Chris Tarricone
Chris Tarricone is a writer from New York. Not the stylish, bustling and flashy big city New York, but the backwoods, gun-blazing, Confederate flag-waving New York that has been pummelled by an outbreak of opioids. Ever since laying witness to the effects of this epidemic throughout his adolescence, Chris has written crime stories of all forms, from plays and screenplays to short stories, novels, and articles. He has since gotten his BFA in Cinema Studies, Playwriting and Screenwriting from SUNY Purchase and recently has switched coasts to graduate with his MFA in Writing for Screen & TV from the University of Southern California, where he won the Jack Nicholson Scholarship, the program's top screenplay award. Chris currently resides in Los Angeles.
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S7 Bonus 4: The Trials of Weinstein and Masterson: Harvey Weinstein Sentenced
This is a special Jury Duty bonus report with an update in the sexual assault trial of disgraced Hollywood Media Mogul, Harvey Weinstein. In December, the jury in the trial of Harvey Weinstein came back with a partial verdict, where Weinstein was found guilty on three of seven charges against him. The jury was hung on all other counts. The three guilty verdicts against Weinstein are for forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and sexual penetration by a foreign object. All of these charges are related to Jane Doe 1, the Italian talk show host and model who testified that she was...
Family, Friends, and Pets: Emotional Storytelling in the Trial of Robert Durst
The Prosecution in the murder trial of Robert Durst is trying to convince the jury beyond a reasonable doubt that Durst killed his longtime friend, Susan Berman — as well as his Galveston neighbor, Morris Black — in order to cover up his alleged murder of his ex-wife, Kathie. Lead Prosecutor John Lewin and his team are not only preparing the members of that panel to accept this as the most compelling and logical narrative but also want the jurors to feel the pain and cruelty they say Durst inflicted on those closest to him — and to viscerally understand...
Kathie Durst Speaks from the Past: “Don’t Let the Bastard Get Away With It!”
You can find links to all of Crime Story's reporting on the Robert Durst story here. It is rare for a jury to hear from a victim in a murder trial. But… Kathie Durst finally has her opportunity to offer her contribution to the effort to hold Robert Durst accountable for his actions. Nearly 40 years after her disappearance, Kathie’s plea is being relayed to a Los Angeles jury through her friend Marion Watlington. WATLINGTON: SHE SAID, SHOULD ANYTHING HAPPEN TO ME, YOU MAKE SURE YOU DON'T LET THE BASTARD GET AWAY WITH IT. Watlington, a blonde-haired woman in her early...
The Pack of Canines in the Trial of Robert Durst
Dogs. They are a recurring theme in the trial of Robert Durst for the murder of Susan Berman. Attorneys on both sides identified themselves as dog lovers during voir dire. Deputy District Attorney John Lewin incorporated his own Great Dane, Boomer, into his lesson on reasonable doubt and indirect evidence. Lewin also has indicated that Durst’s relationship with his family’s Alaskan Malamutes, all named Igor, will be presented as evidence at trial. And of course, Berman’s wire-haired terrier, Lulu, prompted witness Kathryn Shaw-Cutter’s phone call to the police after a neighbor found the dog wandering on busy Benedict Canyon Drive. This...
A Little Dog Named Lulu (and the Trial of Robert Durst)
Dogs. They are a recurring theme in the trial of Robert Durst for the murder of Susan Berman. Attorneys on both sides identified themselves as dog lovers during voir dire. Deputy District Attorney John Lewin incorporated his own Great Dane, Boomer, into his lesson on reasonable doubt and indirect evidence. Lewin also has indicated that Durst’s relationship with his family’s Alaskan Malamutes, all named Igor, will be presented as evidence at trial. And of course, Berman’s wire-haired terrier, Lulu, prompted witness Kathryn Shaw-Cutter’s phone call to the police after a neighbor found the dog wandering on busy Benedict Canyon Drive. This...
A Sweet Little Lamb and a Cold-Blooded Murder (The Durst Trial)
Picture a neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills surrounded by trees and plenty of wildlife. Not the glamorous, celeb-packed part of the hills but a place where the likes of coyotes, tarantulas, and other wild animals roam freely alongside a stream of cars that speed back and forth around the community’s tight and winding streets. BALIAN: WHAT'S THE WILDLIFE LIKE IN THE AREA? SHAW-CUTTER: IT IS ROBUST. WELL, WE PULLED SOME SHRUGS OUT OF OUR YARD AND FOUND A RATTLESNAKE THAT WAS ENORMOUS. WE HAD A MOUNTAIN LION, A LOT OF COYOTES, A LOT OF BUNNIES, RACCOONS, YOU NAME IT....