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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 courtroom experienced a bit of déjà vu Tuesday when prosecutors launched into their second opening arguments in the murder case against New York millionaire Robert Durst, roughly 15 months after the pandemic stalled the trial.
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Susan Berman was careful to keep her doors and windows locked, but she had no fear of her close friend Robert Durst when he showed up at her Benedict Canyon home late one night in December 2000, so she let him in, a prosecutor told jurors on Tuesday.
“She turned around, she took a few steps, and he basically blew her brains out,” Deputy Dist. Atty. John Lewin said in his opening statement at Durst’s murder trial.
Fourteen months after the trial was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, it started over Tuesday at a Los Angeles County courthouse in Inglewood.