Overview
- Kacey “OTF Jam” Hester testified Wednesday that Lil Durk helped organize an August 2022 operation aimed at rival rapper Quando Rondo and that the group instead killed Rondo’s cousin, Saviay’a “Lul Pab” Robinson.
- Hester gave step‑by‑step operational details about flights to San Diego, a Walmart trip for hoodies and gloves, vehicle staging near Rondo’s Los Angeles hotel, and a dispensary worker who allegedly lured Rondo outside.
- He said Durk was on a separate phone during a key call, travelers were told not to contact Durk directly, and one cooperator later FaceTimed Durk while the group moved toward Los Angeles.
- Prosecutors are pairing Hester’s testimony with surveillance footage, travel and transaction records to place Durk near the planning process while the defense prepares to attack cooperators’ credibility and to challenge use of private messages and lyrics as evidence.
- The case, which involves guilty pleas by several co‑defendants and carries potential life sentences on the current counts, will test how courts weigh cooperating witnesses and creative or digital material in violent‑crime prosecutions.