Newman reported her own history of drug abuse. Newman also mentioned how she felt “tremendous shame that I did not appreciate the gravity of what she was telling me.”The trial kicked off in May 2021 after a yearlong delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 78-year-old real-estate heir, who was diagnosed with bladder cancer before the trial began, looked gaunt and sat slumped in a wheelchair during the prosecution’s opening statements.Durst has pleaded not guilty.At the trial, prosecutor John Lewin detailed the fatal encounter, showing graphic images of Berman’s lifeless body to the panel.“He basically blew her brains out.
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