Frail-Looking Robert Durst Denies Killing Best Friend

New York real estate scion Robert Durst, 78, answers questions from defense attorney Dick DeGuerin (L) while testifying in his murder trial at the Inglewood Courthouse in Inglewood, Calif., on Aug. 9, 2021. Gary Coronado/Pool/Los Angeles Times via AP

LOS ANGELES—A frail-looking Robert Durst struggled to hear his attorney as he took the stand at his murder trial—in a wheelchair, not a witness chair—and denied killing his best friend two decades ago.

Durst, 78, looked extremely feeble and strained to speak Monday as his attorney, Dick DeGuerin, took the risky move of calling a murder defendant to testify.