The trial of rapper Lil Durk is nearing a potential end with the jury deliberating on a decision after closing arguments at the Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday, August 9.
Brian Steel, and Christy O’Connor (Lil Durk’s attorneys) “hereby files this application renewing his request to admit additional portions of Mr. “In the alternative, Mr. Banks requests a curative instruction, directing the jury’s attention to the government’s arguments and reminding the jury that its verdict may be based on the government’s failure to bring it complete evidence of Mr. Banks’ statements in that interview.”
Which is covering the trial live, the defense attorneys have filed a motion for an emergency hearing over the Lil Durk’s interview with DJ Akademiks, according to Los Angeles Magazine . They alleged the prosecution played selectively edited-out clips from the trial during the closing arguments to construct a “brazen confession” for murder-for-hire. Banks’ statements to DJ Akademiks (…) in light of the government’s misleading arguments in its rebuttal closing,” the filing stated, according to LA Magazine.
