Robert Durst hospitalized in Los Angeles, delaying his murder trial again

Robert Durst, the multimillionaire real estate heir on trial in the killing of his best friend, was hospitalized Thursday for an unspecified health issue, according to the judge in the long-delayed trial.

Windham said jail staff found the 78-year-old "down" and not in his wheelchair Thursday morning. The judge dismissed the jury and delayed the proceeding to Monday morning. Deputy District Attorney John Lewin begins opening statements in the trial of Robert Durst, the real estate scion charged with murder of longtime friend Susan Berman, at Los Angeles County Superior Court, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Inglewood, California. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)( ) In this still image taken from the Law & Crime Network court pool video, real estate heir Robert Durst looks at a statement on an electronic device as Deputy District Attorney John Lewin presents a new round of opening statements in the murder case against Durst after a 14-month recess due to the coronavirus pandemic in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Inglewood, California, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Law & Crime Network via AP, Pool)( ) Defense attorneys David Z. Chesnoff, left, and Dick DeGuerin talk to each other during the murder trial of Robert Durst Monday, May 17, 2021, in Inglewood, California. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)( ) Robert Durst holds a device to read the real time spoken script as he appears in the courtroom of Judge Mark E. Windham as attorneys begin opening statements in the trial of the real estate scion charged with murder of longtime friend Susan Berman, at Los Angeles County Superior Court, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Inglewood, California. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)( ) Robert Durst, center, appears in a courtroom with his attorney Dick DeGuerin, left, as Judge Mark E. Windham gives last instructions to jurors before attorneys begin opening statements in the trial of the real estate scion charged with murder of longtime friend Susan Berman, in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Inglewood, California. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)( ) Chip Lewis, one of Durst’s attorneys, had no information about his client’s condition. "All we know is that he was hospitalized earlier this morning," Lewis wrote in an email to the Times.