Prosecutors assert that the Chicago native “exerts considerable control over others.”
Lil Durk won’t be returning home in the near future. On the evening of Thursday (Dec. 12), a judge in Los Angeles rejected the rapper’s $3.3 million bond request in his murder-for-hire case.
Lawyers for the “All My Life” artist proposed $1 million in cash from Sony Music along with an additional $2.3 million in home equity. They furthermore consented to have Durk subjected to 24-hour observation and electronic tracking, along with relinquishing all electronic gadgets. Judge Patricia Donahue, however, stated that there were no conditions to “adequately ensure the community’s safety.”
As reported by Rolling Stone, she stated, “The claims do not assert that the defendant actually pulled the trigger,” and continued, “The claims suggest that the defendant wields considerable influence over others.”
During the hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ian Yanniello opposed Durk’s release. “Mr. Banks wasn’t on the street firing the weapon, as the claims in this case clearly indicate,” he stated. “He was the person who supposedly coordinated the [murder-for-hire].” He was approving the reservation of the flights.
Prosecutors asserted that Durk financed flights, weapons, and additional resources for five of his Only The Family (OTF) associates — Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey, and Asa Houston — to execute an attack on Quando Rondo in 2022. The event that transpired in Los Angeles had unintended consequences, leading to the death of the Georgia rapper’s cousin, Saviay’a “Lul Pab” Robinson.
The men were apprehended on Oct. 24, and U.S. Marshals in Miami took Durk into custody that evening. The FBI reported that he reserved two flights from airports in South Florida and a private jet in a bid to “escape” the country.
Durk’s attorney, Drew Findling, also spoke about court documents concerning Durk’s purported connection to the 2022 homicide of Stephon Mack. “Those are other individuals.” “Our client is not involved in any way,” the attorney remarked.
