On Thursday the 78-year-old real estate heir was sentenced for the murder of friend Susan Berman.
Robert Durst, a real estate heir sentenced to life in prison for murder on Thursday, has been placed on a ventilator with COVID-19, his attorney said on Saturday.that his client had been in"very bad condition" during the sentencing hearing."He looked worse than I've ever seen him, and I was very worried about him," DeGuerin told the newspaper., DeGuerin confirmed that Durst had contracted the disease."That is all the medical information I am willing to share.
He had also been hospitalized for an unspecified health issue in June. Durst's sentencing came five months after his trial resumed after it had been delayed for more than year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.noted Saturday that it's unclear if anyone else"associated" with the sentencing hearing on Thursday, which was attended by dozens, had tested positive for the virus.
During the trial, prosecutors argued that Durst shot Berman, his close friend, to prevent her from incriminating him in the disappearance of his first wife, Kathleen McCormack Durst, who went missing in 1982.
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