Lil Durk defeated every charge in his closely watched federal murder-for-hire trial, but the Grammy-winning rapper still isn't going home.

Despite a Los Angeles jury finding Durk, whose legal name is Durk Banks, not guilty on all five counts Sept. 11, he remained in federal custody after the verdict because another set of serious federal charges is still pending.

The distinction has created confusion among some supporters who watched Durk receive a complete acquittal and expected him to walk out of the courthouse.

The five not-guilty verdicts ended the murder-for-hire prosecution that had dominated headlines surrounding Durk for nearly two years. They did not resolve a separate federal case containing murder-related racketeering and firearms allegations that were not decided by that jury.

Why Durk Wasn't Released After the Verdict

Durk had faced five counts in the trial that concluded Sept. 11, including conspiracy to commit stalking, stalking using a dangerous weapon, stalking resulting in death and two murder-for-hire-related charges.

Jurors acquitted him across the board after three days of deliberations.

But Durk still faces separate federal allegations that were severed from the first trial, including a murder-in-aid-of-racketeering allegation and a related firearms count. He has pleaded not guilty to those charges and remains presumed innocent.

Reuters reported immediately after the acquittal that Durk remained in custody because of the second prosecution, which was then scheduled to go to trial Oct. 5.

In other words, the Sept. 11 verdict cleared Durk of everything the first jury was asked to decide. It did not dismiss the remaining allegations or automatically terminate the detention orders associated with his federal case.

That is why Durk went back into custody after hearing five not-guilty verdicts instead of leaving the courthouse with his family.

His Defense Is Trying to Get Him Home

The situation, however, is continuing to develop.

According to a Sept. 18 court order reported by MIIXTAPECHIICK, Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald has scheduled a new bond-review hearing for Nov. 4 at the request of Durk's attorneys.

U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services was ordered to appear and provide an updated bail report.

The hearing does not mean Durk has been granted bond.

It does mean his detention is expected to return before the judge, giving the defense another opportunity to argue that Durk should be released while the remaining federal case is pending.

That is a meaningful development following the acquittal.

Before the first trial, Durk's attorneys had repeatedly attempted to secure his release through substantial proposed bail packages, while prosecutors argued he presented flight and public-safety concerns. The court kept him detained.

Now the factual landscape surrounding those arguments has changed significantly: Durk has been acquitted of all five charges that went before the first jury.

Whether that is enough to persuade the court to release him is a decision the judge has not yet made.

The Acquittal Still Represents a Major Legal Victory

Durk's continued detention does not diminish what happened in the first case.

Federal prosecutors accused him of orchestrating a retaliatory murder-for-hire plot targeting Atlanta rapper Quando Rondo, whose legal name is Tyquian Bowman, following the 2020 killing of Durk's close friend King Von.

The August 2022 attack near the Beverly Center failed to kill Bowman but resulted in the death of his cousin, Saviay’a “Lul Pab” Robinson.

Prosecutors alleged Durk financed and directed the operation through people associated with his Only The Family circle.

Durk's defense argued the government had failed to prove he ordered the attack, aggressively challenging cooperating witnesses and arguing that his former assistant Kavon Grant had acted without Durk's knowledge.

After weeks of testimony and three days of deliberations, jurors found Durk not guilty on every count against him.

Those acquittals are final as to the charges the jury decided.

But they don't amount to an acquittal on allegations that were never placed before that jury.

The Fight Now Shifts to the Remaining Case

That leaves Durk in an unusual position.

He just secured one of the biggest courtroom victories of his career, defeating a federal prosecution that exposed him to potentially devastating consequences. His supporters celebrated outside the courthouse, while his attorneys publicly turned their attention toward getting him released.

Defense attorney Drew Findling made that next objective clear immediately after the verdict, telling supporters that “the shackles must come off” and Durk should be allowed to return to his family.

For now, they remain on.

Durk is still in federal custody, still faces separate federal allegations and has not been given a confirmed release date. The pending charges remain allegations, and he is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

But his detention is not necessarily settled through the end of the next trial.

With a new bond-review hearing scheduled for Nov. 4, the next major question surrounding Lil Durk is no longer whether he beat the murder-for-hire case.

He did.

The question now is whether that sweeping acquittal will ultimately help his attorneys convince a federal judge to let him go home while he fights the case that remains.