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FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2016, file photo, millionaire real estate heir Robert Durst sits in a courtroom during a hearing in Los Angeles. Durst’s longtime friends are fighting in a New York court to avoid being sent to testify in California in a pretrial hearing in the millionaire’s murder case. The Los Angeles district attorney says Stewart and Emily Altman could provide information about Durst’s state of mind. Durst denies allegations he killed one of his closest friends, Susan Berman in 2000. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool, File)

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