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Robert Durst hospitalized with COVID-19, his lawyer says

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FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, file photo, New York real estate scion Robert Durst, 78, answers questions from defense attorney Dick DeGuerin, while testifying in his murder trial at the Inglewood Courthouse in Inglewood, Calif. The sentencing of Durst will be comparatively brief compared to his murder trial that stretched over the better part of two years. The New York real estate heir faces a mandatory term of life in prison without parole Thursday, Oct. 14 for the first-degree murder of his best friend, Susan Berman. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — New York real estate heir Robert Durst has been hospitalized after contracting COVID-19, his attorney said.

Defense Attorney Dick DeGuerin told NBC News that Durst has been put on a ventilator.

The 78-year-old was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for the murder of his best friend, Susan Berman, in 2000.

DeGuerin said Saturday that Durst was “very, very sick in the courtroom.”

He also told NBC News that he believes Durst was vaccinated, but didn’t know if he had a booster shot.

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