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Lil Durk trial: How is King Von’s death linked to Quando Rondo plot? Case revisited amid not guilty verdict

Lil Durk was found not guilty after prosecutors linked the alleged Quando Rondo attack to revenge for King Von’s 2020 death.

Lil Durk trial: How is King Von’s death linked to Quando Rondo plot? Case revisited amid not guilty verdict

Lil Durk has been found not guilty on all charges in his federal murder-for-hire trial in Los Angeles, which was reportedly linked to revenge for the death of King Von. The rapper, whose real name is Durk Devontay Banks, was accused of helping arrange a 2022 attack targeting Quando Rondo, who survived the shooting but his cousin, Saviay'a "Lul Pab" Robinson, was killed.

Prosecutors argued that the attack was in retaliation for King Von's death in Atlanta in 2020. The jury acquitted Durk on all five counts after deliberating for several days. The case focused on whether Durk knowingly helped arrange or pay for the attack, with the prosecution presenting cooperating witnesses and evidence, while his defense argued that a former associate was responsible and that government witnesses could not be trusted.

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