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Lil Durk Trial Nears Deliberations as Jury Grows Restless

A conviction would carry a possible life sentence.

Overview

  • Prosecutors are closing their case with two witnesses left after multiple cooperating witnesses testified that Durk ordered the 2022 Beverly Hills gas‑station ambush that killed Saviay'a “Lul Pab” Robinson.
  • An FBI agent detailed what prosecutors called an escape plan, pointing to flight bookings and federal interception at the Fort Lauderdale fixed‑base operator that they say followed warning of search warrants.
  • The government paired witness accounts with phone records, GPS data, surveillance footage, one‑way flight bookings, private‑plane logs and a credit card link to show payments and travel tied to the alleged plot.
  • Durk’s defense has focused on discrediting cooperators by highlighting plea deals, inconsistent statements and alleged motives for revenge, arguing prosecutors made Durk a scapegoat.
  • Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald set a tentative schedule that could send the case to closing arguments and jury deliberations on Tuesday or Wednesday after Labor Day, and he allowed limited use of Durk’s lyrics and media as evidence.