After 20 days within the Miami Federal Detention Heart, Lil Durk was transported to California to face a decide in court docket the place he pleaded not responsible to murder-for-hire prices and had his trial date set.
Lil Durk Enters Plea, Trial Date Set
On Thursday (Nov. 14), Lil Durk answered to his alleged crimes throughout an arraignment held in Los Angeles federal court docket. The Chicago rapper is accused of being the mastermind to place successful out on Quando Rondo in 2022, following the demise of King Von, who was killed by Quando’s buddy Timothy “Lul Timm” Leeks in 2020.
Through the listening to, Durk pleaded not responsible, XXL has confirmed by way of the US Lawyer’s Workplace. His subsequent court docket hearings have been scheduled in addition to his trial date. The 32-year-old rapper has a standing convention on Nov. 25, adopted by a detention listening to on Dec. 12. His trial date has been set for Jan. 7, 2025. United States District Decide Michael W. Fitzgerald will preside over the case.
XXL has reached out to Lil Durk’s legal professional for remark.
Durk, who was arrested on Oct. 24 after trying to depart the nation on a flight, has been charged with one depend of use of interstate amenities to commit murder-for-hire leading to demise, one depend of conspiracy and one depend of utilizing, carrying and discharging firearms and a machine gun and possession of such firearms in furtherance of against the law of violence leading to demise.
5 males are charged alongside Durk within the murder-for-hire plot: Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey and Asa Houston.
“Based mostly on the investigation, proof exhibits that Banks ordered [Quando Rondo’s] homicide and that the hitmen used Banks’ and OTF-related funds to hold out the homicide,” the felony grievance filed on Oct. 24 reads.
4 of the 5 suspects flew to Los Angeles utilizing a bank card tied to Lil Durk’s Solely The Household document label in the hunt for Quando Rondo in August of 2022. Durk and suspect Grant flew to the town on a non-public jet. On Aug. 19, 2022, Quando and his staff have been trailed by three of the suspects, who opened hearth on Quando’s automobile at a gasoline station. Quando’s cousin, Saviay’a “Lul Pab” Robinson, was shot and killed whereas the rapper was left unhurt.
