Robert Durst Denied Bid To Postpone Murder Trial

Los Angeles CA

17 May, 2021

2:11 PM

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INGLEWOOD, CA — A Los Angeles judge Monday denied an emergency motion filed by Robert Durst's attorneys asking for his murder trial to be postponed indefinitely. Superior Court Judge Mark Windham ruled only on the continuance -- saying he would not hear testimony Monday from Durst's doctor about the 78-year- old real estate scion's "life-threatening health issues" or rule on whether the defendant should be released on a "high bail amount" due to the lack of the required 10 days notice by the defense team. The case has been on hold since mid-March 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and jurors returned Monday morning for orientation. Durst -- a New York real estate scion charged with murder for a longtime friend's killing in Benedict Canyon just before Christmas Eve 2000 -- was not present in court, but the defense team questioned custody reports that he had willfully refused to appear. City News Service