‘The Jinx’ Robert Durst to Be Extradited to Los Angeles
Suspected murderer and subject of HBO documentary is currently incarcerated in New Orleans
Linda Ge | December 22, 2015 @ 2:28 PM
Last Updated: December 22, 2015 @ 3:19 PM
Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office
Robert Durst will be extradited from New Orleans to Los Angeles following an agreement filed in LA County Superior Court Tuesday.
The murder suspect and subject of HBO’s “The Jinx” will be returned to L.A. by Aug. 18. He has been in New Orleans, where he was arrested for the murder of his friend Susan Berman in March.
In 2000, police were preparing to question Berman, a friend of Durst’s, in the investigation of the disappearance of his first wife, Kathleen McCormack.
Before they were able to get to Berman, she was found in her Benedict Canyon, California, home shot to death execution-style, on Dec. 24, 2000.
L.A. district attorneys reopened the Berman case after evidence was revealed during “The Jinx” that further implicated Durst’s involvement.
On March 14, just one day before the shocking finale of “The Jinx” would air, Durst was taken into custody on a first degree murder warrant out of Los Angeles County. On March 16, Louisiana State Police filed charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm with a controlled substance against Durst.
The extradition agreement dictates Durst will return to Los Angeles for arraignment on or before Aug. 18, 2016.
HBO Shares First Look at Bryan Cranston as Lyndon B. Johnson in 'All the Way' (Photo)
HBO released the first image of Bryan Cranston in character as President Lyndon B. Johnson for their upcoming biopic "All the Way" on Wednesday.
The television adaptation of Robert Schenkkan's Tony Award-winning play follows Cranston's President Johnson as he struggles to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and manage the escalation of war in Vietnam. It is executive produced by Steven Spielberg.
Schenkkan will adapt the play for HBO Films. The Pulitzer Prize winner for "The Kentucky Cycle" previously worked with Spielberg on HBO's "The Pacific."
"All the Way" will be produced for HBO by Amblin Television, Tale Told Productions and Cranston's production company, Moon Shot Entertainment. Spielberg, Schenkkan, Cranston, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey ("Extant") are executive producing. James Degus, who runs Moon Shot, will co-executive produce.
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Biopic is an adaptation of Robert Schenkkan’s Tony Award-winning play
HBO released the first image of Bryan Cranston in character as President Lyndon B. Johnson for their upcoming biopic "All the Way" on Wednesday.
The television adaptation of Robert Schenkkan's Tony Award-winning play follows Cranston's President Johnson as he struggles to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and manage the escalation of war in Vietnam. It is executive produced by Steven Spielberg.
Schenkkan will adapt the play for HBO Films. The Pulitzer Prize winner for "The Kentucky Cycle" previously worked with Spielberg on HBO's "The Pacific."
"All the Way" will be produced for HBO by Amblin Television, Tale Told Productions and Cranston's production company, Moon Shot Entertainment. Spielberg, Schenkkan, Cranston, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey ("Extant") are executive producing. James Degus, who runs Moon Shot, will co-executive produce.
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