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Tonight on Saturday Night Live, Weekend Update addressed topics ranging from the death of Robert Durst to the latest in the Prince Andrew Scandal, and a Sesame Street feud between Elmo and pet rock Rocco. It was anchor Colin Jost who pointed out that Durst, “the New York real estate heir who murdered his friend and…

Robert Durst, the millionaire real estate heir and convicted murderer whose case was detailed in the shocking HBO documentary The Jinx, died a prisoner today at the San Joaquin General Hospital in Stockton, California, after suffering cardiac arrest. He was 78. His death was announced by his lawyer Chip Lewis, who…

UPDATED, 3 PM: Millionaire real estate heir Robert Durst was indicted for murder on Monday by a grand jury in Westchester County, New York, in the death of his former wife, Kathie, who disappeared in 1982. The second-degree murder indictment follows a criminal complaint that was filed against the 78-year-old Durst…

Robert Durst, who was sentenced earlier this week to life without parole after being convicted for murdering his friend, has been placed on a ventilator after contracting COVID-19, his lawyer said Saturday. Durst, 78, was sentenced Thursday for murdering friend Susan Berman in 2000. The real estate scion was already…

Robert Durst, the infamous millionaire real-estate heir convicted last month in the 2000 murder of close friend Susan Berman, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole today. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark E. Windham read the sentence at the Airport Courthouse today. Durst, 78…

(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 D…

UPDATE: Former `Saturday Night Live cast member Laraine Newman took the witness stand today for the second time at the murder trial of real estate scion Robert Durst. Newman reiterated her claim that she was “ashamed” for not recognizing the importance of her friend, Susan Berman, telling her that she had helped Durst…

EXCLUSIVE: Crime Story Media has partnered with leading global podcast company Acast on the original series Jury Duty: The Trial of Robert Durst. Acast will host, distribute, and monetize the podcast series, which will follow the upcoming Durst murder trial in real time. Durst is charged with the killing of his friend…

Robert Durst, who famously may have confessed to a murder on an HBO documentary, will have to stand trial for the 2000 slaying of his best friend, writer Susan Berman. A judge ruled Thursday there is enough evidence for Durst to stand trial. Durst is charged with shooting Berman in the back of the head at her Benedict…

Ryan Gosling is attracting a lot of awards-season attention right now for his role as Neil Armstrong in First Man, but for the Los Angeles County District Attorney, today the moonshot is all about his thinly veiled portrayal of Robert Durst in 2010’s All Good Things. Seriously. “All Good Things, although a ‘fictional…

Late night TV shows spent Monday catching up on President Donald Trump’s historic tweet over the weekend. Jimmy Kimmel may have described it best, in industry terms. “Yesterday – I don't know if you if you were following this over the weekend –  he thumbed a doozy. One that could potentially land his son in prison,&#8221…

At a pre-trial hearing earlier this week in Los Angeles, real estate mogul Robert Durst was heard on a jail house recording regretting the interviews he provided HBO documentarians for its study, The Jinx, a series of conversations which ultimately led to his arrest. In the jail call, which he made in 2015, Durst…