Overview
- Prosecutors filed a Third Superseding Indictment in early June that added VICAR racketeering and related counts and tied in alleged violent acts from Chicago and Atlanta.
- Durk’s team filed a motion on June 26 asking the judge to sever the new racketeering counts or dismiss the latest indictment on speedy‑trial grounds.
- Defense lawyers say the government produced massive new discovery in late June that forced them to review terabytes of material weeks before the scheduled August 20 trial.
- Durk has been detained since his October 2024 arrest and his lawyers argue that adding life‑exposure racketeering counts now would require more time and violate his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial.
- A July 27 hearing before Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald will decide whether the new counts stay in the Los Angeles case, a ruling that could reshape the trial schedule, scope of evidence, and whether separate trials are necessary.