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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 friend Susan Berman, at Los Angeles County Superior Court, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Inglewood, Calif. Durst's murder trial was delayed more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)

Robert Durst’s defense says dismemberment helps prove innocence

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

Robert Durst's defense attorney Dick DeGuerin listens as opening statements in Durst's murder trial continue Monday, March 9, 2020 in Los Angeles. (Lucy Nicholson, Pool)

Lawyer says Durst found body of slain friend, will testify

By ANDREW DALTON - Associated Press

Real estate heir Robert Durst sits during his murder trial at the Airport Branch Courthouse in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. After a Hollywood film about him, an HBO documentary full of seemingly damning statements, and decades of suspicion, Durst is now on trial for murder. In opening statements Wednesday, prosecutors will argue Durst killed his close friend Susan Berman before New York police could interview her about the 1982 disappearance of Durst's wife. (Etienne Laurent/EPA via AP, Pool)

Prosecutor: Victim confided in Durst and it got her killed

By ANDREW DALTON - Associated Press

Real estate heir Robert Durst sits during his murder trial at the Airport Branch Courthouse in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. After a Hollywood film about him, an HBO documentary full of seemingly damning statements, and decades of suspicion, Durst is now on trial for murder. In opening statements Wednesday, prosecutors will argue Durst killed his close friend Susan Berman before New York police could interview her about the 1982 disappearance of Durst's wife. (Etienne Laurent/EPA via AP, Pool)

‘Bob Durst killed his wife,’ prosecutor says at his trial

By ANDREW DALTON - Associated Press

In this Dec. 21, 2016 file photo, Robert Durst sits in a courtroom in Los Angeles. Durst faces trial in the slaying of his best friend 20 years ago. Jury selection begins Wednesday, Jan.19, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool, File)

Jurors promised trial of their lives in Durst murder case

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

Eccentric millionaire Durst faces trial in friend’s killing

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2016 file photo, Robert Durst sits in a courtroom in Los Angeles. Lawyers for Durst acknowledge he penned a note tipping off police to the location of the body of a friend he's accused of killing, according to court documents. In a court filing Christmas Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019 in Los Angeles Superior Court, lawyers for Durst conceded that he had written the note directing police to the home of Susan Berman in December 2000. Durst pleaded not guilty to murder in the death of Berman, his best friend, but told a documentary film crew that the letter could only have been sent by the killer. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool, File)

Lawyers: Robert Durst wrote incriminating ‘cadaver’ note

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2016 file photo, Robert Durst sits in a courtroom in Los Angeles. Durst, the New York real estate heir who was the subject of a television documentary series, has been ordered to stand trial for the murder of his close friend in Los Angeles 18 years ago. A judge on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018 ruled that there's enough evidence to try the 75-year-old multimillionaire for the shooting death of Susan Berman at her home in 2000. Durst has pleaded not guilty to murder. Preliminary proceedings had been continued multiple times over several months. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool, File)

Trial ordered for Robert Durst in slaying of friend in LA

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FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, file photo, real estate heir Robert Durst appears in a Los Angeles Superior Court Airport Branch for a pretrial motions hearing in Los Angeles. Three years after Durst's arrest in the fatal shooting of his best friend in Los Angeles, there’s still no trial scheduled. That could change after prosecutors begin presenting evidence Monday, April 16, 2018, to persuade a Superior Court judge that Durst should be tried for murder. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)

Robert Durst faces photos of slain friend in life, in death

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, file photo, real estate heir Robert Durst appears in a Los Angeles Superior Court Airport Branch for a pretrial motions hearing in Los Angeles. Three years after Durst's arrest in the fatal shooting of his best friend in Los Angeles, there’s still no trial scheduled. That could change after prosecutors begin presenting evidence Monday, April 16, 2018, to persuade a Superior Court judge that Durst should be tried for murder. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)

DA to air more evidence in eccentric heir’s murder case

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2016 file photo, millionaire real estate heir Robert Durst sits in a courtroom in Los Angeles. Prosecutors in the Los Angeles murder case against eccentric New York real estate heir Durst say his victim's words should be used against him in court. Prosecutors filed nearly 400 pages of documents Friday, March 9, 2018, to argue that hearsay testimony be allowed to help prove Durst killed Susan Berman in 2000 to silence what she knew about his first wife's mysterious 1982 disappearance. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool, File)

Prosecutor: Victim’s words should be used against Durst

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2016 file photo, millionaire real estate heir Robert Durst sits in a courtroom in Los Angeles. The preliminary hearing in the murder case against Durst has been delayed until 2018. A Los Angeles judge set an April 16 hearing to determine if Durst will stand trial in the killing of friend his close friend, Susan Berman. The hearing was originally scheduled for October in Los Angeles Superior Court. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool, File)

Hurricane Harvey’s impact blows Durst hearing into next year

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FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2003 file photo, attorney Stewart Altman, left, and his wife Emily leave the bench after being sworn in as witnesses for a hearing in Robert Durst's murder trial in Galveston, Texas. A longtime friend of Durst, Stewart is among the witnesses expected to testify Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Los Angeles, Calif., at a hearing in the 74-year-old multimillionaire's murder case. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, file)

Testimony under way in multimillionaire Durst’s murder case

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FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2016, file photo, real estate heir Robert Durst sits in a courtroom during a hearing in Los Angeles. A retired New York police detective says the missing wife of New York real estate heir Robert Durst once went to her neighbor's in pajamas and said her husband beat her and she feared he would kill her. James Varian testified Tuesday, April 25, 2017, that a neighbor reported Kathleen Durst had knocked on her Manhattan penthouse bedroom window for help. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool, File)

The Latest: Friend says victim foretold of harm from Durst

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FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2016 file photo, real estate heir Robert Durst sits in a courtroom during a hearing in Los Angeles. Before a judge even decides if there's enough evidence to try Durst on an old murder charge, prosecutors plan to start taking testimony. In a rare hearing Tuesday, Feb. 13, two witnesses will be called to the witness stand against Durst in Los Angeles Superior Court to preserve their testimony in case it is needed later.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool, File)

The Latest: Durst friend stonewalled cops about confession

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FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2016 file photo, real estate heir Robert Durst is brought into a courtroom in a wheelchair for a hearing in Los Angeles. Before a judge even decides if there's enough evidence to try Durst on an old murder charge, prosecutors plan to start taking testimony. In a rare hearing Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2017, two witnesses will be called to the witness stand against Durst in Los Angeles Superior Court to preserve their testimony in case it is needed later. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool, File)

The Latest: Ex-friend’s says Durst admitted killing friend

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FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2016 file photo, real estate heir Robert Durst sits in a courtroom during a hearing in Los Angeles. Before a judge even decides if there's enough evidence to try Durst on an old murder charge, prosecutors plan to start taking testimony. In a rare hearing Tuesday, Feb. 13, two witnesses will be called to the witness stand against Durst in Los Angeles Superior Court to preserve their testimony in case it is needed later.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool, File)

Witness: ‘It was her or me,’ Durst said about slain friend

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In March 17, 2015, file photo, New York real estate heir Robert Durst smiles as he is transported from Orleans Parish Criminal District Court to the Orleans Parish Prison after his arraignment on murder charges in New Orleans. Durst, 73, charged with murdering a friend in Los Angeles told a prosecutor he never fled because of inertia. Documents released Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, show Durst told a prosecutor he was the world's worst fugitive. Durst did not confess to the killing but he said he was willing to provide information Deputy District Attorney John Lewin sought in exchange for a better prison assignment. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Robert Durst interrogation: ‘worst fugitive’ in the world

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In March 17, 2015, file photo, New York real estate heir Robert Durst smiles as he is transported from Orleans Parish Criminal District Court to the Orleans Parish Prison after his arraignment on murder charges in New Orleans. Durst, 73, charged with murdering a friend in Los Angeles told a prosecutor he never fled because of inertia. Documents released Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, show Durst told a prosecutor he was the world's worst fugitive. Durst did not confess to the killing but he said he was willing to provide information Deputy District Attorney John Lewin sought in exchange for a better prison assignment. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Robert Durst interrogation: ‘worst fugitive’ in the world

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 17, 2015, file photo, Robert Durst is escorted into Orleans Parish Prison after his arraignment in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in New Orleans. Prosecutors said on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, fugitive real estate heir Durst has agreed to be extradited from Louisiana to Los Angeles by mid-August to face a murder charge. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

New York heir Durst pleads not guilty to murder in LA court

By AMANDA LEE MYERS - Associated Press