- 58 minutes 30 secondsCOJ #180 - A Tale of Two Subpoenas: Inside Mandy’s Civil Contempt Hearing + A Look At Alex Murdaugh’s Plan For New Trial
On Friday, Mandy took the stand in York for a civil contempt hearing that, by any measure, never should have happened — while the co-defendants actually trying to depose Gregg Roman (the nucleus of the Parker conspiracy case) had to beg the judge to even hear their motion. The contrast is staggering.
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell and attorney Eric Bland unpack what really went down in that courtroom: Meredith Bannon's surgical lawyering, Becky Lindahl's compelling missing-affidavit argument, the 6 year harassment campaign, a felon’s escalating behavior and the sea of supporters in pink who made the day bearable.
Then they turn to Wednesday's 5-0 Murdaugh murder conviction reversal — Becky Hill as the designated punching bag, Dick and Jim on the Today Show, and the privilege only a Murdaugh gets to enjoy.
☕ Cups Up! ⚖️
Episode References
Show your support of Eric Bland to the ODC 🌐
See the incredible support of Mandy on May 15 🩷
Link to Green Space 🪴 & Hickory Post 🎨
“Alex Murdaugh’s Lawyers Weigh In on New Leads and Say How They Get Paid Since There’s ‘No More Money Left’” - The Today Show, May 14, 2026 📰
Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️
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19 May 2026, 9:52 am - 1 hour 8 minutesCOJ #179 - Fight For Our Legacy: Mandy Matney Braces For Contempt Hearing While Eric Bland Defends Law License
Eric Bland just had what he calls the worst day of his career outside of his father's cancer diagnosis — a brutal session before a commission of the South Carolina's Office of Disciplinary Counsel where one of the state's most decorated legal malpractice attorneys was made to feel like "a menace to the bar."
This week, investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell and attorney Eric Bland pull back the curtain on how a federally convicted felon seems to be weaponizing the ODC complaint process to punish the very lawyer who helped take Alex Murdaugh down.
They trace the chilling effect on every truth-teller in the system — from Liz's Baltimore deposition to Mandy's upcoming May 15 hearing at the Moss Justice Center, where we're calling for a packed courtroom of supporters.
Plus: Capital murder defendant Lee Gilly slips from Houston to Milan on a forged Belgian passport while pre-trial services waited out the weekend; court documents show.
☕ Cups Up! ⚖️
Episode ReferencesHow can you support Mandy? Crowd the Courthouse 🌐
Support Mandy on May 15, 2026 at 10am <- Add to calendar + all the details 📅
Eric’s post about ODC experience 🌐
South Carolina’s Rule 407: Rules of Professional Conduct & Preamble: A Lawyer's Responsibilities ⚖️
How to File a Complaint with the SC ODC 🌐
Catch Up on The Christa Bauer Gilley Case on Spotify 🎧
Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️
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12 May 2026, 10:07 am - 59 minutes 16 secondsCOJ #178 - Every Accusation Is an Admission: Inside Parker's Pound-of-Flesh Playbook + Expose The Truth in York, SC on May 15
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell and Attorney Eric Bland pull no punches as a brutal week looms. With Mandy's May 15 contempt hearing approaching and Eric facing his own all-day ODC deposition Wednesday, the trio breaks down what they call a coordinated campaign of harassment dressed up as litigation.
Mandy responds — emotionally and on the record — to a paltry excuse for journalism, including the reputationally damaging and wildly defamatory suggestion she might have information about the leaked Mallory Beach photos.
Liz lays out the timeline: Gregg Roman, the actual custodian of those photos, has dodged two depositions while Mandy gets ambushed in court. Eric explains how the ODC has been weaponized against lawyers who do good work, with grievances quietly bundled for years.
Plus Premium Members hear our analysis on rumors of Alex Murdaugh’s new trial, who will re-prosecute if Alan Wilson doesn't….?
☕ Cups Up! ⚖️
Episode References
How can you support Mandy? Crowd the Courthouse 🌐
Support Mandy on May 15, 2026 at 10am <- Add to calendar + all the details 📅
South Carolina OCD’s Disciplinary Process ⚖️
South Carolina Rule 3.3 - Duty of Candor & American Bar Association’s
Civility as the Core of Professionalism ⚖️
Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️
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5 May 2026, 10:23 am - 1 hour 9 minutesCOJ #177 - How To Get Mica’s Law Passed (Eventually) With Former SC Lawmaker and DV Prosecutor Mandy Powers Norrell + Lobbyists & The Movies That Don’t Hold Up
Two years ago — on April 27, 2024 — Mica Francis was found dead in a North Carolina swamp after diverting from her normal routine to purchase a pawnshop firearm. Her ex-husband JP Miller is charged with federal counts of cyberstalking and lying to investigators which may head to trial this June.
On this episode, investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell are joined by attorney Mandy Powers Norrell (MPN), a former South Carolina state legislator who helped write the state's 2015 domestic violence statute and now prosecutes those cases out of the Lancaster County Solicitor's Office.
MPN walks us through why "Mica's Law," the coercive control bill named in Francis's memory, was rushed through a Senate subcommittee for the fourth session in a row — and what it actually takes to move a victims' bill in a legislature where paid lobbyists set the tone.
The conversation dives deep on strangulation as a predictor of homicide, why DV charges still get pleaded down to assault and battery, DARVO, sleep deprivation as psychological warfare, and how Hollywood's age-gap fairy tales primed a generation of girls to mistake control for love.
Lots to discuss… ☕ Cups Up! ⚖️
Episode References
The inimitable Mandy Powers Norrell
Chart of four levels of domestic violence in South Carolina
The Post and Courier “Till death do us part” 2014 Series
Mandy’s Thread Post about Straight Party Line voting
Explaining DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim & Offender - Domestic Shelters
Leading voice raising awareness of coercive control: Laura RichardsStay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️
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28 April 2026, 10:01 am - 1 hour 1 minuteCOJ #176 - Mandy Matney Ambushed in Court: How Parker's Lawyers Put Journalism on Trial To Get Revenge
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell and Attorney Eric Bland reunite after Mandy's harrowing "ambush hearing" in Gaffney, SC as a non-party witness in Beach v. Greg Parker civil conspiracy case.
Eric, who sat in the courtroom, describes how Mandy was badgered and belittled, a bailiff-escorted her to the bathroom like a criminal, and, in her words, treated "with less respect than Alex Murdaugh."
The team unpacks what Mandy calls cumulative punishment — Parker's attorneys accusing Mandy of manufacturing fear, then piecemealing her social media posts to betray the court, and the chilling message this sends to every journalist covering powerful defendants.
Plus: The delayed denial of Mandy’s emergency protective motion, a police report that closed as fast as it opened, and why the First Amendment is hanging by a thread.
☕ Cups Up! ⚖️
Episode References
Live Mandy’s Peru adventures vicariously on Facebook or Instagram 🦙
Pachamaama: Mother Earth in Andes 🌎
Mandy’s fear doesn’t require their permission post 🌐
Reaction Posts from “SC Murdaugh podcaster Mandy Matney: Reckless with facts of victimized crusaders?” - The State’s FB Post & The Island Packet’s FB Post 🌐
Rule 605 rules and requirement in SC Courts ⚖️
Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️
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21 April 2026, 10:07 am - 44 minutes 11 secondsFEED DROP: Soundbites On RJ May & Gosnell Cases: Convicted and Alleged Predators With Power
We're taking a break from COJ this week journeying through Peru for an upcoming episode of Wherever It Leads... To keep y'all informed and entertained, please enjoy this LUNASHARK® Premium Soundbites Episode. True Sunlight returns this week on the public feed!
Beth Braden's Soundbites episode from March 29 covers two of the most disturbing federal cases to come out of South Carolina in recent memory. Former State Representative RJ May — a Freedom Caucus leader who built a career demonizing progressives in the name of protecting children — pleaded guilty to distributing child sexual abuse material and was sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison.
We break down how he was allowed to run for reelection while under federal investigation, why he fired his public defenders to represent himself, and the sitting legislator who wrote the court asking for leniency. Then we turn to former Charleston County Magistrate Judge James Benjamin Gosnell Jr., whose federal charges revealed allegations so depraved they defy comprehension.
These cases expose a system that protects powerful men long past the point of reason.Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️
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14 April 2026, 1:01 pm - 55 minutes 10 secondsCOJ #175 - Between Safety and Silence… We Choose Sunlight + Greg Parker Bets It All On ‘Depose, Deny, Defend’
LUNASHARK® Producer David Moses walks Journalist Liz Farrell and Attorney Eric Bland through the events leading up to Mandy's attempted deposition in Beach v. Parker — a civil conspiracy lawsuit alleging Greg Parker intentionally inflicted emotional distress on the Beach family to avoid accountability in a wrongful death case ultimately settled for over $15 million in July 2023. If awarded, treble damages in this new case could personally cost Greg Parker another estimated $30 - $65 million dollars. To silence Mandy's coverage, Greg Parker demanded she be jailed for contempt. So stakes are high, but are ethics?
David details the March 27th deposition standoff and an allegedly coordinated harassment campaign involving a convicted felon on federal probation whose behavior grows increasingly alarming, while Liz delivers a powerful, unflinching account of how five years of targeted intimidation have reshaped Mandy's daily life.
Eric reminds everyone what Parker's attorneys seem desperate to avoid: Mark Tinsley will eat Greg Parker alive on the stand if he gets the chance — and trial is set for August. 🐅 ⛽ 💰
☕ Cups Up! ⚖️
Episode ReferencesFollow Mandy Matney's response in real time: March 31 & April 3, 2026 🌐
“SC businessman pleads guilty to lying to get federal COVID loan: he bought cryptocurrency” (and a house)- The State, Updated July 26, 2023 📰
Offices of Bannon Law Group LLC, Kattan Muchin Rosenman LLP, and Bland Richter LLP ⚖️
“UConn's Geno Auriemma apologizes to South Carolina for outburst” - ESPN, April 4, 2026 📰Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️
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7 April 2026, 10:31 am - 1 hour 5 minutesCOJ #174 - Who’s Afraid of Little Old Mandy? The Deposition That Didn’t Happen
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell and Attorney Eric Bland discuss Mandy’s deposition that wasn’t on Friday.
Mark Moore screamed. The Wi-Fi cut out. Greg Parker Zoomed in from some oddly decorated office with Debbie Barbier. And Mandy Matney sat 2,000 feet away from Moore at a secure location — armed guard protecting everyone, lemon pound cake on the table — waiting for a deposition that never happened.
This week, Mandy breaks down the Friday standoff in full: why safety wasn’t a preference but a requirement, how a convicted felon appeared to be receiving real-time information about the proceedings, and what it means that Parker’s team refused to walk down the street or depose Mandy via zoom. Liz shares her own deposition experience in Baltimore — including the irony of spotting the Baker Donaldson location where they harassed her for 8 hours — and Eric Bland unpacks the legal landscape for non-party witnesses.
Notably, Judge Kelly’s order denying Mandy's emergency motion requesting the court decide on the location — signed Friday but not filed until later Monday — left the location dispute without any final ruling, meaning the fight is far from over.
☕ Cups Up! ⚖️
Episode References
Mandy’s Deposition Post 🍋
Becky Lindahl and Meredith Bannon - Mandy’s Dream Team 👯
SC Rule 4.4(a) - Respect for Rights of Third Persons ⚖️
Parker’s Kitchen celebrating 50th anniversary in 2026 - WTOC, Feb 4, 2026 📰
Beth Braden’s Post about the Felon 🌐
Premium Episode References
Mandy’s Motion to Quash – Nov 12, 2025 📄
Mandy’s Reply to Supplemental Opposition to Motion to Quash - Dec 4, 2025 📄
Mandy’s Motion to Reconsider - Feb 17, 2026 📄
Mandy’s Emergency Motion to Set Deposition Location - March 26, 2026 📄
Greg Parker’s Response to Mandy’s Emergency Motion - March 26, 2026 📄
Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️
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31 March 2026, 10:01 am - 1 hour 3 minutesCOJ #173 - Weaponized Discovery, the ODC Fails Again, and The Afroman Effect Is The Wind Beneath Wings Of Justice
Attorney Eric Bland tells investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell why he is fired up — and for good reason. Eric discusses twelve ODC complaints from a convicted felon and a looming all-day interview about his conduct from Murdaugh-related complaints filed by Parkers attorneys and Dick Harpootlian… from as early as 2021! The team also takes a hard look at what the ODC actually is, who it protects, and who it's used against.
Mandy breaks down why she's fighting her deposition subpoena in the Parker civil conspiracy case tooth and nail, what it means that Liz sat for eight hours and it still wasn't enough, and why Mandy may ultimately decide to sit — on her own terms.
Then: a masterclass in fighting back from an unlikely source. Afroman's defamation trial win against Adams County, Ohio Sheriff's deputies teaches the crew about the Streisand Effect, probable cause, and the power of sunlight.
☕ Cups Up! ⚖️
Episode References
How to file a complaint with SC ODC 🌐
“A Convenience-Store Magnate, Teen Drinking and a Fatal Boat Crash: The Legal Case Shaking South Carolina” - WSJ, Aug 13, 2022 📰
“Jury gives verdict in Afroman trial” - WCPO 9, March 18, 2026 🎞️
Afroman’s Lemon Pound Cake (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) 🎞️
Streisand Effect - Brittanica 🌐
Follow Julie Grant to see where the road takes her next 📍
Premium Episode References
Mandy's Motion to Quash Denied Order - Feb 5, 2026 📄
Mandy’s Motion to Reconsider Denied Order - March 16, 2026 📄
Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️
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24 March 2026, 10:30 am - 1 hour 1 minuteCOJ #172 - The Becky Files Fallout: Crime Scene Photos, Cover-Ups, and Zero Apologies + The Case Of The Invisible Inmate
The SLED investigation into Becky Hill has finally pulled back the curtain — and the name appearing over 90 times in that file belongs to fitsnews founder Will Folks… Liz and Mandy’s former employer.
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell and attorney Eric Bland break down exactly how sealed crime scene photos of Paul Murdaugh's body ended up in the hands of Jen Wood, a disgraceful researcher, who texted the graphic images to an internet acquaintance while apparently giddy about what she was seeing.
Then there's the mystery of Corey Fleming. Eric Bland reveals he received a call from Creighton Waters — who confirmed Fleming is incarcerated but federal nor state prison databases show where Fleming is being held, raising alarming parallels to Jeroid Price’s early release in 2023.
☕ Cups Up! ⚖️
Episode References
LUNASHARK’s Newest Show: Wherever It Leads … 🗺️
Mandy’s thoughts on Will & Jenn violating Judge Newman’s court order 🌐
Will Folks on a podcast 🎧
Tidy Town Competition in Ireland ☘️
Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️
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17 March 2026, 10:01 am - 1 hour 4 minutesCOJ #171 - Bone Valley's Gilbert King on Justice, Forgiveness & Fighting For A Better System
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell sit down with Pulitzer Prize winning Journalist and Bone Valley podcast creator Gilbert King for a conversation that connects wrongful conviction, racial injustice, and the raw power of storytelling across decades of American history.
King shares how his research into Thurgood Marshall's landmark civil rights battles in the Jim Crow South led him to Leo Schofield — a Florida man who spent 36 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit while the real killer, Jeremy Scott, walked free and killed again.
He also recounts the jaw-dropping moment he sat with Leo when Jeremy called unexpectedly — and Leo forgave him. We’re also unpacking why prosecutors double down instead of admitting error, how the judicial system's resistance to finality crushes innocent people, and why one storyteller's decision to shine a light can change everything.
☕ Cups Up! ⚖️
Episode ReferencesGet to know Pulitzer Prize winner Gilbert King — follow him on Facebook and Instagram
Listen to Gilbert’s podcast Bone Valley - Leo Schofield’s storyCan't get enough of Bone Valley?
Can't get enough of Bone Valley? Pick up one of Gilbert's books next.
“He Served 36 Years for His Wife’s Murder and Then Forgave the Man Who Confessed” - The New York Times, April 9, 2025
“Author Gilbert King: Jeremy Scott died in prison” - WUSF, Sept 28, 2025
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