Murphy: Ex-HealthSouth CFO threw ‘sucker punch’
Courtroom sketch of Leif Martin.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—-Scrushy lawyers continued their defense in his civil trial Tuesday with testimony about an ex-CFO punching an outgoing employee.
Leif Murphy said that at his going away party, former HealthSouth CFO Mike Martin was drunk and placed him in a headlock.
Moments after Murphy escaped the maneuver, Murphy said, “He reached over and threw a sucker punch.“
Scrushy’s lawyers are trying discredit Martin, who has testified he talked to Richard Scrushy at the fraud at HealthSouth.
Shareholders are suing Scrushy, claiming he directed the $2.7 billion scandal.
A criminal jury cleared Scrushy of similar claims in 2005.
Murphy also testified that after he had asked questions about inaccurate expenditures, Martin told him, “There are a lot of grey areas in accounting.“
Scrushy will take the stand Wednesday morning in federal court.
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