New York real-estate tycoon Robert Durst testified Wednesday at his Los Angeles murder trial that his friend Susan Berman, who Durst is accused of murdering, suggested he hire a PR firm after his wife, Kathie Durst, disappeared in 1982.

New York real-estate tycoon Robert Durst testified Wednesday at his Los Angeles murder trial that his friend Susan Berman, who Durst is accused of murdering, suggested he hire a PR firm after his wife, Kathie Durst, disappeared in 1982.