Overview
- A federal jury in Los Angeles found Durk Banks, known as Lil Durk, not guilty on all five counts in the Beverly Center 2022 murder‑for‑hire and stalking case after three days of deliberation on Friday.
- Prosecutors had built their case with surveillance video, travel and phone records, credit‑card data, and testimony from cooperating witnesses who pleaded in exchange for deals.
- Durk’s defense urged jurors to reject those witnesses as self‑interested and pointed to Kavon 'OTF Vonni' Grant as an alternate suspect during closing arguments.
- Two co‑defendants, Deandre 'OTF DeDe' Wilson and David 'Browneyez' Lindsey, were acquitted of murder‑for‑hire counts but convicted on stalking‑related charges and will be sentenced after the remaining proceedings.
- The acquittal removes the murder‑for‑hire exposure but does not end Durk’s legal risk because he will face a separate racketeering, murder‑in‑aid‑of‑racketeering, and firearms trial on October 5 and prosecutors may pursue civil claims from the victim’s family.