--- title: Robert Durst Seems to Be Getting the Law & Order: SVU Treatment description: "This is the one America will be talking about—again" canonical: https://time.com/3991921/robert-durst-svu/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-10T23:41:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:03:47.818Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Looks Like Robert Durst Is Getting the 'SVU' Treatment og:description: "This is the one America will be talking about—again" og:url: https://time.com/3991921/robert-durst-svu/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta390b3b8eb698f4e/698783d835ba6f323bc0793c/jinx091.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: jinx09 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Looks Like Robert Durst Is Getting the 'SVU' Treatment twitter:description: "This is the one America will be talking about—again" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta390b3b8eb698f4e/698783d835ba6f323bc0793c/jinx091.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Robert Durst is Getting the _Law & Order: SVU_ Treatment by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Aug 10, 2015 11:41 PM UTC  Robert Durst in The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst Robert Durst in The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert DurstHBO by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Aug 10, 2015 11:41 PM UTC When _Law & Order_ _: SVU_ returns for Season 17 on Sept. 23, it will have a two-hour episode that’s “ripped from the headlines” — apparently inspired by accusations against real estate heir Robert Durst. Durst was the subject of the HBO documentary [_The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst_](http://time.com/3745422/the-jinx-robert-durst-hbo-finale/), which made headlines in March when its finale showed the man caught on a hot mic whispering seemingly incriminating messages to himself. Durst has been accused of several murders over the years, including that of his wife, Kathie, his friend, Susan Berman, and his neighbor, Morris Black, whose body was found floating in garbage bags in Galveston Bay (he said he killed the man in self defense). The _SVU_ episode depicts black plastic bags with body parts washed ashore, and show a man caught on tape saying, “Kill them all, whatever it takes.” Durst’s hot-mic recording in the documentary included the phrase, “What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course.” Other _Law & Order_ franchises have based episodes around headlines about deaths tied to Durst: a _Criminal Intent_ plot resembled Berman’s murder, and a plain-old _Law & Order_ episode resembled Black’s death. Durst was arrested in March in connection with Berman’s death; he also faces [federal gun charges](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/robert-durst/robert-dursts-lawyer-feds-locals-battling-first-crack-n340711) after a firearm was found in his possession during the arrest, for which his has plead not guilty. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3991921/robert-durst-svu/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3991921/robert-durst-svu/"},"headline":"Robert Durst is Getting the Law & Order: SVU Treatment","datePublished":"2015-08-10T23:41:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:03:47.818Z","description":"\"This is the one America will be talking about—again\"","url":"https://time.com/3991921/robert-durst-svu/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta390b3b8eb698f4e/698783d835ba6f323bc0793c/jinx091.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta390b3b8eb698f4e/698783d835ba6f323bc0793c/jinx091.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"jinx09","caption":"Robert Durst in The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst","creditText":"HBO","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/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3991921/robert-durst-svu/","name":"Robert Durst is Getting the Law & Order: SVU Treatment"}}]}] ```