Robert Durst Arrested in New Orleans

Courtesy of HBO(NEW ORLEANS) — Robert Durst, the subject of the HBO series The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, has been arrested on a murder warrant issued by police in Los Angeles related to the death of his friend, Susan Berman.

Durst, 71, was arrested Saturday in New Orleans, a day before the final episode of the HBO series airs. His attorney, Chip Lewis, told ABC News on Sunday that the warrant was related to Berman’s death.

Durst was scheduled to appear in court in New Orleans, Lewis said. He told  ABC News station KTRK-TV in Houston that his client would not fight extradition back to California.

The New York real estate scion has made national headlines as a person of interest or suspect in three deaths since 1982. The investigation into Berman’s death was recently reopened by police in Los Angeles.

Durst has denied killing Berman, but some believed he had a motive, allegedly wanting to silence her about the 1982 disappearance of his first wife, Kathleen Durst, another death he has been investigated for but never charged. Berman was about to meet with investigators in New York about the disappearance of Kathleen Durst before she died.

Kathleen was officially declared dead in 2001, and Durst has said he has no idea what happened to her.

Durst was also charged in the 2001 killing of a neighbor in Galveston, Texas, but he claimed self-defense and was later found not guilty.

Durst, who participated in 25 hours of interviews for the HBO series, declined to comment to ABC News about the series.

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