{"id":6390,"date":"2025-06-10T03:34:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T03:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/lil-durk-loses-bail-request-in-murder-for-hire-case-over-dubai-flight\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T03:34:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T03:34:15","slug":"lil-durk-loses-bail-request-in-murder-for-hire-case-over-dubai-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/lil-durk-loses-bail-request-in-murder-for-hire-case-over-dubai-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Durk Loses Bail Request in Murder-for-Hire Case Over Dubai Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tLil Durk has once again been ordered to stay in jail without bail until his murder-for-hire trial, with a federal judge finding that the rapper attempted to flee to Dubai before his arrest and might try to escape again if let free.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Chicago drill star (Durk Banks) has been incarcerated in Los Angeles since he was charged last year with ordering members of his Only the Family (OTF) crew to carry out a 2022 attack on rival rapper Quando Rondo that left another man dead.<\/p>\n

\n\tDurk\u2019s lawyers sought his release after controversial references to the rapper\u2019s lyrics were removed from his indictment, arguing that the updated charges are merely a \u201cweak patchwork of unsupported and non-specific allegations.\u201d A magistrate judge rejected that request in May, and the more senior Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald agreed on Monday (June 9) that Durk must stay in jail until his scheduled October trial.<\/p>\n

\n\tJudge Fitzgerald\u2019s ruling said Durk is a flight risk, citing prosecutors\u2019 contention that he tried to get on a flight to Dubai ahead of his arrest. The United Arab Emirates does not have an extradition treaty with the U.S. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe defense has made no showing that the specific trip to Dubai was pre-planned,\u201d wrote Judge Fitzgerald. \u201cThe court accepts that defendant has business and spiritual reasons to travel to the Middle East. There is no evidence that he intended to do so that day for any reason apart from the murder and resulting arrests of the co-defendants.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe judge also was not convinced that Durk\u2019s proposed $4.5 million bail package would be enough incentive to stop him from fleeing. The ruling noted that $1 million of that money has been put up by Durk\u2019s label Alamo Records, and \u201cthere is no moral suasion on defendant to prevent a corporation to lose money.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile Durk has proposed putting up the remaining $3 million cash bail himself, Judge Fitzgerald pointed out that this amount is \u201conly a fraction of defendant\u2019s net worth.\u201d The rapper could easily give up those funds, flee abroad and still earn a \u201chandsome living\u201d off his intellectual property, said the judge. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tJudge Fitzgerald additionally found that Durk would pose a danger to witnesses in the case if he were let out of jail. The ruling cited newly-unsealed evidence in a separate Chicago murder-for-hire case that Durk is linked to, though not charged in, which suggests he tried to place a bounty on the family member of a witness.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe government\u2019s additional evidence points to a danger to anyone in this case who might testify against defendant,\u201d said the judge. \u201cAs the magistrate judge concluded, \u2018defendant uses his money, influence and power to endanger individuals whom he perceives as a threat.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tA spokesperson for the prosecution declined to comment on Judge Fitzgerald\u2019s decision. Durk\u2019s attorney did not immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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