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LOS ANGELES — When Robert Durst learned New York authorities had reopened their investigation into the disappearance of his first wife, he was not afraid his longtime friend Susan Berman was planning to implicate him in the crime, his lawyer argued in court Wednesday. To the contrary, Durst asked Berman to talk to the police, defense attorney Dick DeGuerin claimed during his opening statement in the real estate heir’s long-delayed murder trial. DeGuerin spent much of his two-hour addr...

Brian Melley May 19, 2021 - 6:58 PM LOS ANGELES (AP) — The savage and sloppy manner in which Robert Durst dismembered a man he accidentally killed in Texas helps prove the New York real estate heir didn’t murder his best friend or kill his wife, his lawyer said. Dursts amateurish efforts to dispose of the body of Morris Black after fatally shooting him in Galveston in 2001 left a trail of evidence — unlike the clinical crime scene where Susan Bermans b...

A lawyer for Robert Durst says the wealthy New York real estate heir’s sloppy efforts to hide the body of a Texas man he accidentally killed helps prove he didn’t murder his wife or kill his best friend

LOS ANGELES — The savage and sloppy manner in which Robert Durst dismembered a man he accidentally killed in Texas helps prove the New York real estate heir didn’t murder his best friend or kill his wife, his lawyer said. Durst’s amateurish efforts to dispose of the body of Morris Black after fatally shooting him in Galveston in 2001 left a trail of evidence — unlike the clinical crime scene where Susan Berman’s body was found or the absence of clues when his wife vanished, attorney ...

Robert Dursts defense says dismemberment helps prove innocence Follow Us Question of the Day   Robert Durst holds a device to read the real-time spoken script as he appears in the courtroom of Judge Mark E. Windham as attorneys begin opening statements in the trial of the real estate scion charged with murder of longtime ... more > By Brian Melley - Associated Press - Thursday, May 20,...

May 20, 2021 Share LOS ANGELES — The savage and sloppy manner in which Robert Durst dismembered a man he accidentally killed in Texas helps prove the New York real estate heir didn’t murder his best friend or kill his wife, his lawyer said. Durst’s amateurish efforts to dispose of the body of Morris Black after fatally shooting him in Galveston in 2001 left a trail of evidence — unlike the clinical crime scene where Susan Berman’s body was found or the absence of clues when h...

Defense to remind jurors Durst says he didnt kill friend BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 14 1of14Robert Durst holds a device to read the real time spoken script as he appears in the courtroom of Judge Mark E. Windham as attorneys begin opening statements in the trial of the real estate scion charged with murder of longtime friend Susan Berman, at Los Angeles County Superior Court, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Inglewood, Calif. Dursts murder trial was delayed more t...

1 of 22 FILE - In this March 10, 2020, file photo, real estate heir Robert Durst looks over during his murder trial in Los Angeles. Fourteen months after the murder trial of New York real estate heir Durst was put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, jurors are returning to court to see if they can finish the assignment they were given. A Los Angeles judge will question jurors Monday, May 17, 2021, to find out if they can continue to serve in the case that is exp...

In court for the first time since the pandemic began and facing charges of murdering his friend Susan Berman, Robert Durst — and jurors — watched his life play out in clips. FILE – In this March 5, 2020, file photo real estate heir Robert Durst, middle, sits with his defense attorneys, David Chesnoff, left, and Dick DeGuerin during his murder trial at the Airport Branch Courthouse in Los Angeles. (Robyn Beck/Pool Photo via AP, File) LOS ANGELES (CN) — Jurors in a Los Angeles County cour...

Damning testimony in the case will come from statements Durst made to police.