Prosecutors In Lil Durk Trial Detail Plan To Call Cooperating Witnesses To Testify

In a new filing this week, they reportedly revealed that they will call upon multiple cooperating witnesses to take the stand. The government’s proposed evidence also provides critical corroboration of its multiple cooperating witnesses, who are anticipated to testify that [Durk] ordered the violence in
Los Angeles, used intermediaries to recruit others to carry out the scheme, and promised a reward for carrying out the murder,” the filing reportedly reads.

However, defense attorneys previously fought to block certain testimony and evidence from the federal Los Angeles trial due to unfair exchanges of information in the trial process. They also claim that this evidence and testimony unfairly paints the Chicago rapper and his OTF collective as a criminal organization.

Still, the government stood by their witness plans. These testimonies will supposedly detail the planning, execution, funding, and rewards of an alleged murder-for-hire plot in Los Angeles. They oppose the defense’s arguments against testimony and evidence, citing it as key to understanding the relationships between Smurk, his codefendants, and his alleged targets.

Defense lawyers also hinted that they will question the motives and truthfulness of the witnesses federal prosecutors plan to call to testify. Prosecutors reportedly acknowledged this, but do not find that this should keep the testimonies from the trial’s jury.

An August 2022 shooting in Los Angeles injured Rondo and killed his cousin Lul Pab. Prosecutors claim Durk organized this attack, coordinated travel logistics, and promised to pay the assailants for it.