Lil Durk Trial Jurors Hear From Shooter’s Wife, Both Sides Rest
Rolling Stone • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Chicago rapper Lil Durk, accused of orchestrating a 2022 murder-for-hire plot against rival rapper Quando Rondo, called nine witnesses in his defense on the final day of trial before both sides rested and the judge scheduled closing arguments for Tuesday.
- Prosecutors allege Durk placed a bounty on Rondo as revenge for the 2020 killing of King Von, with associates opening fire on Rondo’s vehicle, resulting in the death of Rondo’s cousin, Lul Pab.
- Key government witnesses, including cooperating gunman Kasey “OTF Jam” Hester and Durk’s personal assistant Kavon “OTF Vonnie” Grant, testified against Durk, but the defense challenged their credibility with contradictory testimony from Hester’s wife and Shekema Springfield, who called Grant a liar.
- The defense argued that Grant, not Durk, orchestrated the attack out of a personal vendetta related to King Von’s death, while Durk’s lawyer maintained that Durk expressed his anger through music rather than violence.
- FBI testimony detailed Durk’s arrest near Miami International Airport, including surveillance of his movements, but no fake identification or passports were found during the arrest.
