Lil Durk Found Not Guilty In Murder-For-Hire Case

Lil Durk looked to have the odds stacked against him, but a jury has found the Chicago rapper not guilty on all charges related to his murder-for-hire case. The verdict was handed in Friday inside a Los Angeles courthouse and the reactions are still developing.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times and several other outlets, Lil Durk, real name Durk Banks, was facing murder-for-hire, conspiracy and stalking charges as prosecutors brought several witnesses sses to the stand in front of a federal jury.

According to the report from the Times, Lil Durk, flanked by his legal team, was said to look nervous as the case drew near its close. The report adds that when the verdict was handed in, Durk quietly wiped away tears as his family and supporters erupted in cheer.

The case centered on Durk’s rivalry with rival rapper Tyquian “Quando Rondo” Bowman, who was alleged to be a target in a scheme to get revenge for the shooting death of Dayvon “King Von” Bennett. Two men, Deandre Wilson and David Lindsey, carried out the crime, failing to take down Rondo and instead killing the Atlanta rapper’s cousin, Saviay’a “Lul Pab” Robinson in 2022.

Wilson and Lindsey were convicted on charges of charges of conspiracy to commit stalking, stalking using a dangerous weapon and stalking resulting in death. However, the pair were acquitted on the murder-for-hire charges.

As seen in a TMZ report, the case was deliberated for three days with explosive testimony from Kacey “OTF Jam” Hester, who claimed Durk was the mastermind in the plot to exact revenge against Quando Rondo in a planned hit in Los Angeles.

As this news is breaking, we’ll return to this ongoing report with fresh details and reactions from social media. Stay tuned.

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