Lil Durk’s Murder-for-Hire Trial Could Be Delayed Until 2026

Lil Durk’s proceedings connected national murder-for-hire charges mightiness beryllium postponed from October to January, according to caller tribunal filings — but the prima himself inactive wants to spell to proceedings adjacent month.

In a associated question filed successful tribunal Friday (Sept. 12), prosecutors and attorneys for respective of Durk’s co-defendants agreed connected the delay, arguing that the lawsuit is “so antithetic and truthful complex” that the defence teams should get much clip to hole for trial.

If granted, the question volition hold by 3 months a blockbuster proceedings connected charges that Durk orchestrated a plot to termination rival rapper Quando Rondo, resulting successful a 2022 Los Angeles shooting that near different antheral dead.

Notably, it appears that Durk (Durk Devontay Banks) himself is not connected committee with the request, meaning helium wants to instrumentality to the archetypal proceedings date: “Defendant Banks does not articulation successful the stipulation to proceed the proceedings successful this matter.”

But consent oregon not, the feds accidental Durk should beryllium forced to spell on with the delay, noting that he’s joined to the others for trial, and that a three-month hold “constitutes a tenable play of delay” — meaning it volition not interruption his law close to a speedy trial.

Durk could reason the question to postpone the trial, oregon question to person his lawsuit severed and tried separately connected the archetypal schedule. His lawyer did not instantly instrumentality a petition for remark from Billboard.

The rapper was arrested past twelvemonth connected murder-for-hire and weapon charges implicit allegations that helium ordered members of his Only the Family (OTF) unit to transportation retired the 2022 attack, which near Rondo (Tyquian Bowman) unscathed but saw his person Lul Pab (Saviay’a Robinson) killed successful the crossfire.

In charging documents, prosecutors claimed that Durk’s OTF was not simply a radical of Chicago rappers, but a “hybrid organization” that besides functioned arsenic a transgression pack to transportation retired convulsive acts “at the direction” of Durk. Prosecutors accidental helium ordered the Rondo shooting successful retaliation for the 2020 sidesplitting of rapper King Von (Dayvon Bennett), a adjacent person and predominant collaborator.

The lawsuit initially cited Durk’s lyrics, quoting from a opus called “Wonderful Wayne & Jackie Boy” successful which Durk allegedly referenced the shooting. But aft Durk’s lawyers pointed out that the rapper recorded those verses “seven months earlier the incidental adjacent happened,” prosecutors filed a caller indictment that removed them from the case.

Durk has denied the allegations and pleaded not blameworthy to the charges. Also charged successful the lawsuit are OTF members Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson and Asa Houston, arsenic good arsenic Keith Jones and David Brian Lindsey, 2 different alleged Chicago pack members.

Friday’s question seeking the postponement was signed by lawyers for Wilson, Houston and Lindsey. Though it mentioned that Durk did not consent, it failed to notation Jones oregon Grant ...