done all acts in his individual capacity and for his own purposes and not as a lawyer to further any client matter. Tinsley's acts have been done intentionally and solely to generate personal publicity for himself, by engaging in self-promotion. Tinsley did not engage in the acts for any tactical reasons in any client matter or to assist in furtherance of any client matter, but for his own personal purposes of establishing and or increasing his celebrity status. Boyd expressly waives

Starting point is 00:08:37 any claim of damages against Tinsley and does not seek an award of actual or punitive damages against Tinsley and seeks equitable relief only. Public policy justifies the equitable relief sought in this action. Essentially, Weldon wants to whine his way out of litigation in both his civil and possible criminal cases because he thinks it's unfair that Mark Tinsley and his client, Jennifer Spivey Foley, who is Scott's sister, has communicated their discovery of public corruption in this case to the county and to the press, which also covered the case in 2023 when it was happening and 2024 when Alan Wilson's office declined to press charges against Weldon and Bradley.

Starting point is 00:09:23 Weldon claims that Tinsley did this not as a lawyer, but as a thirsty glory hound. No mention of the very serious issues that Mark and Jennifer have raised, or the very real public concern and interest there is in this case, or the bounty of evidence supporting these accusations of corruption, much of it provided by Weldon's over-the-top behavior in his relationship breakup, which led him to record his phone calls in the first place. Now, from the jump, we thought this lawsuit was weird, even just tactically weird. Not only were the claims ridiculous, Martinsley is not out there looking for on-camera opportunities. It didn't make any sense in terms of strategy in the wrongful death case against Weldon and Bradley. If Weldon was really concerned,

Starting point is 00:10:10 concerned about a jury being tainted by the media, that would be an issue to bring up with the judge in the civil case. But no, he has chosen instead to create another spectacle, another reason to put Martinsley in the press. Why would that be? Hmm. After going through the ghastly gauntlet of the South Carolina legal system la Greg Parker and his team of villainous attorneys in the past eight months, I think something bigger could be going on here. And I really hope the court sees what we're seeing. Let's start with a rundown of our reasons that we find Weldon's lawsuit against Mark Tensley to be weird and fishy. Number one, it is weird for Weldon to sue an attorney during ongoing litigation. First of all, a defendant in a lawsuit is suing the plaintiff's attorney for manipulating the media and interfering with justice.

Starting point is 00:11:05 when the case is ongoing? It's literally impossible for a court to determine how Weldon could not get a fair trial when a trial has not at all happened yet. Imagine how wacky our court system would be if defendants personally sued attorneys every time they heard something unfavorable said about them in the media. Imagine all of the lawsuits that could be filed by Elyke Murdoch against Eric Bland and Mark Tinsley alone. It would be chaos. This is why this type of lawsuit against a lawyer in the middle of litigation is rare and weird.

Starting point is 00:11:43 Number two, what Weldon is suing for is also weird. So, unlike a typical civil lawsuit where a person sues for damages, Weldon is seeking a declaratory judgment from the court and an award for costs incurred by Boyd in this second extra unnecessary lawsuit that is probably all for the spectacle. Specifically, Weldon Boyd is asking for the court to issue two declaratory judgments, which are basically statements from the judge shaming an attorney. First, Weldon wants a declaratory judgment that Mark Tinsley created a media firestorm through a false narrative and did this so he could get famous.

Starting point is 00:12:23 Okay, sorry, again, I have to stop myself from laughing. The thought of Mark Tinsley, the guy who disappears into the woods for weeks out of the year to hunt and fish, and live off the land or whatever he does, doing anything for fame or popularity is laughable. It's hilarious. Also, Mark was the OG attorney up against the Murdox. He worked that gaze hard for two years before the murders happened and before TV crews swooped into town to find out who he was.

Starting point is 00:12:54 If he truly wanted quick fame, a beach case was most definitely not an easy route. And wait. Haven't we heard that argument recently? accusing someone who exposes injustice of wanting to do so simply for fame and personal gain? I think we have. But stick a pin in that. Second, Weldon Boyd wants a declaratory judgment stating that Mark Tinsley prejudiced the course of justice in the Spivey case and has made it impossible for Weldon to ever get a fair trial in this matter.

Starting point is 00:13:26 Again, while the case is going on, Weldon wants a judge to say that. Talk about interfering with the justice system. The third reason why this lawsuit's weird is it contains familiar accusations of exposing corruption for personal gain. I mean, just the idea alone makes no sense. In every instance of exposing corruption, it is always easier to look the other way. There is no personal gain. The people who benefit from the corruption put all the, their efforts into ruining the lives of people exposing corruption. David, can you read a passage from

Starting point is 00:14:06 Weldon's lawsuit against Mark? The public's appetite for rooting out perceived public corruption was co-opted by Tinsley for Tinsley's own personal purposes in self-aggrandizement and seeking celebrity status for himself. Nothing Tinsley revealed through the media changed the actual facts. So Tinsley set about to manipulate the facts himself to show his media influence, his celebrity, and what was perceived by the public as Tinsley's own power in furtherance of Tinsley's self-aggrandizement. Perceived corruption? Yeah, okay. Were Braynard Strickland's calls with Weldon perceived corruption? How about Officer Damon Viscoby, telling Weldon, to act like a victim.

Starting point is 00:15:02 Just perceived corruption? How about so many of the so-called facts from Weldon's team being very demonstrably false? I guess that's just the public perceiving things? What's interesting about this is how it sounds a lot like the reckless accusations that Greg Parker's attorneys Mark Moore and Deborah Barbier have been making about Tinsley and us in the Beach Family Civil Conspiracy case. Let's remind y'all of a few. David, will you read those?

Starting point is 00:15:37 The First Amendment does not exist so that agitators like Ms. Matney can force their way into the spotlight of a high-profile case, flout lawful orders, and then publicly smear the parties, their counsel, and the courts to bolster their online following. Ms. Matney makes money off drama, which is why she creates it. If it burns, it earns as the saying goes. A quick side note in response to those statements for old Debbie and Mark, in the words of Taylor Swift, I swear I don't love the drama. It loves me.

Starting point is 00:16:19 Y'all, I never chose to be a part of your disgusting lawsuit drama. Y'all are just big mad. I didn't stay sad. I didn't stay sad. silent about what was done to me. And girl, it's 2026. Literally, no one says if it burns it earns. What does that even mean? We'll be right back. When I look back at my younger self, I remember the feeling of being bullied and disrespected. I remember hating that feeling. And I remember the day that I resolved that it would never happen again. When I founded Blan Richter with my partner Ronnie Richter. We committed to build a firm that demanded respect that would fight for the powerful on behalf of the clients who felt powerless. Since forming Blan Richter, we've stood

Starting point is 00:17:09 tall against the largest law firms in the state, in the country, and in the world, and we've remained true to the commitment not to be pushed around to give tenacious representation with proven results. Tenacious representation, proven results. Bland Richter. Learn more about what we do and who we are by visiting blandrichter.com. That's b-L-A-N-D-R-I-C-H-E-R dot com. Okay, so do you see how there's a common theme between the accusations thrown and Mark Tensley in the lawsuit and what Greg Parker's attorneys have been saying about me? To us, it looks like the goal is to discredit, demean, and distress the people doing the real work.

Starting point is 00:18:04 to expose corruption in the justice system so that they will be scared into silence and that message will be sent. In both cases, these baseless insults have nothing to do with the law and everything to do with certain attorneys wanting to change public perception. Back to the days when the good old boys controlled the legacy media, which was all media. Number four, Weldon's lawyer in this case is an unusual choice for him. Also, there's her history. This is another odd thing. Weldon is a gun-loving Christian conservative who doesn't seem to have a whole lot of tolerance for,

Starting point is 00:18:43 let's call it unscripted flair. Grace, will you read that passage from Dessa Ballard's very colorful website? The law offices of Dessa Ballard developed a civil litigation practice that can only be described as a little different. And a lot of phone calls to the office begin with. This case is a little unusual. She soon developed a slogan, which lawyers can't technically have.

Starting point is 00:19:10 We make pigs fly. I don't know about pigs flying, but there are a whole lot of lawsuits in which Dessa is a defendant, including cases of legal malpractice in slander and libel, and we've only just started digging into them, so stick a bigger pin in that one for later. Which brings me to number five.

Starting point is 00:19:30 Then there's the timing of all of this. This lawsuit was filed November 3, 2025, as I said, the same month Parker's launched its war on Lunashark and the same day I was forced to sit for my painful sham of an eight-hour deposition with Greg Parker's attorney, Mark J. Edgar Picklejuice Moore himself. Where I was asked a slew, of offensive, harassing, and invasive questions that had absolutely nothing to do with the Beach case.

Starting point is 00:20:01 Around that same time, according to former Luna Shark contractor Callie Lyon's deposition in the Parker's case, Jim Seidel, the felon, reached out to Greg Parker's attorneys to broker a deal with Callie for the exchange of my private, legally protected work product text messages and Mandy's private legally protected work product text messages. Cali was paid $8,700. and Jim Seidel the felon posted a slew of these private, legally protected work product text messages on his website, while Greg Parker's team needlessly but strategically posted hundreds of those text messages, where they can't even know who was speaking in some cases, along with my salary, my private phone number, and Mandy's private phone number in public filings.

Starting point is 00:20:48 The message we got from all of that, that high-priced attorneys are coming for us from all, Oh, did I mention that Greg Parker's attorneys are both criminal defense attorneys who represented Alec Murdoch's co-conspirators? What a coincidence, right? So, another coincidence, this one of timing, is that five days after Mark was sued by Weldon, Luna Shark Productions, was sued by former University of South Carolina professor David Voros and his girlfriend. The duo that had sued Mandy and a slew of other journalists who had written about a lawsuit against Voros, Mandy was dismissed from that lawsuit, by the way. The second one still stands.

Starting point is 00:21:29 At that same time, Jim Seidel was amping up his harassment campaign against Mandy, as well as me. He posted multiple defamatory articles about Mandy, insinuated that I perjured myself in my deposition, and otherwise tried to chip away at both of our professional reputations. He even personally emailed the executives of Hulu to claim that Mandy was a fraud, who didn't deserve the spotlight. November was also the month that Greg Parker's attorneys needlessly harassed a lunashark listener and superfan by, for some reason, subpoenaing her for a deposition. So forgive us for asking the question, but is Weldon's bizarre lawsuit a part of a coordinated campaign of harassment against those of us not looking the other way when there's corruption? Because it sure seems like it.

Starting point is 00:22:31 Okay, so let's talk about the motions that are being heard. next week on June 10th in Ory County. The most important one, in our opinion, is Mark's motion to dismiss, because it could obviously make all of the other motions moot. Tinsley, who is being represented by attorneys John T. Lay and Jessica Lafitte, fired back at the lawsuit in a motion to dismiss that was filed in December, and then also in a memo in support of the motion to dismiss that was filed on June 1st. In summary, their hard-hitting motion to dismiss basically said, How dare you?

Starting point is 00:23:11 And Weldon, girl, you are dead wrong. But without saying any of those words. David, will you read the first paragraph in Team Tensley's motion to dismiss? A mere cursory review of the complaint demonstrates the absurdity of plaintiffs' sensationalized and mischaracterized factual allegations, of which there are too many. However, beyond the petty and ridiculous averments in the complaint, plaintiff's core argument appears to be that Tinsley's advocacy for his own clients, including the pursuit of justice regarding the shooting through legal means and publicity efforts, has perverted the pursuit of justice. Yet, plaintiff fails to provide,

Starting point is 00:23:59 nor can he any sound legal theory to support his self-serving allegations. Rather, it is categorically apparent that plaintiff's complaint is not only sour grapes, it is an attempt at an end around the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Tinsley on behalf of the estate of Scott Spivey and any hypothetical criminal charges that may be filed against plaintiff. See what we mean about those words? Sensationalized. Absurdity. And our favorite, sour grapes.

Starting point is 00:24:37 Don't you all just love an uncompromising legal job with undeniable logic? So, um, Weldon, you can't just whine to a judge about what the media is saying about you and blame Martinsley and think that a workaround like that is actually going to end all your legal problems. Girl, no. David, will you read the next paragraph in Marks? motion to dismiss. Plaintiff not only takes issue with Tinsley's advocation for justice and the lawful means by which he does so, he also apparently believes that the Oury County Police Department, members of the

Starting point is 00:25:15 South Carolina General Assembly, and the Attorney General's Office are complicit in this manufactured scheme to publicize and manipulate the facts and investigation of the shooting in light of such flagrant allegations of misconduct, yet such nebulous claims for relief, it is indeed worth asking who is really motivated by their own, quote, personal purposes of establishing and or increasing their celebrity status, end quote. He's saying, I'm uncovering corruption here, you idiots. Uncovering corruption is hard work, and it's not an easy path to become famous. at all.

Starting point is 00:25:59 Y'all, think for a minute of all the celebrities you know who gain their notoriety by revealing a police department's dirty secrets. Don't worry, I'll wait. Yeah, there's not many. Y'all, come on. This is Mark Tensley, who could have had a best-selling book about Murdoch but didn't, who turned down a number of press opportunities throughout the Murdoch saga. If Mark was doing any of this for celebrity, he would at least have a website, yeah?

Starting point is 00:26:32 Imagine the Mark the Tiger Tinsley or Zero Dark Tensley shirts that he could sell. And not saying that that's a bad thing. We are just saying it's an absurd argument against Mark Tensley because it is profoundly false. Now David, will you read the next paragraph from Mark's memo in support of his motion to dismiss. Moreover, since the filing of Tinsley's motion to dismiss, the frivolous nature of plaintiff's complaint has only increased, as plaintiff participated in and lost an immunity hearing in the underlying wrongful death lawsuit, thereby placing the final nail in the coffin of this absurd legal circus disguised as a lawsuit. So, Team Tinsley gave four arguments.

Starting point is 00:27:23 in favor of dismissing Weldon Boyd's very weird lawsuit, which Tinsley's lawyers called manipulative and legally defective. First, they say it's circumventing existing litigation, aka the civil wrongful death case that basically just got momentum after Weldon lost his stand or ground hearing. Team Tinsley calls it a frivolous Hail Mary, an attempt to bypass the very lawsuit that may go to trial and any potential criminal charges that may or may not be filed against him.

Starting point is 00:27:53 Also, Tinsley added in a nice little footnote that he reserves the right to file a future lawsuit against Boyd and Ballard for abusive process, malicious prosecution, defamation, etc. The second argument is that Weldon quote has the ability to seek an adequate remedy at law in the appropriate case. Meaning, like we said, the place to do this is in the other lawsuit. You don't need a second lawsuit to do this, you ding-dongs. The third argument in favor of a motion to dismiss is that the case is not ripe yet. Says that word, ripe, meaning there isn't even a trial date for the wrongful death case yet. Discovery is still happening. Criminal charges are still on the table for Weldon and Bradley.

Starting point is 00:28:39 So, calm down, Weldon and Dessa, and wait for that to happen before you demand a judge help you skip the line. The fourth argument in favor of the motion to dismiss is that Tinsley has been acting in his capacity as, an attorney throughout this case and therefore cannot be sued like this. The memo says that in South Carolina attorneys aren't immune from liability just because they are attorneys and that the courts have determined that an attorney can be held liable if they act in their own personal interest outside of the scope of representing the client, but that's not what's happening here. And Team Tinsley points this out. They argue that this is why Weldon and Dessa used a lot of phrases in their allegations against Mark to

Starting point is 00:29:21 to emphasize that he's bringing attention to this case for personal gain. They mention that the word celebrity was used 21 times in wellness complaint and self-aggrandizement was used nine times. Tinsley said that his only motive in all of this has been to zealously advocate for his clients in this case. David, will you read the last paragraph of the memo? Bindif's complaint is legally deficient for all of the reasons discussed above. But more than that, it is a very important.

Starting point is 00:29:51 is a blatantly transparent attempt to obtain some exonerating ruling to avoid accountability for his actions in either the wrongful death lawsuit, any potential criminal charges, or more simply the eyes of the public. And plaintiff's scheme to do so is a frivolous waste of judicial and legal resources, an attack on the integrity of the adversarial system, and a blatant disregard for the judicial system. It should and must be dismissed. So that should be a case-closed situation, yeah? Not according to Weldon and Disa,

Starting point is 00:30:32 who fired back with a 16-page memo in response with a primary argument of gaslighting. I'm not kidding. This is seriously one of the strangest briefs I've read in my career. It's a hot mess of language spaghetti that's getting thrown up against a wall. And y'all, Disa actually argues that because Mark didn't specifically say what wrongful death case he was referring to in his memo that the court should not consider that argument. I just, uh, need to hit my head on the table or something. Disa filed this complaint

Starting point is 00:31:02 against Mark because of his non-existent publicity seeking, which she argues is hurting her client Weldon get a fair trial. Again, there's only one trial she could be talking about because the stand-your-ground case has already happened. But she says the judge shouldn't take Mark's arguments that mention the wrongful death case? What? David, will you read the last paragraph of Weldon's reply? The motion to dismiss should be denied. Plaintiff has brought this case in the right court for the right reasons and at the right moment. On the strength of the well-pled complaint that set forth an ample, sufficient, and clear basis for relief sought, and through proper application of existing law.

Starting point is 00:31:48 Suit cannot wait while defendant continues to harm to Boyd. Dismissal upon defendant's motion would be improper. Accordingly, Boyd awaits this court's determination that the matter shall proceed for the reasons set forth herein. A few other motions are scheduled to be heard next week, but again, the judge could rule from the bench on the motion to dismiss. We should talk about this Netflix motion on the docket, though. After a quick break and we'll be right back.

Starting point is 00:32:39 So Weldon, again, keeping with the weird theme of his lawsuit, issued a subpoena to, quote, Netflix, Inc. For all communications and documents, Netflix has with Mark Tensley regarding the Spivey case. Now, a few production companies have expressed interest in making a document about the Spivey case, but we don't know of any that have actually sold to Netflix or any major networks yet. And one even name drop Netflix during a talk with Judge Eugene Griffith about how cameras could film the stand-your-ground hearing. But we don't know of any

Starting point is 00:33:21 that have actually sold to Netflix. And honestly, there are a lot of companies that name-drop networks far before any deals are made just to improve their access. So maybe Weldon heard a rumor, or maybe he saw Mark Tensley on the Netflix documentary about Elic Murdoch and assumed that all of his cases went to that level. David, can you read Mark's objection to the subpoena? Tinsley objects to the subpoena on the grounds that it seeks irrelevant information, is unduly burdensome and intended to harass him, and is not only. not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of relevant or material evidence given that the entire action is without legal or factual basis. The undersigned further notes the frivolousness of this

Starting point is 00:34:11 subpoena and the action as a whole given that there is no Netflix show in existence to date, thereby wholly eviscerating Boyd's manufactured claim of an unfair trial. The subpoena begs the question of whether Boyd has brought his improper action against Dinsley, Counsel of Record in the Wrongful Death Suit, as a vehicle through which he could conduct a fishing expedition to see what his future holds in the public eye. Again, this is very familiar territory for us. A lawyer using subpoenas for fishing expeditions, based not on fact but rather on fiction, tell me more, as in Markmore and Debbie Barbier. Finally, we need to talk about Weldon's motion to compel and what he's asking Mark Tinsley for in this bizarre little idea someone had for a complaint. The first notable part is that Weldon wants to expand the meaning of the word, you, in his discovery request, to include not just Mark, but also Jennifer.

Starting point is 00:35:16 And it has rules for Mark to follow in answering their questions. For instance, it says if Mark doesn't have personal knowledge of something, he should include the name of the person who would. In other words, a fishing expedition. And, oh look, in the first interrogatory, Disa refers to Foley versus Boyd. The lawsuit she pretends not to know about in her argument against Mark's motion to dismiss. I guess she does know. Oh, and she seems to want any and all information related to that case, including copies of photographs, plats, sketches, and other prepared documents

Starting point is 00:35:50 and or materials related to this complaint, the wrongful death case, and Mark's intended defense in this case. As well as any in all findings or written reports from any expert for USET trial. Yeah, trial. Disa has asked the judge for a judgment with a jury trial, which were told by several lawyers is not a thing. Oh, and she wants any in all statements on or after September 9th, 2023, to the present, made by any witness or persons, including Mark Tinsley,

Starting point is 00:36:19 his employees or agents, and a list of 19 people. We're on the list relating to or which reference Weldon or any fact relevant to the complaint. First on that list of people is Weldon's ex-fiance. After that is the Wall Street Journal reporter who has been covering the case. And then third and fourth are Eric Bland for some reason and Lunashark researcher and reporter Beth Braden. Also on the list are Henry McMaster, the governor, Mandy, who they list as Mandy Matney, a.k.a. Mandy K. Matney, which what? They had to make a point that she's also known by her middle initial,

Starting point is 00:36:59 but also since when. Oh, and Congressman Nancy Mace. Randy Hood, the attorney representing the Jane Does in the J.P. Miller case. For some reason. Jennifer Spivey Foley and her husband. The Ory County In-house Council. The Assistant Attorney General Heather Weiss, who didn't press charges against Weldon and Bradley,

Starting point is 00:37:19 a TikTok user, a slew of news agencies and news reporters and all present and past elected members of any public body in South Carolina. Again, a fishing expedition. And is this even about this case? Or is it about everything that Mark Tinsley is involved in? Oh, and then there's Bert von Herman on the list. The lawyer who represents Brandon Strickland and who called Mandy a non-journalist hippo piece of shit in a Facebook post a few weeks ago. Does this mean Weldon is afraid that Brandon Strickland is turning on him?

Starting point is 00:37:53 Because why would anything involving Burt be relevant to Dessa's and Weldon's theory that Mark is just trying to use Weldon's case to be a celebrity? It's all very, very, very odd. And we'll talk about old Burt in another episode. We will let you know how the June 10th hearing in this case goes. For now, we have our red flag alerts up. But hang on, June 10th hearing. Ugh, tell me that's not right.

Starting point is 00:38:25 June 10th was the date of the beach boat crash hearing in 2021. The date that was basically a hard deadline for Ehrlich to give Mark Tensley a list of his banks and financial institutions. It was an upcoming date of reckoning for Ehrlich, if you will. That hearing got canceled because of the murders of Maggie and Paul. And here Weldon is, suing the guy who was one of Elyke Murdoch's biggest obstacles around the time that the murders happened. This Weldon complaint is strange, and way too outlandish and way too fishy for us to think that something else isn't afoot. If we've learned one thing in the past five years, it's that there are no coincidences. Okay, maybe the hearing date is a coincidence.

Starting point is 00:39:15 But other than that, maybe it's possible that all these separate parties decided to launch a legal war against Lunashark and Mark Tinsley starting in November 2025. You know, the month that Elyke Murdoch's chances for a new trial got real after his Supreme Court date hearing was announced. Maybe it was all correlation without causation. Also, it's not lost on us that it's an election year, and there are some pretty pretty dirty and well-funded shenanigans afoot in South Carolina as well. What we do know is that Mark Tinsley has emerged as a major threat to the South Carolina

Starting point is 00:39:56 Goodall Boys who are used to getting away with crime and corruption. So forgive us for wondering if this is another avenue for Team Murdoch and Team Parker and all of them to create yet another false narrative when it comes to Mark Tensley and independent voices in the media that cannot be silenced. Until next time, stay tuned, stay pesky, and stay in the sunlight. True Sunlight is a Luna Shark production created by me, Mandy Matney, co-hosted and reported by journalist Liz Farrell, research support provided by Beth Braden, audio production support provided by Jamie Hoffman and Grace Hills, case file management by Kate Thomas.

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