Robert Durst hospitalized with COVID-19, his lawyer says

A attorney says Saturday that ny true property heir Robert Durst has been hospitalized after contracting COVID-19

ByThe associated Press

October 17, 2021, 3:fifty three AM

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los angeles -- new york true estate heir Robert Durst, who days ago changed into sentenced in a two-decade-ancient murder case, has been hospitalized after contracting COVID-19, his legal professional pointed out Saturday,

protection lawyer Dick DeGuerin noted he turned into notified that Durst was admitted after testing tremendous for the coronavirus. DeGuerin told dissimilar media outlets that Durst is on a ventilator. additional details on his condition were not immediately made purchasable.

The l. a. advanced court mentioned in an announcement Saturday that the court docket turned into notified somebody current for the sentencing hearing for Durst on Thursday had tested high quality for COVID-19.

"in consequence, the court docket will observe CDC and LA County department of Public health guidelines for assessing shut contacts of the infected individual," the statement read.

No extra COVID-19 cases had been pronounced.

Durst, seventy eight, turned into sentenced Thursday to lifestyles in penitentiary devoid of a chance of parole for the murder of his ally more than two decades in the past. Durst, who has a large number of clinical issues, sat in a wheelchair with a catatonic stare all through plenty of the sentencing hearing.

"He changed into very, very in poor health within the court docket," DeGuerin stated Saturday.

He changed into convicted in los angeles sophisticated courtroom closing month of first-diploma murder for taking pictures Susan Berman factor-blank in the returned of the head at her home in December 2000.

The killing had been a mystery that haunted family unit and pals for 15 years earlier than Durst turned into arrested in 2015 following his unwise resolution to participate in a documentary that unearthed new evidence and caught him in a beautiful confession.

DeGuerin mentioned Thursday that Durst will appeal.