AP Issues Correction After Mistaking Robert Durst For Limp Bizkit Singer

[Initech]

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.

http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-confuses-robert-durst-for-fred-durst-2015-3

On the plus side, this is the first anyone has talked about Fred Durst in years.

[marym625]

1. hahaha

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. In new shocking hot mic footage, Robert Durst, in bathroom, asks "Why the hell did you do it?"

And answers himself: "I did it all for the nookie, of course."

[Initech]

4. And stick it up your yeah! Stick it up your yeah!

[WDIM]

3. I was wondering if they were related.

If Fred Durst is related to a millionaire that would explain how Limb Bizkit became a one hit wonder.