Lil Durk Faces Life as Murder-for-Hire Trial Opens in Los Angeles
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Updated · KABC-TV · Aug 24
Lil Durk Faces Life as Murder-for-Hire Trial Opens in Los Angeles
3 articles · Updated · KABC-TV · Aug 24
Summary
Opening statements began Monday in Los Angeles federal court, where Lil Durk is on trial over allegations he ordered a hit on rival rapper Quando Rondo.
Prosecutors told jurors Durk Banks, 33, set in motion a plan to stalk, hunt and kill Tyquian Bowman, known as Quando Rondo, and said the alleged plot ended with Bowman's cousin being killed.
Banks has pleaded not guilty, and his defense team argued in court that he had no role in the alleged murder-for-hire scheme.
A conviction could send the Grammy-winning rapper to federal prison for life, raising the stakes as the case moves into evidence and witness testimony.