A generationMeter Murder trial On Monday, the New York millionaire testified against Robert Durst in a Los Angeles court on his behalf. According to the Los Angeles Times, the 78-year-old man was sitting in a wheelchair and looked weak. Durst was accused of killing old friend Susan Berman in California in 2000. When his defense attorney Dick DeGuerin asked if he killed Berman, Dest replied “no”. During the questioning, he said that he did not know who did it.
According to broadcaster CNN and other American media reports, Durst gave lengthy answers to questions about his childhood and his first meeting with Berman in the 1960s. The prosecution has repeatedly opposed these extravagant statements.
Durst has repeatedly denied the allegations
Berman was found shot dead in her apartment in Los Angeles in December 2000. She and Durst have known each other since the college days in the sixties. The prosecutor argued that the millionaire wanted her to get out of the way because Berman could have been a possible witness in the case of his missing wife.
The real estate heir repeatedly denied these allegations, and in November 2018, he stated that he was “not guilty”. Durst was arrested in New Orleans in 2015 and extradited to California. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the process was interrupted in March last year and only restarted three months ago. Durst’s defense lawyers tried to postpone the process for a long time or stop it completely on the grounds that cancer caused the thirst, but to no avail.
Thirst is related to three deaths: in early 1982, Durst’s wife Casey disappeared without a trace, Berman was shot 18 years later, and the body of Durst’s neighbor in Texas was killed in 2001. Find. Durst appeared in court in the final case, but defended himself on the grounds of self-defense and was convicted of murder.
