Feds claim Lil Durk hid an Apple Watch in his body cavity, reveal jail contraband probe

Federal prosecutors fighting Lil Durk's bond request are claiming he hid an Apple Watch inside his body at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles. According to courtroom reporter Trap Lore Ross, prosecutors said Durk "secreted it through his body cavity," and that the watch came up as they defended searching his cell as often as twice a day.

Federal prosecutors fighting Lil Durk's bond request are claiming he hid an Apple Watch inside his body at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles. According to courtroom reporter Trap Lore Ross, prosecutors said Durk "secreted it through his body cavity," and that the watch came up as they defended searching his cell as often as twice a day.

In their written response filed Wednesday, Nov. 4, just before the bond hearing, prosecutors also disclosed that they are investigating "additional, potential criminal violations related to [Durk] facilitating the introduction of contraband at the MDC," according to XXL and AllHipHop. They accuse him of using other inmates' phone access, making impermissible three-way calls, using contraband devices to make hundreds of calls, trying to destroy a contraband phone, and refusing a cell search last week. No new charges have been filed.

Durk attorney Brian Steel told the court he had instructed Durk to ask for a supervisor when guards come to search, Trap Lore Ross reported. Durk's team has not otherwise publicly answered the Apple Watch claim. Durk's lawyers previously said an alleged Apple Watch led to an earlier stretch in solitary.

Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald heard about two hours of arguments and took the bond request under submission without ruling. Durk, legally Durk Banks, has been in custody since October 2024. A jury acquitted him of murder-for-hire in September; his remaining racketeering trial is set for Aug. 30, 2027. All claims in the government's filing are allegations.