On Sunday, 71-year-old real-estate scion Robert Durst was arrested the same weekend as the finale of "The Jinx," the HBO documentary series about him.
But the AP made a critical error in reporting the news – it confused Robert Durst with Fred Durst, the 44-year-old former frontman of Limp Bizkit.
A jimromenesko.com reader first flagged the error that looked like this on AP:
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A Louisiana State Police trooper says millionaire Robert Durst has been booked on weapons charges in that state – on top of a first-degree murder charge lodged by Los Angeles authorities. Trooper Melissa Matey told the Associated Press that an arrest warrant was issued for the former Limp Bizkit frontman and he was rebooked in the Orleans Parish Jail on Monday under two new charges.
It was only after Romenesko asked the AP’s spokesperson to confirm the Robert Durst/Limp Bizkit error that the story was corrected:
The Associated Press reported erroneously that Robert Durst is a member of a band. He is a real estate heir; Fred Durst is the former frontman of Limp Bizkit.
People on Twitter are having a field day with the error:
— Harry Heymann (@harryh) March 17, 2015
On the bright side, Fred Durst's publicist's phone rang for the first time in 10+ years. (H/T @romenesko) http://t.co/A5mEnkHCgY
— Brad Dayspring (@BDayspring) March 17, 2015
FYI Robert Durst arrested. Fred Durst still free to commit crimes against music.
— zain (@zainyk) March 15, 2015
It's just one of those days: http://t.co/hOJKBwXAjEpic.twitter.com/DQVXrxsICT
— John Hendrickson (@JohnGHendy) March 17, 2015@billburr@freddurst I'm hoping one of you likes this #RobertDurst#TheJinx#limpbizkitpic.twitter.com/IYccObDFk2
— R. Beecher Taylor IV (@_Beecher_) March 16, 2015"FBI agents believed Durst may have wanted to flee the country, possibly to Cuba, as he registered under an alias at the hotel, paid with cash, and was found with fake documents," according to ABC News. Coincidentally, Saturday marked the first nonstop flight from New Orleans to Cuba since 1958, as pointed out by nola.com.
SEE ALSO: The LAPD insists Robert Durst's arrest was actually not connected to HBO's 'The Jinx'
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