Lil Durk Trial Week 2 Recap: Defense Witness Calls Key Cooperator ‘A Liar and a Thief’
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Billboard is running down the key moments from the second week of the murder-for-hire trial.
Por Billboard | 04/09/2026
The second and final week of evidence in Lil Durk ’s trial featured more government witnesses who said the rap star organized a murder — but also a defense case that questioned the credibility of that testimony. You’re reading Billboard ‘s weekly Lil Durk trial recap, a one-sheet breakdown of everything that happened in the murder-for-hire case over the past week. Stay tuned here each Friday for all the testimony and big events you might have missed. Related Tupac Murder Verdict, DMX Estate Battle, Dolly Parton Ruling & More Top Music Law News Tupac Shakur's Family Reacts to Duane 'Keffe D' Davis' Murder Conviction: 'This Is Not the End of the Story' Major Lazer to Headline Melbourne's New Year's at the Bowl Durk is charged with ordering his Only the Family (OTF) crew to kill rival rapper Quando Rondo in retaliation for the 2020 killing of his close friend and collaborator King Von . Rondo was shot at a Los Angeles gas station in 2022 and survived, but Rondo’s cousin, known as Lul Pab, was killed in the crossfire. In the trial that began Aug. 24 , prosecutors have built their case around testimony from co-conspirators who have pleaded guilty to the murder and claim Durk was behind the plot. One of the men who shot at Rondo, Kacey “OTF Jam” Hester, took the witness stand in the first week and called the attack “sloppy.” A second shooter, Keith “Flacka” Jones, testified on Monday (Aug. 31) that Durk promised him $1 million to kill Rondo but never followed through with the payment. Durk’s former assistant, Kavon “Vonnie” Grant, told the jury on Tuesday (Sept. 1) that he coordinated the logistics of the 2022 shooting but kept Durk updated each step of the way. He said Durk was “excited” and “joyful” when news broke of Pab’s death. “Finally, we got somebody for the revenge of King Von’s death,” said Vonnie of Durk’s reaction, according to trial transcripts reviewed by Billboard . Durk says he had nothing to do with the shooting, and his lawyers have argued that all the cooperating witnesses are lying to shorten their own prison sentences. Defense attorney Drew Findling went particularly hard during the cross-examination of Vonnie, whom Durk’s team claims was the actual mastermind of the murder. Related Bankroll Freddie’s Rap Lyrics Were Fair Game at Drug and Gun Trial, Court Says Findling played numerous recordings of phone calls Vonnie has made from jail, including one in which he said that the trial testimony would be his “time to shine” and “perform,” as well as others where he’s heard discussing plans to make money selling his story to a TV show. “You were willing to sacrifice people, whether it’s their lives or whether it’s their freedom, so you can walk away. Is that correct?” Findling asked Vonnie. Vonnie replied “no” to that question, and then asked Findling himself, “Who wouldn’t want to get out of jail?” “I don’t know,” responded Findling. “Maybe somebo