{"id":3137,"date":"2024-10-29T19:57:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T19:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/lil-durk-charges-tory-lanez-case-kanye-adidas-deal-more-legal-news\/"},"modified":"2024-10-29T19:57:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T19:57:13","slug":"lil-durk-charges-tory-lanez-case-kanye-adidas-deal-more-legal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/lil-durk-charges-tory-lanez-case-kanye-adidas-deal-more-legal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Durk Charges, Tory Lanez Case, Kanye-Adidas Deal & More Legal News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tThis is The Legal Beat, a weekly newsletter about music law from<\/em> Billboard Pro, offering you a one-stop cheat sheet of big new cases, important rulings and all the fun stuff in between.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tThis week: Lil Durk faces federal murder-for-hire charges over allegedly ordering his associates to kill a rival rapper; Megan Thee Stallion\u2019s lawyer threatens legal action over false reports about Tory Lanez being declared \u201cinnocent\u201d; Ye and Adidas reach a settlement to resolve legal disputes over the end of their Yeezy partnership; and much more.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tTHE BIG STORY: Lil Durk Charged With Murder For Hire Plot<\/strong>\t<\/h2>\n

\n\tTwo years after the rapper Quando Rondo was ambushed by gunmen at a Los Angeles gas station, federal prosecutors charged Chicago drill star Lil Durk with ordering the attack \u2013\u2013an assault they say was retribution for the 2020 killing of rising star King Von.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Chicago rapper (real name Durk Devontay Banks) was arrested as he attempted to flee the country on a private jet, hours after several of his Only the Family associates were indicted on similar charges over their alleged involvement in the attack, which left Rondo unscathed but saw his cousin killed in the crossfire.<\/p>\n

\n\tMuch like the ongoing case in Atlanta against Young Thug and his YSL group, prosecutors say Only The Family was not merely a well-publicized group of Chicago rappers, but a \u201chybrid organization\u201d that also functioned as a criminal gang to carry out violent acts \u201cat the direction\u201d of Durk.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMr. Banks is charged with orchestrating a cold-blooded murder that resulted in the death of a rival\u2019s family member,\u201d said United States Attorney Martin Estrada<\/strong>. \u201cViolent gun crime of this sort is devastating to our community and we will have zero-tolerance for those who perpetrate such callous acts of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFor more, go read our full story here, which includes access to the actual charging documents unveiled against Durk.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tOther top stories\u2026<\/strong>\t<\/h2>\n

\n\tFAKE NEWS DEBUNKED<\/strong> \u2013 False claims circulated on social media over the weekend that a California appeals court had declared Tory Lanez \u201cinnocent\u201d in the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. That\u2019s not at all what actually happened, and now Megan\u2019s attorney is threatening legal action over the \u201cnonsense\u201d that went viral: \u201cThey\u2019re going to face consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDIDDY SUED YET AGAIN<\/strong> \u2013 Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs was hit with two new civil abuse lawsuits, including one that accused him of drugging and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in a New York City hotel room in 2005. The second case accused the hip-hop mogul of similarly assaulting a 17-year-old would-be contestant on the reality television series Making the Band<\/em> in 2008. Combs is currently in jail awaiting trial on sweeping federal criminal charges over decades of alleged sexual abuse.<\/p>\n

\n\tCHAOS IN YSL CASE <\/strong>\u2013 Young Thug\u2019s long-running Atlanta gang trial was once again thrown into chaos after a state\u2019s witness accidentally revealed sensitive information to the jury \u2014 a mistake the judge quickly attributed to \u201csloppiness\u201d from prosecutors. The move left the judge contemplating whether to declare a mistrial and sparked plea deal negotiations between the government and the defendants. It\u2019s only the latest delay in a criminal trial that has stretched across 10 months of jury selection and 11 months of testimony to become the longest-ever in state history.<\/p>\n

\n\tYEEZY SETTLEMENT<\/strong> \u2013 Adidas reached a settlement with Ye (formerly Kanye West) to resolve all outstanding legal claims stemming from the company\u2019s decision to end its partnership with the rapper and his Yeezy brand. The deal came two years after Adidas terminated its lucrative partnership with the rapper over his antisemitic statements and erratic behavior.<\/p>\n

\n\tDEPOSITION DRAMA<\/strong> \u2013 The Texas Supreme Court ruled that Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino<\/strong> must sit for a deposition in the ongoing litigation over the 2021 disaster at the Astroworld music festival, rejecting Live Nation\u2019s argument that the exec wasn\u2019t closely involved in festival operations. Victims\u2019 lawyers cited an email Rapino sent the night of the disaster ordering another employee to wait for more info before canceling the rest of the festival: \u201cIf 5 died we would cancel,\u201d he wrote in the message.<\/p>\n

\n\tWHAT\u2019S IN A NAME?<\/strong> Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s attorneys once again asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to register her daughter\u2019s name as a trademark, more than 12 years after she and Jay-Z first sought to lock up the intellectual property rights \u201cBlue Ivy Carter.\u201d In the latest filing, they pushed back on concerns that consumers might confuse Blue Ivy\u2019s name with another Blue Ivy: a single-store clothing boutique in Wisconsin that has used the name since before the young Carter was born.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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