Lil Durk’s murder-for-hire trial has been postponed until October as a result of “unusual and complex” circumstances

In December 2024, Lil Durk was previously denied bond.

Lil Durk will be performing at the Marc Jacobs & i-D ‘The Pre-Party’ at Viking Villa in Palm Springs, California on April 15, 2023. (Photo by Mat Hayward/Getty Images for Marc Jacobs and i-D) Hayward/Getty Images for Marc Jacobs and i-D.

The murder-for-hire prosecution of Lil Durk has been rescheduled. Durkio’s trial, which was originally scheduled to commence on Tuesday (Jan. 7), has been postponed until October 14, as indicated by recent court documents. According to Meghann Cuniff, a legal reporter, the high-profile case currently encompasses “approximately 230 GB of digital evidence, including audio/video recordings and surveillance footage, as well as approximately 20,000 pages of reports regarding murder and other violent acts, photographs, witness statements, and medical documents.”

According to the legal stipulation documents, the case is “so complex and unusual that it is unreasonable to expect adequate preparation for pretrial proceedings or for the trial itself within the Speedy Trial Act time limits” due to the nature of the prosecution and the number of defendants. Deandre Dontrell Wilson, 33, a Durk associate, had requested a “pre-plea sentence report” for his portion of the case through a counsel, according to documents shared by Cuniff.

Federal prosecutors have maintained that Lil Durk, born Durk Devontay Banks, had previously articulated his intentions for the attack on Saviay’a Robinson, Quando Rondo’s cousin, through lyrics. The authorities cited Durk’s verse in Babyface Ray’s song “Wonderful Wayne & Jackie Boy,” in which Durkio raps, “Told me they got an address/ Got location, green light/ Look on the news and see your son/ You screamin’, ‘No, no.'”

The murder occurred in 2022, and Babyface Ray’s track was published in the same year. The track was allegedly used as a call to action and alleged recollection of the hit, leading federal prosecutors to infer that the murder-for-hire plot was planned and executed.

In early November, the Department of Justice issued a series of new charges against Banks, including “one count of conspiracy, one count of use of interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire resulting in death, and one count of using, carrying, and discharging firearms and a machine gun and possession of such firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence resulting in death.”.

Durk has been denied bond and is currently in custody, according to a recent report by the Chicago Tribune. The rapper’s counsel has offered 3.3 million in cash and property as a potential bond.