Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk and his legal team appeared at the First Street Courthouse in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning for a bond hearing in the federal racketeering charges (VICAR) he faces.
The claim that the value of the bond package is insignificant when compared to Lil Durk’s wealth and that submitting it won’t restrict him from fleeing the country. This story is being updated. Lil Durk was acquitted on September 11 in a separate murder-for-hire trial in Los Angeles.
Cole, both of whom had written letters to the judge requesting Lil Durk be released on bond. The high-profile bond hearing is set to take place as the rapper has managed to earn support from leading figures in hip hop. It includes rappers Jay-Z and J.
There was a strong anticipation after that that Lil Durk may be granted release in bond, given his trial in the VICAR charges is scheduled in August 2027.
In exchange, the rapper’s lawyer had proposed a “a robust” bond, which included royalties from some of Lil Durk’s popular tracks.
But at the pre-hearing Wednesday, things went awry for Lil Durk and his legal team as prosecutors requested that Lil Durk not be released on bond. Prosecutors at the Los Angeles courthouse filed a plea requesting the judge to reject the bond deal offered by Lil Durk’s legal team. They allege that Lil Durk is creating a crowd outside the courthouse and getting celebrities to speak for him to exert pressure on the court.
Prosecutors accused Durk and his associates of paying people to come out in support of him, according to Taylor Praise of Los Angeles Magazine.
