![]() ![]() Davie Berman cut his teeth in the underworld as a teenage rum runner who supplied alcohol during Prohibition to Al Capone's speakeasies before he built an illegal gambling empire.She spent her childhood in casinos, Elvis and Liberace sang at her birthday parties, her only friends were bodyguards, she did homework in the counting room and earned multiplication tables on a slot machine. ![]() Susan Berman was the only child of Davie 'the Jew' Berman, a notorious gangster who ran Las Vegas casinos for Frank Costello, Meyer Lanksy and Lucky Luciano - she was considered 'Las Vegas royalty'.The suspicious circumstances of her death led many to think that it might have been a mob hit after she wrote a mafia expose about her childhood in Las Vegas.Susan Berman was found executed in her Beverly Hills home on Christmas Eve in 2000 - her murder remained a cold case for 15-years until Durst was named a suspect.Durst, who was seen in the court room looking frail and dressed in gray suits, is expected to testify.His lawyers filed a motion for mistrial and told that 'his health has deteriorated alarmingly'.Robert Durst's murder trial has resumed after a 14-month hiatus due to the pandemic he is accused of murdering his close friend, Susan Berman in 2000.The Mafia Princess: Robert Durst's alleged victim Susan Berman who was murdered execution-style in her Beverly Hills home was the daughter of an infamous Las Vegas gangster with family ties to Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lanksy
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