Robert Durst murder trial: Defense to deliver opening arguments after prosecutors slam his alleged sloppy lies

Real estate scion Robert Durst’s carelessness could ultimately lead to his downfall as he lost track of the countless lies he told over the years, prosecutors argued in their open statements on Tuesday. 

"One of the hallmarks of Bob Durst is that despite all the lies he tells, he doesn’t take or use the mental energy to even remember them because his life has been spent privileged in getting away with whatever he wants," Lewin said. "The evidence is going to show that’s going to be his undoing in a lot of ways in all three of these cases." Robert Durst holds a device to read the real time spoken script as he appears in the courtroom of Judge Mark E. Windham as attorney's 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, Calif. (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, Calif.(Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)( ) Defense attorney's Dick DeGuerin, right, and David Z. Chesnoff, left, adjust Robert Durst's wheelchair as he faced jurors 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, Calif. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)( ) Durst, 78, has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder -- the killing of his best friend, Susan Berman, in 2000 in her Los Angeles home.  The septuagenarian, who suffers from myriad maladies, was slumped in a wheelchair and dressed in a blue sport coat, white dress shirt and tan pants. His gray hair was disheveled and he appeared to show no emotion behind a white mask as he followed the proceedings on a tablet computer that provided a real-time transcript because he has impaired hearing.