--- description: 'The Jinx' subject was arrested Saturday and charged with murder title: Robert Durst Had $42,000 in Cash When Arrested image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc00fce24682b4811/698784100b72e3c2796de368/robert-durst-arrest.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Robert Durst Had $42,000 in Cash When Arrested by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 19, 2015 12:23 AM CUT  Robert Durst is escorted into Orleans Parish Prison after his arraignment in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in New Orleans, March 17, 2015. Robert Durst is escorted into Orleans Parish Prison after his arraignment in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in New Orleans, March 17, 2015.Gerald Herbert—AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 19, 2015 12:23 AM CUT Robert Durst had a latex mask, a fake ID and $42,000 cash — mostly in $100 bills packed in small envelopes — in his room at the New Orleans hotel where he was arrested over the weekend, authorities revealed on Wednesday. The disclosures came in an affidavit filed by Houston police on Tuesday — and made public Wednesday — as they sought a warrant to search Durst’s home there. Durst, an heir to one of New York City’s most powerful real-estate empires, was arrested on Saturday and charged with the 2000 murder of his former spokeswoman, Susan Berman. The arrest came a day before HBO… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/robert-durst-had-mask-fake-id-42-000-cash-when-n325961 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3750260/robert-durst-arrest-new-orleans/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3750260/robert-durst-arrest-new-orleans/"},"headline":"Robert Durst Had $42,000 in Cash When Arrested","datePublished":"2015-03-19T00:23:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:16:16.655Z","description":"'The Jinx' subject was arrested Saturday and charged with murder","url":"https://time.com/3750260/robert-durst-arrest-new-orleans/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc00fce24682b4811/698784100b72e3c2796de368/robert-durst-arrest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc00fce24682b4811/698784100b72e3c2796de368/robert-durst-arrest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Robert Durst","caption":"Robert Durst","creditText":"Gerald Herbert—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3750260/robert-durst-arrest-new-orleans/","name":"Robert Durst Had $42,000 in Cash When Arrested"}}]}] ```