Posted on 03/24/2015 5:53:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Robert Durst’s lawyer said Tuesday that his 71-year-old client “was tricked” while filming the HBO documentary in which the millionaire was recorded saying "What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course."
“The editing was designed for good television, but it wasn’t designed to get to the truth," attorney Dick DeGuerin said in an interview on the "Today" show.
"The Jinx" chronicled the life of the eccentric and controversial real estate heir, including the 1982 disappearance of his first wife, Kathleen, the 2000 death of his friend Susan Berman and the 2001 shooting death and dismemberment of Durst’s elderly Texas neighbor, whom he admitted to killing. He was later acquitted on a self-defense claim in that case.
Durst was arrested on March 14, the night before HBO aired the finale of “The Jinx," and charged with one count of first-degree murder in Berman's death. The final episode includes audio of Durst mumbling “What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course,” while wired to a microphone in the bathroom.
DeGuerin told NBC's Savannah Guthrie that Durst didn’t take “good advice” that he received from other lawyers about his participation in the film and subsequently "was tricked as he was told probably would happen."
"I think he was regretting it in that bathroom conversation,'' he said.
When asked by Guthrie whether he was concerned about Durst’s apparent confession in “The Jinx,” DeGuerin said, “That’s not a confession.”
"I was talking about killing mosquitoes...! Yeah, yeah..., that's the ticket...!"
As long as the networks made Zimmerman seem guilty, there must always be doubt about televised confessions.
to me, the handwriting samples speak volumes... how can he argue that?
Ya think?
Yeah, tricked into telling the truth...
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