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"Consumed with revenge": Trial underway for Grammy winner, Lil Durk, accused of murder-for-hire

Los Angeles Times · August 24, 2026 at 5:49 PM

In rapper Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial, prosecutors painted him as a man "consumed with revenge," after the death of his close friend Dayvon Bennett, known as King Von.

Durk Banks' defense attorneys place the blame on his former personal assistant.

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"Consumed with revenge": Trial underway for Grammy winner, Lil Durk, accused of murder-for-hire

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