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Durk Banks

Federal trial of the rapper known as Lil Durk in a 2022 Los Angeles murder-for-hire case.

Acquitted
last updated 10 October 2026 · 5 sources
Confirmed facts
15
Open questions
6
Trial opened
24 Aug 2026
Charges
Mixed verdicts
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Case file D C zero one seven three, Durk Banks, concerns the federal trial of the rapper known as Lil Durk in a twenty twenty-two Los Angeles murder-for-hire case. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, Banks formed Only the Family in twenty ten. The office described it as an organization that produced and sold hip-hop music from Chicago-area artists. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said several OTF members and associates tracked and attempted to kill T.B. on August nineteenth, twenty twenty-two, before a shooting near the Beverly Center. The Los Angeles Times identified the person killed as twenty-four-year-old Saviay’a Robinson. The Los Angeles Times reported Banks’ federal trial opened in Los Angeles on August twenty-fourth, twenty twenty-six. The paper reported prosecutors alleged Banks sought revenge, while defense attorney Marissa Goldberg denied his involvement. The Los Angeles Times and AP reported that, on September eleventh, twenty twenty-six, a federal jury found Banks not guilty of the charges tried against him. They reported David Lindsey and Deandre Wilson were convicted on stalking-related counts and acquitted on murder-for-hire charges. The file’s open questions include the current status of Banks’ severed racketeering count, and what motions, sentencing dates, or appeals may follow for Lindsey and Wilson. This has been an automated reading of case file D C zero one seven three at developing case dot com. Every fact you heard names a public source.

Timeline of what's confirmed15 entries
2010
The U.S. Attorney's Office said Durk Banks formed Only the Family, described as an organization that produced and sold hip-hop music from Chicago-area artists.
U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California
6 November 2020
The U.S. Attorney's Office said Dayvon Bennett, known as King Von, was killed by an associate of a person identified in court documents as T.B.; the Los Angeles Times reported Bennett was fatally shot after a fistfight with Tyquian Bowman outside an Atlanta hookah lounge.
U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California; Los Angeles Times
19 August 2022
The U.S. Attorney's Office said several OTF members and associates tracked and attempted to kill T.B. for hours before a shooting at a gas station near the Beverly Center in Los Angeles.
U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California
19 August 2022
The Los Angeles Times identified the person killed in the 2022 gas-station shooting as Saviay’a Robinson, 24, and reported he was Tyquian Bowman's cousin.
Los Angeles Times
17 October 2024
The U.S. Attorney's Office said an indictment charged Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey and Asa Houston in connection with the August 2022 killing.
U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California
17 October 2024
The U.S. Attorney's Office said Banks was arrested near Miami International Airport after law enforcement learned he had been booked on multiple international flights.
U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California
7 November 2024
The U.S. Attorney's Office said a superseding federal indictment added Banks as the lead defendant and charged him with conspiracy, use of interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire resulting in death, and firearms counts tied to a crime of violence resulting in death.
U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California
24 August 2026
The Los Angeles Times reported that Banks' federal murder-for-hire trial got underway in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Times
24 August 2026
The Los Angeles Times reported that prosecutors told jurors Banks sought revenge after Bennett's killing and alleged he used coded language to offer payment for Bowman's killing.
Los Angeles Times
24 August 2026
The Los Angeles Times reported that defense attorney Marissa Goldberg denied Banks' involvement and argued former assistant Kavon Grant, who had pleaded guilty and become a cooperating witness, was responsible for logistics.
Los Angeles Times
24 August 2026
The Los Angeles Times reported that Banks, David Lindsey and Deondre Wilson were on trial together, and that all three denied the charges against them.
Los Angeles Times
11 September 2026
A federal jury found Durk Banks not guilty of the charges tried against him, including murder-for-hire and stalking-related counts tied to the 2022 shooting.
Los Angeles Times; AP · added 10 Oct 2026
11 September 2026
A federal jury convicted David Lindsey and Deandre Wilson of conspiracy to commit stalking, stalking using a dangerous weapon, and stalking resulting in death, and acquitted them on murder-for-hire charges.
Los Angeles Times; AP · added 10 Oct 2026
11 September 2026
AP reported that Banks remained in custody pending a forthcoming trial on a severed racketeering count.
AP · added 10 Oct 2026
5 October 2026
The Los Angeles Times reported that Banks' second trial on a racketeering charge was set for this date.
Los Angeles Times · added 10 Oct 2026
Open questionsunconfirmed · not conclusions
What evidence will the jury accept or reject about the alleged payment or bounty?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
How will jurors assess the testimony of cooperating witnesses who have reached plea agreements?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
What is the precise status of the other charged defendants not currently on trial?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
How will the court address any disputed use of lyrics, coded language or communications evidence?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
What is the current status of Banks' severed racketeering count after the reported 5 October 2026 trial setting?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
What post-trial motions, sentencing dates, or appeals will follow for Lindsey and Wilson after the jury verdicts?unconfirmed · unconfirmed
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