Lil Durk appeared in federal court in downtown Los Angeles Thursday, with a judge denied that his backup bid was released in Bond in hopes of orchestrating his murder on his charges at the Oct. 14 trial, resulting in the death of a man.
He was asked to plea for last week's second replacement indictment after the Grammy Award-winning "A Lifetime" rapper heard the ruling. "Innocence." He sat at the defensive table, wearing a beige prison uniform and knitted Kuffi hat to maintain consistency with the Muslim belief.
At the end of the hour-long hearing, the 32-year-old artist stood up and sat in the gallery with nearly twenty supporters smiling widely. He raised his right hand to his heart and nodded to all kinds of family and friends before our marshal.
"He's strong and focused," said the rapper's father Dontay "Big Durk" Bank. Rolling stones. "After reign you saw the smile on his face. He was still smiling. He was still strong. He stood firm. He was standing firm in his faith, you know, and believed that God would make a way for him."
Durk Banks-born Lil Durk proposes to securely pay a strict family detention program to Beverly Hills-based ARSEC and perform a strict family detention program with all-weather armed guards in preparation for the upcoming trial. He also added the cash portion of his proposed bail package, adding $150,000 to Alamo Records' previous $1 million.
During the oral debate, Drew Findling, the bank's chief attorney, said that a "strong" proposal was enough because the bank had no previous criminal record. Finlin said the situation in the case also changed when prosecutors filed their latest indictment last week. He said they "deleted" two of three "specific facts" in the previous indictment, allegedly citing the bank with the August 2022 shooting of Saviaya Robinson and a gas station near the Beverly Center Mall in Los Angeles.
Fenlin said in his speech by the judge that the prosecutors not only canceled the charge that the bank "profits through lyrics and celebrates death", but also canceled the charge that the bank directed a co-defendant to death with a "bounty" to Robinson. Findling argues that the new prosecution now depends only on a "full summary" of the bank's bounty for Robinson's cousin Tyquian Terrel Bowman, also known as Quando Rondo. (Prosecutors accused the bank of hoping Bowman died in Bowman for blaming him for the death of his childhood friend. Robinson killed Robinson the day a group of alleged killers opened fire in Bowman's car.
When it was his turn to speak, U.S. Assistant Attorney Ian Yanniello made the claim that the murder indictment rose or fell on lyrics that were no longer specifically cited. "This murder has nothing to do with the lyrics of (the bank) and it has nothing to do with his music. It's about his actions, allegedly allegedly suspected of sending killers to hunt, stalking and killing opponents," Yanniello said. He also claimed that the government did not "accept" anything.
"The government's allegations (banks) did actually commercialize his violence. But it's a question for another day," Yanniello said. He said the matter would be decided when the court allows evidence to file a motion at the trial.
Before she issued a ruling to deny the bank’s bonds, U.S. District Judge Patricia Donahue said she received a report claiming the bank “repeatedly used at least 13 other prisoner phone accounts to make calls.” She said it violated the rules of the facility. She also said the bank appears to be making three calls.
Findling believes that prisoners using other prisoner phone accounts is a common practice within federal detention centers. Banks did nothing other than connecting with their family, he said. The lawyer said he regularly contacted officials at Banks Detention Center and he heard “a compliment to Mr Banks’ actions” and his “commitment to the Muslim faith.”
When the judge issued the ruling, she still quoted the phone question. She said while the practice of using other prisoners’ phone accounts “may not be uncommon, it shows disrespect for the rules, which is exactly the court’s focus on flight risks.”
Judge Donahue said in denying the bank’s release that the charges against the rapper “remaining the worst, which is reflected in potential punishment.” According to prosecutors, the indictment charges that result in death are a mandatory minimum sentence.
After the hearing, Fenlin told Rolling stones He plans to appeal the bail ruling. The remaining “only” of the fact-based allegations remained in the indictment was on August 18, 2022, when the bank allegedly told an accomplice: “Don’t book any plane involving me without a name.” Prosecutors claimed that the text indicated that the bank was trying to cover up his involvement in the so-called killer movement.
"Replacing prosecution really only boils down to one particular fact. It's a disconnected text message," Findling is a well-known attorney known for representing NBA Youngboy, Cardi B and President Donald Trump. "It's totally about context. They don't know what it means. Apart from that, there is nothing directly to prove him with any direct evidence of the allegations in the indictment."
As Rolling stones Banks first reported in December since last year that Banks denied that he "trying to commercialize" the shooting. Prosecutors claimed in a previous indictment that the bank's song "The Wonderful Wayne & Jackie Boy" was released with Babyface Ray in December 2022, citing Banks' revenge on Bowman. In the song, Banks talks: “Look at the news, look at your son, you scream, ‘No, no.” Prosecutors claim that this is the reference to Bowman seeing Robinson’s body. At the Bond hearing on December 12, 2024, Finlin believed the song was recorded a few months before the shooting. He supported this by giving the song's swearing statement to Justin Gibson, producer.
"The well-known smoking gun happened, and then a few months later, Mr. Banks released a song to celebrate and commercialize it," Finlin told the court in December. "The song was recorded eight months before the event happened. … We have all the time stamps from the producers. This did not happen (shoot) in August 2022. This kind of music was made. The music was played by my client, about January 2022.
Findling and his joint consultant attacked the use of lyrics in a previous motion. Prosecutors then filed a second substitute prosecution without any lyrics last week. A hearing on the motion for dismissal is scheduled for June 2.