catheter bag and covered in a large blanket. As testimony continued, Durst's brother Douglas appeared as a prosecution witness on June 28, 2021. Saying he was reluctant to appear at the trial and was doing so under threat of subpoena, Douglas was asked about his relationship with his brother: "He'd like to murder me, I hired security today. I have fear that my brother has threatened to kill me, and I have fear that he may have the means to do so". On July 29, 2021, Durst's defense team asked again for an emergency halt to the case based on his poor medical condition, saying he was not able to testify on his own behalf, but was again rejected on August 2, with Windham giving numerous examples of Durst's competency. The prosecution closed its case against Durst after eleven weeks of presenting evidence primarily consisting of friends and associates of Berman's saying she told them she was the alibi for Durst when his wife disappeared, and that he had done something and she needed to do something as well. Perhaps most importantly, one of Durst's long-time friends, Nick Chavin, testified that Durst told him, "I had to. It was her or me. I had no choice." The defense opened up its case with extensive testimony from "false memory" expert Elizabeth Loftus, questioning the decades-ago recollections of prosecution witnesses. Although highly unusual for a murder case, Durst himself was expected to testify on his own behalf on August 5, 2021, but court was adjourned until August 9 due to a positive COVID-19 test of a relative of Durst's legal team who had been attending the trial. Durst appeared on the stand for fourteen days, under questioning from Lewin, who gave seemingly endless examples of Durst's propensity to lie. Lewin cornered Durst to the point he admitted lying while under oath in the Morris Black trial in 2003, and that he lied five times while on the stand in the present trial. Durst and Loftus were the only witnesses the defense called. On September 14, 2021, the jury was charged with reaching a verdict by Judge Windham. On September 17, 2021, the jury convicted Durst for the first-degree murder of Susan Berman; Durst thus faced the possibility of a life sentence. He was also found guilty of multiple special charges. Durst's lawyers said they were disappointed and would pursue "all avenues of