Robert Durst will go to prison for 7 years and 1 month for illegally carrying a firearm. The sentence was a part of a plea agreement that cleared him of multiple other charges.
U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt sentenced Durst, 72, on April 27 in New Orleans, as part of a plea agreement Durst had accepted in February. The sentence, once served, would be followed by 3 years of supervised release.
The agreement doesn’t include the murder charges Durst faces in Los Angeles for allegedly killing friend Susan Berman in 2000 to keep her from talking to New York prosecutors about the disappearance of Durst’s first wife in 1982.
Durst’s attorney said his client is innocent, does not know who killed Berman, and wants to prove it.
“I have been waiting to get to California about a year so I can state my not guilty plea,” Durst told Engelhardt. “I truly, truly want to express my statement that I am not guilty in the death of Susan Berman.”
