Overview
- Jury selection began Thursday, August 20, in Los Angeles, moving the two‑year investigation into the courtroom and prompting the court to assemble a 12‑member panel and four alternates.
- Prosecutors say they will present documentary evidence such as texts, flight and credit‑card records, security footage and iCloud photos along with a sealed list of potential witnesses that may include cooperating testimony.
- A federal judge has allowed limited excerpts of Durk’s music and interviews to be used at trial, including the 2021 “Pissed Me Off” music video, after weighing relevance against concerns about using art as proof of bad character.
- Durk, who has pleaded not guilty and has been held in federal custody since his October 17, 2024 arrest, faces counts that carry a possible life sentence if convicted while prosecutors have declined to seek the death penalty.
- Earlier pretrial rulings severed additional racketeering‑related counts into a separate case, leaving the Los Angeles trial focused on the August 2022 attack that killed Quando Rondo’s cousin and on contested questions of motive and evidence.