for Monday, Aug. 30th:
Cathy Russon
@cathyrusson
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15h
#RobertDurst - WATCH LIVE at 9am PT/12pm ET. Day 12 of the defendant on the stand.
#RobertDurst is back in his suit today. The catheter must be out.
John Lewin asks Durst about his prior testimony that he grabbed the gun from Morris Black, on the top, on the barrel but the animations shows underneath.
Lewin: Did you intentionally shoot Morris Black in self-defense or was the discharge of the gun an accident?
Durst: It was in self-defense.
Durst then clarifies that he was defending himself against Morris Black, "and Morris accidentally got shot."
Lewin asked Durst why he didn't call 911 when Morris Black was shot. He said he left his cellphone in his car because he'd plan to go jogging and it was too "clunky" for his pocket. Lewin whips out a Nokia 6160 that he (Lewin) bought, that was same phone Durst had
Lewin points out that Durst couldn't call 911 when Morris Black was shot or when he says he found Susan Berman's body claiming he didn't have his cell phone on him.
Lewin: You say you left your cell phone on the plane & didn't have at Susan's house & left your phone in your car when Morris Black was shot. "Would you agree that is a convenient explanation why you didn't have a cell phone on you to call 911?"
Court getting ready to resume following the morning break.
Judge plans to have closing arguments State: 9/8 & half of 9/9. Defense begins late 9/9 then long weekend. They'll come back on 9/13 and defense will conclude their closing, the state rebuttal closing into midday on the 9/14. Jury begin deliberations 9/14
DDA Lewin questioning Robert Durst about him saying he dismembered Morris Black “the hard way.” Durst says he does not remember doing it and he drank a fifth of Jack Daniels while dismembering Black.
Lewin showing Durst a fifth of Jack Daniels when asking him how much he weighed at the time. Durst says he weighed his max of 150. He says he remembers drinking the JF and taking lots of showers
Lewin asks “wouldn’t drinking a fifth of JD put you on your back? He says no. Lewin asks about the fact no liquor bottles were found in his apartment.
Now Lewin asks Durst whether he triple bagged Morris Black’s body parts. He said “that is what the forensics say. I don’t think I had that many bags.”
Earlier Lewin showed a cell phone he purchased that was the same as Durst's in Galveston. NOW he pulls out a fifth of Jack Daniels.
Durst said after Morris Black's death, he bought a fifth of Jack Daniels and drank it while dismembering Morris Black. Lewin asked how much he weighed, Durst says 150 lbs
Lewin: can you explain Mr. Durst why Morris Black’s head is the only body part that wasn’t found? Durst: No. Durst says he dumped everything in the same spot and did not go swimming around to find Morris Black’s head
Durst answering q’s about a quilt he took to a dry cleaner in New Orleans. He said he bought a Jackson Pollock quilt at a charity auction. He said he dropped off the quilt at a dry cleaner in NOLA. “There was no red stain.”
Lewin plays a jailhouse call between Durst and his wife Debrah Charatan in Oct. 2015 where Durst says depending on how this trial goes, he may confirm @JudgeJeanine
theory that Douglas Durst helped him cover up Kathie's death.
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