'Consumed with Revenge': Trial Underway for Grammy Winner, Lil Durk, Accused of Murder-for-Hire
Prosecutors say Lil Durk used his wealth and OTF associates to finance a revenge plot after King Von’s killing, while the defense denies any role.
- Opening statements began Monday in the federal murder-for-hire trial of Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk, legal name Durk Banks, as prosecutors alleged he orchestrated a plot to kill rival Atlanta rapper Tyquian Bowman in 2022.
- Prosecutors contend Banks, "consumed with revenge," sought to kill Bowman after a close friend, Dayvon King Von Bennett, was killed at an Atlanta nightclub two years earlier, allegedly using his wealth to fund the operation.
- An alleged hit team traveled from Chicago to Los Angeles in August 2022, firing at least 18 rounds at Bowman's vehicle during a botched gas station ambush near Beverly Center that killed his cousin, Saviay'a Robinson.
- Defense attorney Marissa Goldberg argued Banks had "nothing to do with" the shooting, placing blame on former personal assistant Kavon Vonnie Grant, who pleaded guilty and is seeking leniency by blaming the rapper.
- The trial is expected to last at least three weeks, with Banks facing a potential life sentence if convicted on conspiracy and murder-for-hire charges; three co-conspirators who took plea deals are expected to testify.
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Lil Durk's Defense Points to OTF Vonnie as Mastermind in Alleged Murder Plot
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Lil Durk’s Defense Blames OTF Vonnie as Three OTF Insiders Flip for Prosecutors
Three men once connected to Lil Durk are expected to become prosecution witnesses as the rapper’s federal murder-for-hire trial gets underway in Los Angeles. Prosecutors revealed during opening statements that Kavon “OTF Vonni” Grant, Kacey “OTF Jam” Hester and Keith “Flacka” Jones have pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with the government. Jurors are expected to hear their accounts of the alleged plot at the center of Durk’s case. “This is…
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