Relatives of Robert Durst’s first wife have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the second wife who stands to collect millions of dollars from the late real estate heir's estate.
The Associated Press's first wife, whose 1982 disappearance culminated last year in a murder indictment against him, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his second wife, who stands to collect millions of dollars from the late real estate scion 's estate.
A lawyer for the McCormack family, Robert Abrams, said Charatan is believed to be the sole or primary beneficiary of a trust worth tens of millions of dollars and is now the nominated executor of Durst's estate. The family's lawsuit, filed in federal court in Manhattan on the 40th anniversary of Kathie Durst's disappearance, seeks unspecified damages in excess of $75,000.Robert Durst died Jan. 10 in a California hospital while serving a life sentence for shooting his best friend, Susan Berman, in the back of the head at her Los Angeles home in 2000 as she was preparing to tell police about her involvement in Kathie Durst’s death.
Durst married Charatan in December 2000. Abrams alleged in a previous lawsuit now under appeal that Charatan wed Durst to help him evade authorities after the investigation into Kathie Durst’s disappearance was reopened.
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