Robert Durst Is Going to Prison (But Not For That One Thing)

Robert Durst, the dashing star of HBO’s true crime miniseries The Jinx, was sentenced this morning to seven years and a month in prison for illegal possession of a firearm by a felon.

Robert Durst, the dashing star of HBO’s true crime miniseries The Jinx, was sentenced this morning to seven years and a month in prison for illegal possession of a firearm by a felon.

On Monday, Ann McCormack, mother of Kathleen McCormack, filed a $100 million lawsuit against her late daughter’s husband, Robert Durst, claiming that Durst deprived McCormack’s family of the right to possession of a body for burial. McCormack disappeared 33 years ago, after receiving a phone call from her estranged…
Yesterday, Molly Hennessy-Fiske at The Los Angeles Times received a letter from a person claiming to be Robert Durst. The letter rambles on about a variety of topics, including traffic in L.A. and Houston, the NFL, opera, a beloved coffee shop, and Durst's health.
Fucked-up timeline notwithstanding, the most frustrating element of HBO's true-crime documentary series The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst was that we never got to see Durst in the drag he donned while hiding from Jeanine Pirro in Galveston, Texas. You know that whatever he looked like while impersonating…
Real estate developer Douglas Durst says his accused-murderer brother Robert was stalking him around Florida even as episodes of The Jinx began airing on HBO.
Robert Durst was a "good listener" who kept only a saw in his luxury apartment's spare bedroom, according to a Dallas woman who claims to have dated the accused murderer in 2000. "There was a little bedroom with a concrete floor, and it had a saw," Linda Walker Zevallos told the TODAY Show.
Robert Durst was denied bail at court in New Orleans today after a nearly three-hour hearing, ABC News reports. Today's hearing pertained to two weapons charges; a second bail hearing, on his arrest on the murder warrant issued by Los Angeles police, will follow.
Everyone's favorite alleged murderer Robert Durst was reportedly in possession of a latex mask designed to conceal his identity when he was arrested last weekend. TMZ reports that police found the mask in the real estate heir's hotel room along with $42,000 in cash, a loaded handgun, and a small amount of marijuana.
For most of us, Robert Durst's apparent confession at the end of HBO's The Jinx was a shocking, bone-chilling revelation. To Durst's lawyer Chip Lewis, however, it was really no big deal, because hey, who hasn't copped to a murder or three while talking to themselves?
Robert Durst is one of the more sympathetic alleged serial killers I've seen interviewed on television. He's not folksily unhinged, like Charles Manson, or flatly terrifying, like Jeffrey Dahmer. He seems like any other New York eccentric. He carries a backpack, wears little sneakers and toddles around New York…
In the incredible finale of The Jinx, Robert Durst seemingly confessed to the murders of his wife Kathie Durst, his Galveston neighbor Morris Black, and his friend Susan Berman. These aren't the only suspicious deaths and disappearances tied to his name, however.
According to the L.A. Times, prosecutors in Los Angeles County have officially charged Robert Durst with the 2000 murder of long-time friend Susan Berman.
Nearly everyone following the riveting HBO series The Jinx agrees that the documentary had at least something to do with the arrest of its subject, Robert Durst, on Saturday night. The one exception, it seems, is the LAPD, which is somehow claiming that Durst's arrest warrant was issued entirely based on evidence…
Earlier today, Robert Durst waived his right to delay extradition during an appearance in Louisiana court; he will likely return to Los Angeles to face charges of murdering his former friend, Susan Berman, in 2000. However, the extradition may be delayed because of potential local gun charges against Durst.
Insane liar and murder suspect Robert Durst has been arrested in New Orleans on a warrant issued in Los Angeles County, NBC News reports.