Lil Durk is now facing accusations of financing efforts to eliminate witnesses tied to his 2022 murder case, according to newly revealed court filings.

Federal prosecutors allege that the 30-year-old Chicago native utilized his wealth and influence to put bounties on individuals connected to the case, including the family member of a witness.

The claims surfaced as part of ongoing proceedings linking Lil Durk to the fatal shooting of 24-year-old gang leader Stephon Mack outside the Youth Peace Center of Roseland in Chicago.

Mack, an alleged Gangster Disciples leader, was gunned down in January 2022.

The allegations paint a broader picture of Lil Durk’s purported strategies, which authorities argue center on silencing potential threats.

“Lil Durk’s modus operandi is clear: he will use his power, his money, and his influence…to endanger anyone who he perceives as a threat, including witnesses in this case,” prosecutors stated in court documents.

They allege these actions have been carried out covertly via intermediaries, even as Durk remained scrutinized and locked up.

Lil Durk’s legal troubles stem in part from prosecutors’ determination to tie him to a series of retaliatory actions they believe were orchestrated following the 2021 killing of his brother Dontay Banks, also known as DThang.

Investigators cite social media activity, song lyrics, including references in Durk’s track “Ahhh Haa,” and recorded prison calls as evidence of his involvement in multiple violent plots.

Despite his position as a prominent figure in the Drill music genre and a father of several children, Lil Durk remains a focal point of federal investigations into gang violence.

He’s not yet been formally charged in Mack’s murder, but mounting evidence continues to fuel the federal government’s argument to hold him in custody during pretrial proceedings.

Lil Durk is being held for his alleged involvement in a suspected murder-for-hire plot with five men associated within his OTF collective.

Federal prosecutors in California indicted Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey and Asa Houston for conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and murder-for-hire involving a death.

Lil Durk is accused of paying the men to kill rapper Quando Rondo. Instead, they fatally shot Quando Rondo’s cousin Saviay’a Robinson in Los Angeles in August 2022.

The shooting was believed to be in retaliation for Quando Rondo’s alleged involvement in the death of fellow rapper King Von in November 2020.

King Von, real name Dayvon Daquan Bennett, died aged 26 after being shot multiple times during an altercation in Atlanta, Georgia.

The latest revelations presented by prosecutors played a key role in a judge’s decision to deny Lil Durk’s multimillion-dollar bail proposal, keeping him locked up at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles.

The court determined that no combination of conditions could reasonably assure the safety of witnesses and others involved in the case if Durk were to be released.

Lil Durk remains behind bars after a judge rejected his request for bond. 

On Thursday (December 13), attorneys for the Chicago rapper reportedly proposed an extensive bail package, including $2.3 million in property and $1 million cash from Sony Music. The defense also offered electronic monitoring, 24-hour security at a secure property, and the handover of all electronic devices. 

Prosecutors say the proposed bond conditions were “woefully inadequate.” They argued Banks is a danger to the community and labeled him a flight risk, stating the evidence against Lil Durk warranted his detention.  

U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia Donahue agreed, telling the Los Angeles court, “I find that there is no condition or combination of conditions that will reasonably assure the safety of the community.” 

She added, “The allegations are not that the defendant personally pulled the trigger. The allegations are that the defendant exercises a significant amount of control over others.”   

Lil Durk was arrested in October for his alleged involvement in a murder-for-hire plot. The rapper and five other men were indicted on federal charges for allegedly plotting to kill rapper Quando Rondo in retaliation for King Von’s 2020 murder. 

His trial date is set for January 7, 2025. Lil Durk faces life in prison if convicted. 

Lil Durk Allegedly Tied To “Other Murders”

Meanwhile, prosecutors linked Durk to another murder, the killing of an alleged gang leader outside a community center on the Far South Side of Chicago in 2022. 

A newly unsealed indictment accuses Lil Durk of funding a murder-for-hire plot in retaliation for the 2021 killing of his brother, Dontay Banks. According to the filing, Durk orchestrated the slaying of Stephon Mack in January 2022. The FBI claims Mack was the leader of the Smashville faction of the Gangster Disciples at the time.  

“Lil Durk was and still is offering money for people to kill those responsible for his brother’s murder, and more specifically, offering to pay money for any Gangster Disciple that is killed,” a federal agent wrote in the warrant application filed April 2023. 

Prosecutors also argued Durk’s alleged ties to “other murders,” the Chicago Tribune reports.   

“Evidence collected in this case also shows (the) defendant has allegedly placed monetary bounties to solicit other murders, including a family member of a witness,” prosecutors wrote. “Defendant’s modus operandi is clear: he will use his power, his money, his influence, and any pretrial release to endanger anyone who he perceives as a threat, including witnesses in this case.”