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credits to u/DurkAllDay on twitter aka Durk’s Imaginary Manager for providing the documents

Judge Fitzgerald ruled on Durk’s motion to stop the government’s gang expert, Chicago PD Detective Kevin Kilroy, from giving certain testimony.

Durk’s defense wanted Kilroy completely excluded, but the judge said NO to that. the motion was GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.

Kilroy can still testify, but only about certain things.

he can explain gang terms used in evidence, the practice of retaliation after a gang member is killed, some basic Black Disciples background when it’s needed to understand the case, and issues with getting phone records in gang related investigations.

the judge also said Kilroy is qualified to give this limited testimony because of his experience investigating gang related crimes in Chicago.

BUT Kilroy cannot talk about a lot of the other stuff the government wanted him to talk about. the judge excluded topics 2 through 7 from his disclosure. he also cannot give general information about the Gangster Disciples or talk about gang rivalries that have nothing to do with this case.

Kilroy also cannot personally say that Durk or the other defendants are members of a certain gang. he can talk about facts that the government may use to argue that, but he cannot give his own opinion saying they are gang members.

he also cannot testify about personally arresting Durk.

the judge also made it clear that gang evidence cannot become “the entire theme of the trial.” the jury will be questioned about possible bias toward gang evidence during voir dire and they will get instructions explaining how they are allowed to use the gang evidence.

the government also cannot call this “a gang related murder case.”

Durk’s defense will have Dr. Lance Williams as a rebuttal expert. he can only respond to the limited opinions Kilroy is allowed to give, and the government cannot use his testimony as a reason to bring back evidence the judge already excluded.

Durk also asked the judge to make a ruling on additional gang evidence from PW 1’s July 9 FBI interview. the judge denied that request WITHOUT PREJUDICE, meaning the defense can still object at trial if specific gang related testimony comes up. the same limits from this ruling will apply to fact witnesses too.

so basically, Durk did NOT get the gang expert completely thrown out, but the judge heavily limited what he can say and is taking steps to make sure the gang evidence does not take over the trial.

the government filed a statement about voir dire, which is the jury selection process.

basically, the government wants all potential witnesses, including Durk’s defense witnesses, listed on the jury questionnaire and wants the names given to them.

their argument is that knowing who the witnesses are would help them question potential jurors about whether they already know the case, know any of the witnesses, or might be biased.

they also argue that giving them the witness names wouldn’t reveal much about Durk’s defense strategy, especially since the court is considering giving the jury pool the names of all the witnesses in alphabetical order.

so basically, the government is asking the judge to make Durk’s side disclose the names of their potential witnesses so both sides can properly question the jurors during jury selection.

this was filed by the government on August 18, 2026.

thanks to Durk’s Imaginary Manager @ DurkAllDay on twitter for providing the document. i just broke it down simply for u guys.

shoutout to Mel (@youvegtMEL) on X for all the court updates today. this is just a summary of the information she provided, put together for redditors.

Exhibit 209

the government brought up a text conversation from a few weeks after Von’s death. they say Durk was talking about not celebrating New Years because Von was dead and nobody was doing anything about it. he also mentioned Rondo and said they had the location.

Exhibit 216

texts from around the time the OTF trap house was raided were discussed. according to the government, Durk and the others believed PW-1 was working with the feds. the government says PW-1’s cooperation eventually led to several search warrants being executed at the house.

Motion in Limine #6

the government originally wanted 19 songs/excerpts admitted. the judge made them narrow it down to 2.

they chose Back Again and Still Running.

both were admitted.

Back Again

the government focused on the lyrics about Jam getting out and Durk giving him money, along with the line about him catching murders.

the government says PW-1 will testify about the lyrics and their significance.

Still Running

the government focused on the lyrics about spinning for Von and shooting at people.

they also brought up Rondo’s November 6 interview where he was sitting in a Rolls Royce.

Gang theory

the defense argued that this case started as a murder-for-hire case and that the government is now trying to make it about gangs.

they also argued that even if the motive was revenge for Von, that doesn’t automatically mean the murder was gang-related. they said it could have been connected to a music dispute or something else.

the government responded by showing Exhibit 115, a text conversation they say supports their theory that the case involves gang activity.

in the text, Durk says “Real Gangsta,” the response says “4Sho went out gangsta,” and Durk says “I gotta go all out for him.”

the government says Durk did this because Von was a respected gang member and that the text supports their theory about the motive.

Anonymous jury

the judge ruled that the jurors’ names will stay hidden from the defendants.

the attorneys will know who the jurors are, but Durk and the other defendants won’t.

Durk’s team withdrew their request for the defendants to have access to the names.

that’s everything important from today’s updates.

CREDIT/SOURCE: Mel (@youvegtMEL) on X