The Lil Durk trial caused a media uproar in hip-hop for various reasons, and his upcoming racketeering-related case will likely be no different. One of the most debated parts of the murder-for-hire proceedings was how Durk fans expressed anger at Trap Lore Ross. The hip-hop content creator characterized defense strategies as putting everything on the cooperating witnesses, which even led to Smurk supporters pressing Ross outside the courthouse.
After Lil Durk's acquittal on all counts in the murder-for-hire trial, TLR spoke to DJ Vlad on his VladTV platform to reflect on his experiences and respond to these criticisms. He said the notion that he wanted a guilty verdict is false, and later offered his thoughts on the upcoming VICAR case.
"I didn't want Durk to be found guilty," Ross expressed. "To be honest, I think not guilty is actually a good result for me. Because everyone that was saying, 'It's going to be your fault.' Well, what happened to that? I'm not the feds. I'm not responsible for this."
Elsewhere, he also posited the defense team raised enough reasonable doubt despite the prosecutors' evidence being strong, albeit insufficient. Also, Trap Lore Ross claimed someone threatened him in the courtroom on one particular day.
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"Somebody said they were going to punch me in my big Jew nose," he claimed. "It doesn't even really deserve the acknowledgement. I'm not actually Jewish... They really felt like they did something by saying that. I don't know if Durk heard that in the courtroom or if word got back to him. But that was the day I pretty much got home and then saw the message had come from Durk to leave me alone. All of that stuff, I don't think it helped Durk's case. That was the day people were threatening to beat me up and my security outside. Nobody did a thing... Durk was probably frustrated with all these idiots making threats of violence in his name when he is on trial for acts of violence... I don't really care. It was like the comments section in real life."
In addition, Ross spoke on Lil Durk's next trial, for which a bond hearing has been set for November 4. Furthermore, it seems like this delayed the initial October 5 start date.
"I think he absolutely humiliated the feds," Trap Lore Ross told DJ Vlad. "They're going to have a lifelong vendetta against him. They probably just spent millions on this case. And he just got not guilty on all of those charges. And they thought they had it in the bag... This is my opinion... I think the feds are going to be out for blood... I think time served, what, giving him two years for a violent crimes in aid of racketeering [VICAR]? I don't think that's going to fly.
