LOS ANGELES —
New York actual property inheritor Robert Durst has been hospitalized after contracting COVID-19, his lawyer mentioned Saturday.
Protection lawyer Dick DeGuerin mentioned he was notified that Durst was admitted after testing optimistic for the coronavirus. DeGuerin mentioned he did not know Durst’s situation and was looking for out extra particulars.
Durst, 78, was sentenced Thursday to life in jail with no likelihood of parole for the homicide of his finest pal greater than twenty years in the past. Durst, who has quite a few medical points, sat in a wheelchair with a catatonic stare throughout a lot of the sentencing listening to.
“He was very, very sick within the courtroom,” DeGuerin mentioned Saturday.
He was convicted in Los Angeles Superior Court docket final month of first-degree homicide for capturing Susan Berman point-blank behind the top at her house in December 2000.
The killing had been a thriller that haunted household and mates for 15 years earlier than Durst was arrested in 2015 following his unwise choice to take part in a documentary that unearthed new proof and caught him in a surprising confession.
DeGuerin mentioned Thursday that Durst will attraction.
