Robert Durst Admitted At His L.A. Murder Trial That He Would Lie Under Oath To Get Out Of Trouble
LAPPL News Watch
August 18, 2021
Attorney Dick DeGuerin and Robert Durst
A
prosecutor attempted to ensnare Robert Durst in a web of deceit Tuesday
after he admitted at his murder trial that he lied under oath in the
past and would lie to get out of trouble.
The New York real estate heir
said he hadn’t lied during five days of testimony, but a series of
inconsistencies during cross-examination in Los Angeles County Superior
Court threw his credibility into question and exposed the risk of
putting a defendant on the witness stand.
Deputy District Attorney John
Lewin, who relished the prospect of grilling Durst and prepared a
200-page outline for questioning, got him to acknowledge there are some
acts he would never be honest about.
Lewin asked how jurors were
supposed to believe Durst. “If you’ve said you’ve taken an oath to tell
the truth but you’ve also just told us that you would lie if you needed
to,” Lewin asked, “can you tell me how that would not destroy your
credibility?”
“Because what I’m saying is mostly the truth,” Durst said.
“There are certain things I would lie about, certain very important
things.” Durst said he would never admit killing Susan Berman — even if
he had done so.
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