{"id":2508610,"date":"2026-07-19T20:57:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2508610"},"modified":"2026-07-19T20:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:57:02","slug":"lil-durk-will-have-racketeering-charges-excluded-from-upcoming-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lil-durk-will-have-racketeering-charges-excluded-from-upcoming-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Durk Will Have Racketeering Charges Excluded From Upcoming Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lil Durk;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/lil-durk\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Lil Durk<\/a> just scored a major legal victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Chicago rapper, already facing trial in a federal murder-for-hire case, was battling to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:toss out;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/lil-durk-files-motion-sever-215926245.html\" class=\"internal-link\">toss out<\/a> several newly-added <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:racketeering counts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/lil-durks-legal-team-argues-133649034.html\" class=\"internal-link\">racketeering counts<\/a>. And on Tuesday (July 14), he won.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The judge in the case, Michael W. Fitzgerald, ordered that the racketeering charges, added in early June, will be severed from Durk&#8217;s case and tried later. 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