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Include Documentary and 2015 trial in lead?

The current lead is fairly short, just listing the dates of the murders and subsequent trials. Considering the extraordinary circumstances regarding the HBO documentary, arrest and trial, and the bathroom soundbite, its seems like they should be included in the lead section to better summarize that sequence of events. jonas (talk) 02:46, 19 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. 2601:401:100:FBD:4070:4B5C:BF40:7363 (talk) 00:36, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

20/20 Episode on Durst

The ABC news program 20/20 aired a 2 hour episode about Durst on March 18, 2022. The Devil You Know, Season 44, Episode 18, "Fugitive multimillionaire Robert Durst and shocking trial that led to a murder conviction." AdderUser (talk) 04:11, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Misinformation in lead section, better wording should be used.

After the Black death, and before he was arrested for the Berman murder, Durst was acquitted of murder but pleaded guilty to two counts of bail jumping and one count of evidence tampering. He served time and was paroled, and was arrested and returned to jail for parole violations. He obviously faced legal issues in that time period, as opposed to the lead section statement "Durst did not face further legal action until his participation in the 2015 documentary miniseries The Jinx led to him being charged with Berman's murder." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:401:100:fbd:9d35:ebaa:d23:16dd (talk) 03:04, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The sentence has been revised: Acquitted of the murder of Black in 2003, but convicted of bail jumping and one count of evidence tampering (for the dismemberment of Black's body) in that case, Durst did not face significant further legal action until his participation in the 2015 documentary miniseries The Jinx led to him being charged with Berman's murder. The legal action pertaining to his parole violations is frankly too trivial to include in the lead sentence, which by design is concise and states only the most significant events in a biographical article's subject's history. Note that the article is not currently protected and you could just as easily as I have made this change. General Ization ^Talk 03:08, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I could have made the same edit but I'm tired of beating my head against a brick wall arguing with those who disagree with my edits. Also, read the section Other legal issues near the bottom of the page, which clearly explain he had even more legal issues between Black and the Berman murder arrest. I suppose the word significant qualifies the issue, but at a minimum I believe it would be better worded to say the next significant legal issue he faced was the Berman murder change. In my opinion a parole violation that leads to a return to jail, your own family filing restraining orders against you, and peeing on a rack candy in public all are significant. Of course not as significant as being charged with murder, let alone the three times Durst was.--2601:401:100:FBD:9D35:EBAA:D23:16DD (talk) 03:36, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See above. The lead sentence cannot and should not itemize all of the legal actions and events in which Durst was a figure. Note the phrase significant further legal action. His 2014 conviction for criminal mischief, the restraining orders and trespassing charge and the various civil actions against him are insignificant in light of his other known criminal activities and convictions. Please see MOS:LEAD. And please sign your edits on any Talk page. General Ization ^Talk 03:37, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Also please note that it is generally not necessary or helpful to copy content from the article to the Talk page, and unnecessarily bloats the section with content that can be easily reviewed (with one click) in the article itself. General Ization ^Talk 03:43, 20 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]