Robert Durst’s HBO ‘confession’ wasn’t what it seemed. Here’s what happened
APR 25, 2019
"It was in the dramatic final moments of the HBO documentary “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst” that New York real estate scion Robert Durst is heard mumbling: “Killed them all, of course.”
To some, his comments served as a confession to a series of killings of people close to Durst, crimes he has denied committing. And soon after the show aired, Durst was arrested in a long-ago L.A. killing.
But what did Durst actually say on the HBO show, and how relevant will it be in his upcoming trial? Information provided to the court last year raised serious questions about his comment, and that could become an issue going forward....
In the finale, Durst mumbles a comment on a hot microphone during a bathroom break, which some have interpreted as a confession to multiple murders. “What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course,” Durst says, according to “The Jinx.”
But as The Times reported last year, prosecutors played raw audio from the recording, which indicated that the miniseries’ producers spliced together statements out of order. Durst first mumbles, “Killed them all, of course” and makes several other comments before later uttering, “What the hell did I do?”
“It was edited and taken out of order,” noted Dick DeGuerin, Durst’s lead attorney.
“Yes,” replied the judge, “it appears it was.”
Some viewers considered the comment a confession to killing three people: Berman, his wife, and his onetime neighbor in Galveston, Texas....
What is next in the case?
After many delays, the trial is expected to begin in September.
Durst’s attorneys have suggested in court documents that they will file a motion to suppress evidence obtained from the documentary."
Robert Durst’s HBO ‘confession’ wasn’t what it seemed. Here’s what happened
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Durst’s defense team plans to call attention to the ways in which the HBO docuseries allegedly manipulated that chilling bathroom confession.
APRIL 24, 2019
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