Where are all my trial watchers? Just yesterday I discovered that the Robert Durst trial is live on Court TV. I’ve missed most of it. However Durst is on the stand and is currently being grilled by the prosecutor. I had it on all day yesterday and he asks the same question 47 times about totally irrelevant things. I hate his interrogation style. It’s tedious. Like what did you have for breakfast that day kind of tedious. He almost makes me feel sorry for the serial killer. ALMOST. Durst is 78 years old and has bladder cancer and is in a wheelchair. He’s also hard of hearing so they gave him a screen with the live transcript in case he can’t hear.
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After court yesterday the judge agreed with me and probably the defense attorney that he needs to narrow down his case and stop focusing on minutia. YAY! He gave him a deadline of when he needed to wrap up. He had wanted to go all next week. They do not have court of Fridays. The judge wants him done by Tuesday. He is not happy.
Has anyone been watching this? What I miss?
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Arrest
A few days after a first-degree murder warrant was signed by a Los Angeles judge in relation to the Berman killing, Durst was arrested by FBI agents on March 14, 2015, at the Canal Street Marriott in New Orleans, where he had registered under the false name “Everette Ward.”[74][75] Durst, who had been tracked to the hotel after making two calls to check his voicemail,[76] was observed wandering aimlessly in the lobby and mumbling to himself, having driven to New Orleans from Houston four days before.[76][62][77][78]
In addition to a .38 revolver loaded with four live rounds and one spent shell casing, police recovered five ounces of marijuana, Durst’s birth certificate and passport, maps of Louisiana, Florida, and Cuba,[74][79] a “flesh-toned” latex mask,[76] the fake Texas ID used to check into the hotel, a new cellphone, and cash totaling $42,631.[75][80][81][82] Police discovered a UPS tracking number, which led to an additional $117,000 cash and a pair of shoes in a package sent to Durst by a friend in New York,[48][83] which was seized after his arrest.[74][75] Bank statements found in one of Durst’s Houston condominiums revealed cash withdrawals of $315,000 in little more than a month.[82]
On March 15, 2015, New York State Police investigator Joseph Becerra, long involved with the McCormack case[26] and said to have been working closely with the FBI and Los Angeles detectives,[84] removed some 60 file boxes of Durst’s personal papers and effects from the home of Durst’s friend Susan T. Giordano in Campbell Hall, New York. All of these items had been sent to Giordano for safekeeping three years prior by Debrah Lee Charatan, Durst’s wife at the time. Also stored at Giordano’s residence were videotaped depositions of Durst; Durst’s brother, Douglas; and Charatan, all of which were related to the Black case.[65]
Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney John Lewin, in charge of prosecuting Durst, claimed to have found information uncovered by the filmmakers in the HBO documentary series The Jinx to be compelling and repeatedly flew to New York to interview witnesses, including friends of Durst and Berman.[85]
Durst should have been put on death row many years ago.
At this point, whatever they do is meaningless unless it gives
survivors the right to go after his assets.
Agreed. I’m glad the judge is reigning it in. The last thing needed is a penny more than needed, coming from innocent tax payers, to be wasted on this piece of shit.
TT, I know how you like your crime shows and real life trials so wanted to let you know about this great channel on Peacock, Law & Crime ,it goes through the biggest trial and cases from that day and give a run down of what may of happened in court that day. I know you don’t care much for streaming but this is a really great channel to watch, it has all the updates on the trial above.
Thanks! I will check it out too.
It’s Kabuki Theatre. I’ve watched on and off from the start. He’s only 78 but looks older than my father did at 92. At first it was annoying but his tenacity with his replies are fascinating to watch. The contrast of his testimonies from 2015 to present day with his breathless answers it’s like watching two different people. The prosecutor adds to the whole circus with his frustration in not rattling Durst. Throw in the Judge who is unconventional in allowing so much unnecessary rhetoric and it’s a train wreck that you can’t stop watching.
Here in Connecticut, a prosecutor once grilled an expert medical witness for two weeks. Durst is getting off easy. I haven’t been watching the trial, although I have read several articles which have popped up. Most interesting was a report from July that Jill Biden’s ex-husband admitted that after his divorce from Jill, he started an affair with Robert Durst’s wife Katie just days before she disappeared.
Wow thanks for the tea
Whattttttt? Oh my.
How have we not known about this?
Reasonable doubt. A lover.
There is an obnoxious pattern developed by defense attorneys.
I call it the Wheelchair Defense. WTF does being in a wheelchair have to do with someone’s guilt or innocence UNLESS THEY WERE CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR at the time the crime was committed? But, sometimes it works — because of PERCEPTION. (Note to Erika Girardi, PUBLIC PERCEPTION surrounding the charities is what Sutton is worried about, not her personal life! Bitch!)
The Golden State Killer was “bombing around on a motorcycle” days before his arrest and court appearance in a wheelchair. Then secretly recorded climbing up on shelves to clean his cell.
Tom Girardi was spry weeks before his “medically and mentally challenged” legal appearances.
Robert Durst’s lawyers are serving The Wheelchair up to jurors on a plastic spoon (they try to downplay his silver spoon status), because it WORKS. TWO jurors in his Texas murder trial were IDIOTS
I want to know WTF his friend sent him shoes! Some good and weird reason, maybe setting up fake evidence? Who knows. Durst is the weirdest of the weird.
Yes, the shoes. Hmmm. I thought maybe cash in the soles? Or a game shoeprint for his next murder and to confuse forensics.
Next victim I think was the guy who had the 📦 box.
And it is so shady and does nothing but prove a ploy by showing up with a wheelchair.
Golden State killer was a joke. Wasn’t he watering his grass and playing with the grandkids? LOL
they didn’t secretly record the golden state killer claiming up his shelves.. cameras are on 24/7
As a reform advocate the only concern I have with that is, would the defense been handed scoop like that from the jail?
FYI; don’t internet my comment being a supporter for the jailer. I am just speaking generally. I am glad he was caught. He is an old man- I know as I get older in my late 30’s when I lay down at night I need my mattress topper and extra this and that. So that old man laying on a cement slab with a thin mattress at his old age.. too bad. said no one ever.
Obsessed with this case . I am in. My all time love of court TV began with the Von Bulow trial. Keep recapping if you want. I will be here with bells on !
My Carrier doesn’t have Court TV anymore, and I have it. I started watching back in 1990s
This prosecutor annoys the fuck out of me. If I was a juror I would be trying to fake my own death at this point and I believe they said at the start that this is DAY 51 of Testimony. Durst could die on the stand before this trial ends. Lord only knows how many days the prosecutor’s closing argument will be. I’m sure it was obvious on the first day that he was guilty as sin. We don’t need to talk about what exit of the interstate he got off on to get a hotel for TWO HOURS, or now, whether her breath was cold or her face was cold? She was dead. Dead people don’t breath. I’m already annoyed and I am about an hour behind you guys because I actually made it OUT INTO THE WORLD for about an hour today to run some quick but necessary errands.
Okay, I am all caught up now. Morning break is apparently going to be long so the judge can once again tell the fucking prosecutor to move it along.
So it’s kind of like Dorit? a car, a train, a plane, a connecting flight? I never heard of him but now I Have to watch “All Good Things” w Ryan Gosling about his life! Thanks Tamara-
Agree about prosecution.
But Durst is still guilty,
Darn, darn , darn darn it! Thanks TT. Sheesh, I had no idea this crazy was in court.
It annoys me that the prosecutor asks the defendant a question, and then stands up and walks away to talk to the defense attorney before he can answer. He’s done that a lot. He also submitted a TWO HUNDRED PAGE OUTLINE of his cross to the court. Yesterday he was not even halfway through. That is what caused the judge to tell him to wind things up.
AND YET, he is still asking the same questions over and over and some that he asked about yesterday. Why am I still watching this?
I agree!! He’s too self involved and his questioning is gratuitous. He’s not doing himself any favors and the jury has sent notes to the Judge.
Ah that is why the judge is limiting his time. I’ve watched ton of trials and never ever seen a judge limit a prosecutor’s examination of the accused. And I am watching right now and he is still asking a billion questions about stupid shit over and over and over and over.
And if we had a drinking game for every time he says, “Would you agree” we would all have alcohol poisoning.
The announcer (Vinnie Politan)said he is on your 38 of cross examination.
The judge said “wrap it up”
Prosecution said he needs to prove so much lying, perjury that it is going to take a while.
Direct examination was 23 hours I think they said.?
Judge said wrap it up tomorrow. (Cross)
Arias was 18 days wasn’t she?
I have tried several times to watch this but I can’t – it’s like watching paint dry
I miss riveting trials – that said, if there isn’t one that’s a good thing lol
Same here.
Even though I’m interested and this animal literally getting away with murder 3 times, the prosecutor is mind numbing. He’s going to blow this because he won’t shut up and move on. Glad it’s not just me.
I loved watching Court TV. Unfortunately I don’t get it any more. I don’t have any of those fancy pay channels/stations. Wah! I would definitely be interested if you recapped, but no pressure…
It went away and came back recently, Have you tried going to your service provider page and searching for it? I didn’t have it either because it went off the air for quite some time.
Thanks, I’ll try that!
The Court TV channel is on the Pluto TV app and both are free. Love the updates on court cases, trial coverage, and shows like Deep Undercover.
Ugh, he is difficult to listen to!
I expect him to keel over any minute.
He is a sick pup. The Jinx was so great, he said all he needed to in the bathroom! Should’ve taken a plea. I give him less than two years if he is over playing his condition.
Back from lunch after and HOUR AND FORTY MINUTE BREAK which means the lawyers probably had to meet with the judge. That gave me time to peep the Big Brother feeds right before the live eviction tonight.
How did we not know about this??? They certainly need better advertising for this channel. I mean this should have been an easy audience pull. Do you think there’s still good stuff to come TT, or did we miss the boat?
The network is Law and Crime. I see that Dan Abrams has something to do with the network.
It’s on Court TV. Never heard of Law and Crime.
Law & Crime is on youtube and they follow a variety at times – right now just the Durst I think. They covered the George Floyd trial. I can’t get Court TV up here in Canada – at least I haven’t found it lol
I have SLINGTV and it’s on Law and Crime.
Just found the free Law & Crime channel on the free app Plex. The CA v. Robert Durst trial starts in 10 minutes and will be shown for the next 10 hours.
Lori, I think the closing arguments will be interesting. I haven’t heard from the defense attorney because I missed everything before yesterday. I’m curious to see what the holy fuck that poor dude has come up with to try to defend a guy who said yesterday that he hacked up a neighbor into little pieces and threw him in the bay. They never found his head…
How is he going to defend that?
I get emails from Court Tv and did not get one for this trial. Hmmm.
It’s quite clear this 78 year old man has been diagnosed with bladder cancer. The wheelchair is not a ruse. He could come in a full body cast and he would still be convicted by any jury no matter how dumb they are.
I think the worst part of his sentence is having to listen to this boring ass, redundant prosecutor for days on end. We are all suffering.
This guy is so full of it. I am retired and I would have loved the opportunity be on this jury and put this one away forever. He is acting in the most important role of a his lifetime, and I can only hope the jury can see the truth.
There is not doubt that he has bladder cancer, is 78 years old and is in a wheelchair. He’s been in prison for years. He’s a sick old man. He is not faking his illness. He has been diagnosed by doctors and is taking meds and treatments in prison. I don’t like to see anyone suffering like he is serial killer or not. It is not enjoyable to see. He does still have his wits about him though.
But there is not a jury in the world who will find him not guilty. He’s going to die in prison sooner than later.
I have always wanted to be on the jury for a criminal trial. BUT NOT THIS ONE. My GOD I could not take it. I’d be losing my mind. This is day two for me and day FIFTY ONE for the jury. I’d be like just get me to the deliberations. It should take about two hours tops depending on the amount of paperwork.
I think Durst uses reading the monitor to decide how to answer the questions.
I agree. He is very calculating with his answers.
If you are interested in something very current, research the Murdaugh Murders in Colleton County, South Carolina. This case is unbelievable. I saw the name mentioned on Instagram and looked into it. I read some articles and found a message board with a bunch of discussion topics. Here is the gist: son of a famous attorney was facing charges of a murder that he caused when he crashed his boat in 2019. The family (a group of famous attorneys) was trying to use their power to pin it on someone else. Anyway, at the beginning of June the son and the mother were found on the family hunting property by the father. They were brutally shot and killed. Oddly though, they were shot with 2 different weapons. But seriously, there is SO much more to this case….other murders, corruption, cover-ups. It could be a Nextflix series.
This trial is an embarrassment to the judicial process. You have a judge who is clearly biased and giving prosecutor free rein. The judge should not have to wait for jurors notes to realise the trial is out of control – he is hopeless. As for the prosecutor all I can say is how did that man get a job as prosecutor – way out of his depth. The defence is ineffective and cowed by the judge. Only one with a bit of intelligence is Durst.
I have never seen anything like this. Especially in such a high profile case. The judge has to stop and look up the defenses objections. I think the defense is doing the best he can with what he was dealt. On a less high profile case with lesser charges, I actually think the jury would find the defendant not guilty just because the prosecutor is so tedious.
One of the best if not the best prosecutors in my office.
Lewin? He’s literally the worst. Those poor jurors.
BTW, I lost power for a bit before the end of day on Thursday. Is he done or will this ridiculousness continue next week? I am ready for closing arguments.
what’s up with the power in Atlanta?
Nothing. I live next door to a school. They had to replace one of those giant green power blocks outside the building. We’re all good now.
As guilty as Durst is.. the prosecution is out line.. wanting to go to the bathroom with him and then this from Ronald Richards
“ How can this not be a mistrial with the inexperienced or ill tempered prosecutor accusing the defendant of committing a record for perjury in front of the jury??”
My concern is history will repeat itself: Casey Anthony, jury didn’t like prosecutors specifically Jeff Ashton. Recently Michael Avenatti mistrial.
Not saying at all the judge or jury got Casey / Avenatti right- I am just saying the prosecutions need to stop and follow ethics.
The thing is, the JUDGE doesn’t seem to know what he is doing either. Where is Judge Belvin Perry when we need him?
I know. It’s bizzare. The defense has a good appeal already and this was preventable .
This is literally the worst case I have ever seen. I mean it is obvious he did it. But if I were on the jury… they suck at showing me the evidence. But I kind of blame the judge.
I kind of forgot about this case. I went to see if I missed closing arguments and the prosecutor was still asking ridiculous questions in 37 different ways. The Defense has rested. The prosecutor is still dicking around with stupidity.
I presume closing arguments will begin this afternoon? Deliberations should take however long it takes to write guilty on the forms and fill them out.
I really want to hear the defense attorney’s closing statements. I’ve never heard the defense guy on this case.
I love how the analysts of the trial are SKEWERING the DA in in this case. It is very ridiculous. Even the judge is joking about how longwinded and ridiculous the DA was. The case has been 16 weeks so far. WOW. Just ridiculous.
I am hoping the closing arguments are on Tues and I remember to watch. It sucks they could not get this trial over with before the holiday weekend. It has been a total shit show.
Hello! Is anyone in here???? This is the worst trial I have ever watched. The California Bar is known for being the hardest to past in this country. The prosecutors are horrible. I am finally watching the defense giving their closing arguments the Judge keeps having to interrupt him to say he can’t say that. Meanwhile Durst is coughing and seems to be dying on camera at the defense table.
Seriously the oddest trial I have ever watched
I am at where the prosecution is saying how he was told to tell the jury that they can’t by the book “how to commit murder” on Amazon, it’s just a picture.
Laughing, (maybe he is losing the jury?) He’s trying to be “folksy”.
I flipped to other things. I was watching the defense with the gelled curly gray hair. He is terrible at is job. JUST LIKE ALL THE REST!
Listening to the defense makes me think, “when your client is guilty, blame shoddy police work”
Exactly what he is doing.
It is painful.
Needs to be over, done.
Durst should go out telling the truth, his time in earth is limited.
I watched a tiny bit and decided in not watching. On another note, the Elizabeth Holmes trial has started. I’m so bummed that it won’t be televised. It should be good.