EXCLUSIVE: Lil Durk Gets Bond Hearing After Beating Murder-For-Hire Charges

Lil Durk will ask a federal judge to release him before a second trial that places the January 2022 killing of Stephon Mack at the center of the government’s racketeering case.

U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald scheduled a bond review for November 4 at 2:30 P.M. after receiving a request from Durk’s attorneys.

The September 18 ruling also orders the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Office to attend and “provide an updated bail report to the Court.”

Durk, whose legal name is Durk Banks, remains in federal custody despite being acquitted of all five charges in his first murder-for-hire trial.

Lil Durk made multiple attempts to secure his release before requesting another bond hearing. The court denied his first request in December 2024. In May 2025, his attorneys returned with a revised bond package worth more than $2 million, including $900,000 in real estate, $1 million in cash from Alamo Records and $150,000 from a business associate.

Durk also offered to submit to GPS monitoring, home confinement, strict court supervision and round-the-clock surveillance by the licensed Arsec Group.

The private security firm would have controlled access to his residence, tracked his movements in real time and reported any violation directly to the court.

Magistrate Judge Patricia Donahue denied the proposal after prosecutors raised concerns about alleged international travel plans following his co-defendants’ arrests and the potential danger he could pose if released.

His next legal battle involves prosecutors’ claim that Durk operated Only The Family as a criminal enterprise that rewarded violence against rivals. The remaining racketeering case reaches back beyond the 2022 Los Angeles attack involving Quando Rondo and includes allegations surrounding Mack’s death in Chicago.

Mack, 24, was leaving the Youth Peace Center of Roseland on January 27, 2022, when two gunmen emerged from a vehicle and opened fire. Mack was shot in the head and chest. A security guard was wounded but survived.

Federal prosecutors charged Anthony Montgomery-Wilson and Preston Powell with carrying out Mack’s killing in exchange for money.

Durk was not separately charged in Illinois with Mack’s murder. However, prosecutors later brought the shooting into his California racketeering case as evidence of what they describe as a broader pattern of paid violence connected to OTF.

The alleged motive involves the June 2021 killing of Durk’s brother, Dontay “DThang” Banks Jr.

Federal investigators claimed a Gangster Disciples faction connected to a group called Dump Street was responsible for DThang’s death. Mack was allegedly a leader in another Gangster Disciples faction called Smashville, which authorities say had ties to Dump Street.

Prosecutors allege Durk responded to his brother’s killing by offering money for the deaths of people connected to the Gangster Disciples.

The government’s evidence includes messages allegedly exchanged by Montgomery-Wilson and Powell after Mack was killed.

“Wassup with otf,” Powell allegedly wrote. Later, he reportedly asked, “Did durk gave u that money.”

Both men eventually pleaded guilty to participating in Mack’s killing for promised payment. However, neither man identified Durk by name while entering his plea.

Prosecutors also claim they possess a jailhouse confession from a participant who discussed the motive and collecting money from members or associates of what the indictment calls the Banks Gang Enterprise.

Durk’s lawyers say prosecutors have no direct witness connecting him to Mack’s murder. They have described the government’s case as circumstantial and accused prosecutors of “recycling old accusations” as a backup plan after waiting until June 2026 to expand the case.

The defense also noted that prosecutors previously indicated they were not planning to introduce the Mack allegations at the first trial.

Fitzgerald ultimately separated the new racketeering counts from the original murder-for-hire prosecution. That allowed Durk to proceed to trial without forcing his attorneys to defend the Mack allegations at the same time.

The first trial concerned the August 2022 attack targeting Tyquian “Quando Rondo” Bowman in Los Angeles. Quando Rondo survived, but his cousin, Saviay’a “Lul Pab” Robinson, was killed.

Prosecutors claimed Durk financed the attack as revenge for the death of Dayvon “King Von” Bennett. Jurors deliberated for three days before clearing Durk of every charge.

Co-defendants Deondre “DeDe” Wilson and David “Browneyez” Lindsey were acquitted of murder-for-hire charges but convicted of three stalking-related counts.

The acquittal gives Durk’s defense a stronger argument for release. Prosecutors can counter that the Mack allegations and remaining racketeering counts still make him a danger or flight risk.

Fitzgerald denied earlier release requests despite bond packages involving millions of dollars, home confinement, private security and electronic monitoring.

The November hearing will force the court to weigh Durk’s acquittal against the unresolved Mack allegations. The September 18 order does not provide a new date for the second trial.