Lil Durk was caught with an Apple Watch in prison and tried to destroy it over the summer, authorities say.
Prosecutors filed a motion in the rapper’s murder case on Monday (October 6) requesting an anonymous jury for the upcoming trial. The motion cited authorities who found Durk had an Apple Watch in August and posed a substantial risk of witness tampering.
“In late August 2025, BOP officers seized an Apple Watch with defendant’s cellular watch,” the motion reads. “Even more troubling is the bank’s conduct after his arrest. Instead of accepting responsibility for this breach, defendants allegedly obstructed the investigation by attempting to damage and/or destroy the communications device.”
This is not the first time he has been accused of violating communications rules at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Los Angeles, and he was extradited to Florida in November last year. In December, authorities accused Durk of making three unregulated phone calls.
Durk is currently awaiting trial after being arrested in October last year. Authorities accuse him of hiring five Chicago men to travel to California and murder Quando Rondo in retaliation for the death of King Von, who was killed by a Quando assistant after a fight in Atlanta in 2020. During an attempt on Quando’s life in 2022, his cousin, Saviay’a Robinson, was shot and killed.
Durk’s trial is scheduled to begin on January 6, 2026.
XXL has reached out to Lil Durk’s attorney.
