New York real estate scion Robert Durst has been at the forefront of Andrew Jarecki’s mind for close to 20 years. In 2005, the director began working on “All Good Things,” a narrative film inspired by Durst and the 1982 disappearance of his first wife. That was followed by Jarecki’s 2015 HBO bombshell six-part docuseries “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst,” which uncovered evidence of Durst’s connection to various murders and concluded with Durst’s shocking hot mic admission, “Killed them all, of course.” Durst was arrested the day before the final episode thanks to the docuseries. The timing of the arrest led to criticism that Jarecki, his producers and HBO had delayed sharing incriminating discoveries with law enforcement officials for the sake of the series and ratings. Jarecki denies this.
Jarecki could have easily said goodbye to Durst nine years ago. The helmer, previously Oscar nominated for “Capturing the Friedmans,...
Jarecki could have easily said goodbye to Durst nine years ago. The helmer, previously Oscar nominated for “Capturing the Friedmans,...
- 4/21/2024
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Nine years after Robert Durst’s shocking hot mic confession in “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” rocked the world (and the true-crime genre), the case continues. HBO is set to premiere “The Jinx: Part Two,” a six-episode continuation to the groundbreaking, Emmy-winning documentary series that will walk viewers through the eight years of investigation that followed its finale as the filmmakers uncover hidden and new material (including Durst’s prison calls) and interview witnesses who had not come forward until now. Produced and directed by Part One’s Andrew Jarecki, “The Jinx: Part Two” will premiere on Sunday, April 21, at 10 p.m. Et on HBO and will be available to stream on Max at that time. You can watch The Jinx: Part Two with a subscription to Max.
How to Watch ‘The Jinx: Part Two’ When: Sunday, April 21, 2024 Where: Max Stream: Watch with a subscription to Max.
How to Watch ‘The Jinx: Part Two’ When: Sunday, April 21, 2024 Where: Max Stream: Watch with a subscription to Max.
- 4/21/2024
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
Robert Durst was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday for the first-degree murder of his friend, Susan Berman, 20 years ago.
The 78-year-old real estate heir was convicted in September of killing Berman, who was found dead in her home in December 2000. Durst has been accused of killing Berman so that she would not speak to authorities regarding the 1982 disappearance of his first wife Kathie McCormack Durst, whose body has never been discovered.
Durst was convicted of a special circumstances murder, meaning that he could only be sentenced to life in prison without parole or receive the death penalty. The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office did not pursue the death penalty for Durst. Durst’s attorney, Dick DeGuerin, filed a motion for a new trial, which was denied by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark Windham.
Berman’s body was found after authorities were alerted to...
The 78-year-old real estate heir was convicted in September of killing Berman, who was found dead in her home in December 2000. Durst has been accused of killing Berman so that she would not speak to authorities regarding the 1982 disappearance of his first wife Kathie McCormack Durst, whose body has never been discovered.
Durst was convicted of a special circumstances murder, meaning that he could only be sentenced to life in prison without parole or receive the death penalty. The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office did not pursue the death penalty for Durst. Durst’s attorney, Dick DeGuerin, filed a motion for a new trial, which was denied by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark Windham.
Berman’s body was found after authorities were alerted to...
- 10/14/2021
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Andrew Jarecki, who produced and directed “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” — the 2015 documentary miniseries about the real estate scion, who was found guilty of first-degree murder — applauded Durst’s Friday murder conviction on Saturday.
In a statement to TheWrap, Jarecki said, “When we started investigating this story sixteen years ago, we had no idea we would discover evidence that would lead to this prosecution. Bob Durst had been suspected of three murders but never held accountable. In 2010 I interviewed him for over 20 hours for ‘The Jinx’ and he said many incriminating things. When we dug further into the story and found evidence that tied him to the murder of his best friend Susan Berman, we searched for a prosecutor we felt could handle this kind of complex case and found John Lewin, a cold case expert in the LA district attorney’s office and his team.
In a statement to TheWrap, Jarecki said, “When we started investigating this story sixteen years ago, we had no idea we would discover evidence that would lead to this prosecution. Bob Durst had been suspected of three murders but never held accountable. In 2010 I interviewed him for over 20 hours for ‘The Jinx’ and he said many incriminating things. When we dug further into the story and found evidence that tied him to the murder of his best friend Susan Berman, we searched for a prosecutor we felt could handle this kind of complex case and found John Lewin, a cold case expert in the LA district attorney’s office and his team.
- 9/18/2021
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
(Updated with LA Da statement) Robert Durst, the infamous millionaire real-estate heir on trial for the 2000 murder of close friend Susan Berman in Benedict Canyon, was found guilty of first-degree murder Friday by a Los Angeles jury.
Durst, whose appearance in HBO’s six-part documentary series The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst reignited interest in the case, was not in the courtroom when the verdict in Los Angeles Superior Court was read, having been in quarantine for potential exposure to Covid-19.
Under the laws of the Golden State, the 78-year old Durst could face up to 25 years in prison once he is sentenced. L.A. Superior Court Judge Mark Windham will sentence Durst on October 18.
“The jury’s decision demonstrates how our legal system can work to hold accountable people regardless of their wealth and status in life,” LA County District Attorney George Gascón said after the...
Durst, whose appearance in HBO’s six-part documentary series The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst reignited interest in the case, was not in the courtroom when the verdict in Los Angeles Superior Court was read, having been in quarantine for potential exposure to Covid-19.
Under the laws of the Golden State, the 78-year old Durst could face up to 25 years in prison once he is sentenced. L.A. Superior Court Judge Mark Windham will sentence Durst on October 18.
“The jury’s decision demonstrates how our legal system can work to hold accountable people regardless of their wealth and status in life,” LA County District Attorney George Gascón said after the...
- 9/17/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Real estate scion Robert Durst, who was featured in the HBO documentary “The Jinx,” was found guilty of first-degree murder by a Los Angeles jury on Friday.
Durst was charged with murder for the 2000 shooting death of his friend and confidant Susan Berman. During the lengthy trial — which was suspended in spring 2020 for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic — prosecutors argued that Durst killed Berman to prevent her from implicating him in the 1982 disappearance of his first wife, Kathleen McCormack.
Durst was not present for the reading of Friday’s verdict, having been forced to isolate after exposure to Covid-19. Superior Court Judge Mark Windham allowed the reading to proceed in his absence, citing the need for expediency given the ongoing pandemic.
“I’m disappointed, but not in the fight we put up,” Durst’s attorney, Dick DeGuerin, told TheWrap Friday night. “We came in second in a two horse race.
Durst was charged with murder for the 2000 shooting death of his friend and confidant Susan Berman. During the lengthy trial — which was suspended in spring 2020 for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic — prosecutors argued that Durst killed Berman to prevent her from implicating him in the 1982 disappearance of his first wife, Kathleen McCormack.
Durst was not present for the reading of Friday’s verdict, having been forced to isolate after exposure to Covid-19. Superior Court Judge Mark Windham allowed the reading to proceed in his absence, citing the need for expediency given the ongoing pandemic.
“I’m disappointed, but not in the fight we put up,” Durst’s attorney, Dick DeGuerin, told TheWrap Friday night. “We came in second in a two horse race.
- 9/17/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Now 21 years after Susan Berman was shot to death in her Benedict Canyon bungalow, Robert Durst is on trial for her murder. Opening arguments began more than a year ago but proceedings were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. On May 17, court resumed with questions for the jury that was seated in March 2020 to determine if this is still the same panel that should sit in judgment of the 78-year-old Durst, whose eventful life came into focus in the 2015 HBO series The Jinx. Durst, who according to his attorneys is battling bladder cancer and other health issues, was not present. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Windham denied the defense's request for another...
- 5/17/2021
- E! Online
Judge Mark Windham has denied real estate heir Robert Durst’s request for a mistrial on Tuesday for the murder case of Susan Berman. The case has been delayed for more than three months due to the coronavirus pandemic just days after it had originally began. Durst and defense attorneys are still pushing for a mistrial […]
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The post Robert Durst’s Request For A Mistrial Is Denied By Judge appeared first on uInterview.
- 6/27/2020
- by Kate Reynolds
- Uinterview
Two decades after the murder of Susan Berman, her friend and former employer Robert Durst is going on trial for the crime. For years, Durst — a real estate heir and the subject of the 2015 HBO docuseries The Jinx — had denied any involvement with Berman’s 2000 murder, but was arrested for the killing in March 2015, just ahead of when the final episode of the series aired. Beyond Berman’s murder, The Jinx also told Durst’s stranger-than-fiction backstory, which involved him denying responsibility for his ex-wife’s 1982 disappearance, while admitting to...
- 2/11/2020
- by Elizabeth Yuko
- Rollingstone.com
In a court document filed Christmas Eve and reviewed by TheWrap, lawyers for Robert Durst acknowledged he authored a 2000 note that led Beverly Hills police to the body of Susan Berman. The real estate heir has long denied writing the tip-off note and has also denied killing Berman, a longtime friend that served as his spokesperson after the 1982 disappearance of his first wife, Kathleen McCormack.
While being interviewed in 2015 for HBO’s “The Jinx,” Durst said the note was something “only the killer could have written.” The note, written on a single sheet of spiral notebook paper, simply said “cadaver” and included an address. The documentary had portrayed Berman as knowing too much information about McCormack’s disappearance.
Durst faces trial for Berman’s murder in February.
Also Read: Robert Durst Murder Trial: La District Attorney Says 2015 Interview Statements Should Remain in Trial
In response to the latest development, Durst...
While being interviewed in 2015 for HBO’s “The Jinx,” Durst said the note was something “only the killer could have written.” The note, written on a single sheet of spiral notebook paper, simply said “cadaver” and included an address. The documentary had portrayed Berman as knowing too much information about McCormack’s disappearance.
Durst faces trial for Berman’s murder in February.
Also Read: Robert Durst Murder Trial: La District Attorney Says 2015 Interview Statements Should Remain in Trial
In response to the latest development, Durst...
- 1/1/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Will a hot mic lead to jail time for real estate tycoon, Robert Durst? On Thursday, October 25th, a Los Angeles judge ordered the star of the HBO docuseries The Jinx to stand trial for the December 2000 murder of his friend Susan Berman. In the final episode of the 2015 series, Durst was caught mumbling what Judge Mark Windham called “a succinct confession” to several murders, unaware that his mic was still on. Following a two-day hearing, Windham ruled that Durst’s statement, “What the hell did I do? Killed them all,...
- 10/26/2018
- by Amelia McDonell-Parry
- Rollingstone.com
Real estate heir Robert Durst, who was the subject of HBO’s “The Jinx,” has been ordered to stand trial on charges that he murdered his friend Susan Berman, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said Thursday.
“Durst was held to answer for murder with the special circumstances of witness killing and lying in wait by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark Windham,” the D.A.’s office said in a statement, adding that Durst also faces gun use allegations.
Per the D.A.’s office, Durst is charged with murdering Berman on or about Dec. 23, 2000. Her body was discovered in her Benedict Canyon home on Christmas Eve. The defendant was arrested in March 2015 by FBI agents in New Orleans.
Also Read: La Prosecutor Seeks to Use Robert Durst's Interview for Ryan Gosling's 'All Good Things' DVD at Murder Trial
In addition to the holding order binding Durst for trial,...
“Durst was held to answer for murder with the special circumstances of witness killing and lying in wait by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark Windham,” the D.A.’s office said in a statement, adding that Durst also faces gun use allegations.
Per the D.A.’s office, Durst is charged with murdering Berman on or about Dec. 23, 2000. Her body was discovered in her Benedict Canyon home on Christmas Eve. The defendant was arrested in March 2015 by FBI agents in New Orleans.
Also Read: La Prosecutor Seeks to Use Robert Durst's Interview for Ryan Gosling's 'All Good Things' DVD at Murder Trial
In addition to the holding order binding Durst for trial,...
- 10/25/2018
- by Tim Kenneally and Pamela Chelin
- The Wrap
It’s been more than two years since the finale of HBO’s the Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst and the dramatic arrest of the eponymous real estate scion at its center, for the murder of his close friend Susan Berman, who authorities suspect knew too much about the disappearance of Durst’s first wife, Kathleen.
Since being arrested in March 2015, Durst, 74, has been sitting in a Los Angeles County Jail awaiting trial, which is still months away.
He denies being responsible for Berman’s killing and has pleaded not guilty to the first-degree murder charge against him.
Since being arrested in March 2015, Durst, 74, has been sitting in a Los Angeles County Jail awaiting trial, which is still months away.
He denies being responsible for Berman’s killing and has pleaded not guilty to the first-degree murder charge against him.
- 8/23/2017
- by Christine Pelisek
- PEOPLE.com
Real estate scion and alleged murderer Robert Durst “kills witnesses,” a Los Angeles prosecutor said Friday.
“When pushed into a corner, he murders people,” deputy district attorney John Lewin told a Los Angeles Superior Court judge.
Durst, 73, is charged in the December 2000 shooting death of his close friend Susan Berman. Prosecutors believe Durst killed her because she knew too much about the 1982 disappearance of Durst’s first wife, Kathleen, whose body has never been found. He has pleaded not guilty to one count of first-degree murder.
At the hearing, Lewin asked Judge Mark Windham to allow the early testimony of...
“When pushed into a corner, he murders people,” deputy district attorney John Lewin told a Los Angeles Superior Court judge.
Durst, 73, is charged in the December 2000 shooting death of his close friend Susan Berman. Prosecutors believe Durst killed her because she knew too much about the 1982 disappearance of Durst’s first wife, Kathleen, whose body has never been found. He has pleaded not guilty to one count of first-degree murder.
At the hearing, Lewin asked Judge Mark Windham to allow the early testimony of...
- 1/7/2017
- by cpelisektimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
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