Robert ‘Jinx’ Durst Arrested For Murder

Posted by | March 15, 2015 13:24 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Top Stories

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Real estate heir Robert Durst, the subject of HBO’s documentary miniseries The Jinx, has been arrested in New Orleans less than a day before the cable giant broadcasts the concluding episode tonight:

… on an extradition warrant out of Los Angeles tied to the death of his friend, Susan Berman.

Police arrested the cross-dressing multimillionaire around 11 p.m. at the Marriott Hotel in New Orleans on a first degree warrant related to a homicide investigation, KTRK Houston reported.

The 71-year-old millionaire made headlines in 2003 when he was acquitted in the murder of his neighbor, despite admitting that he dismembered the man.

The eccentric real estate heir has been back in the limelight as the subject of The Jinx, a six-part HBO documentary that investigates that murder, in addition to the disappearance of his wife, Kathie Durst, and the murder of Susan Berman, a friend and author killed in Los Angeles in 2000.

Berman, a childhood friend of Durst’s, had long been one of his firmest defenders. She acted as his informal spokeswoman after Kathie’s sudden disappearance on Jan. 31, 1982.

Berman, who father was a mobster who helped create Las Vegas, was fatally shot in the back of the head on Christmas Eve. 2000. She was killed days after Westchester County authorities announced they planned to speak with her regarding Kathie.

Robert Durst is, as far as we know, not related to our resident podcaster Will Durst, whose words of wisdom can be found here.

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David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.

* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.

14 responses to Robert ‘Jinx’ Durst Arrested For Murder

  1. whatthe46 March 15th, 2015 at 13:31

    hope his money doesn’t get him off this time.

  2. StoneyCurtisll March 15th, 2015 at 13:37

    it’s about damn time…
    This ultra rich scumbag has been on the run for over a decade, and living in plain sight.

    • whatthe46 March 15th, 2015 at 13:40

      yes he has! i watched the first trial, i was in SHOCK when he was found not guilty.

      • StoneyCurtisll March 15th, 2015 at 13:46

        Same here..

      • Anomaly 100 March 15th, 2015 at 14:21

        The one in Texas?

        • whatthe46 March 15th, 2015 at 14:24

          yes.

          • Anomaly 100 March 15th, 2015 at 14:26

            It’s a SYG state and they used that to defend him. I don’t get it either.

            • whatthe46 March 15th, 2015 at 14:31

              he killed him in his own home. his parts washed up in galveston. this dead man was unable to defend himself by discrediting durst lies. not only that, he was on the run for the murder of his wife by dressing like a woman at the time. i don’t think the jury got to hear that though.

              • Anomaly 100 March 15th, 2015 at 15:23

                And then there’s that other murder.

                • whatthe46 March 15th, 2015 at 15:43

                  actually you’re right. he was on the run for the murder of his female friend not his wife. makes you wonder how many more dead people he’s responsible for.

                  • Anomaly 100 March 15th, 2015 at 15:59

                    Was he ever investigated over his wife’s death?

                    • whatthe46 March 15th, 2015 at 16:48

                      yes. death/disapparence. the woman he’s now being arrested for was his biggest supporter and friend who was on his side about the wife’s death/disapparence.

  3. Anomaly 100 March 15th, 2015 at 14:02

    “Robert Durst is, as far as we know, not related to our resident podcaster Will Durst.”

    Allegedly.

  4. FatRat March 15th, 2015 at 14:51

    I find it a bit peculiar that somebody would dismember a neighbor and claim self defense.

    http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/dexter/images/1/15/PoolVictim.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111020202659

    Must’ve had a hell of a lawyer, brain dead jury, Stand Your Ground defense, Monopoly get out of jail free card and bucket full of rabbit feet.

    http://rechargetexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Get-Out-of-Jail-Free.jpg

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