Lil Durk Beats the Rap: Federal Jury Says Not Guilty on Murder-for-Hire
It turns out Lil Durk won't be trading his Grammy for a prison jumpsuit after all.
So, Lil Durk just walked free from a federal trial where the government tried to prove he bankrolled a hit on a rival rapper to settle a grudge. The jury spent three days deliberating before deciding there wasn't enough there to lock him up for life. He literally cried in court when the verdict dropped.
The whole thing started after his associate King Von was killed, sparking a chaotic chain of events that landed Lil Durk in handcuffs while he was trying to hop on a private plane to Italy. Two other guys in the case weren't as lucky—they got tagged with stalking charges that led to a death, so they're looking at life behind bars, even if the main murder-for-hire charge didn't stick for the group.
It’s wild how a Grammy winner can go from the red carpet to an international flight arrest and back to walking free in the span of a couple years. The justice system works in mysterious, expensive ways.
Source: UPI
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