Lil Durk’s legal battles will extend into the new year. The Chicago native, whose legal name is Durk Banks, was due to stand trial on federal racketeering charges on Oct. 5, 2026.
According to “XXL,” United States District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald ruled that the trial would be moved to Aug. 30, 2027. Banks faces VICAR (Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering) charges, which were initially filed ahead of Durk’s murder-for-hire trial this summer. The rapper’s legal team, along with the lawyers for his co-defendants DeAndre Wilson and David Lindsey’s attorneys, joined the request for a new trial.
“The case is so unusual and so complex, due to the nature of the prosecution, including the conspiracy charges against all defendants, the volume of discovery, and the number of defendants, that it is unreasonable to expect preparation for pre-trial proceedings or for the trial itself within the time limits established by the Speedy Trial Act,” the ruling explained.
Last month, the 33-year-old was found not guilty of all charges related to an alleged murder-for-hire plot against rival Quando Rondo in 2022, after a jury deliberated for two days. In total, he faced five different charges: conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire; use of interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire resulting in death; conspiracy to commit interstate stalking; interstate stalking involving a dangerous weapon; and interstate stalking resulting in death. Had he been convicted, he faced a possible life sentence behind bars.
Wilson and Lindsey were found guilty of stalking and stalking conspiracy but found not guilty of murder-for-hire.
To the youth, I need y’all to hear me,” he wrote in an Instagram post following the acquittal. “There were times in my life when I felt lost and couldn’t see beyond what was right in front of me.” He added, “I know how deeply your environment and surroundings can influence the way you think, the choices you make, and what you believe is possible for your life, but they don’t have to determine who you become.”
In the meantime, the Grammy-winner remains behind bars, and is scheduled for a bond review hearing on Nov. 4.
