OTF DeDe Demands A New Trial, Says Prosecutors Sat On Instagram Comments Until After The Jury Watched The Video

OTF DeDe Demands A New Trial, Says Prosecutors Sat On Instagram Comments Until After The Jury Watched The Video

Lil Durk walked out of his September trial beating every single count. His co-defendant Deandre Dontrell Wilson — known as OTF DeDe — was not so lucky. Jurors cleared him of both murder-for-hire counts but convicted him on three stalking charges. Now DeDe’s lawyer says the jury never got the full picture, because prosecutors sat on Instagram comments that gave the case’s key video its context — and only handed them over after the jury had already watched it.

According to AllHipHop, which reported on the court filing, attorney Craig Harbaugh filed the motion on November 11 asking for a new trial, arguing prosecutors violated their duty to turn over evidence that could help the defense — the rule known as Brady.

“The government had them on August 19, held on to them for seven days, and produced them only after the jury had watched the video,” Harbaugh wrote. “The government cannot outsource its duty to disclose.”

The fight is over an Instagram Live recording and references to “Murdaman.” DeDe’s defense says the viewer comments on that Live were the context the jury needed — and points out that an agent’s own interview notes listed Murdaman and DeDe as separate people before prosecutors ever played the footage on August 26. When the defense objected to the video, Harbaugh says prosecutor Michael Morse acknowledged in court: “we actually have the comments, but that is not the version.” A link to the material reached the defense at 10:05 that night — after the jury had seen the government’s cut.

Prosecutors have argued an unsolicited email from a stranger gave the defense access to the information anyway. Harbaugh’s sworn declaration says that email contained no attachment and no link, sat unread in a crowded inbox, and he did not read it until November 10 — long after the September verdict. “Regardless, a stranger’s account of a comment is not the recording the government withheld,” he wrote. “A crowded inbox does not excuse a Brady violation.”

The case goes back to the August 19, 2022 shooting that targeted Quando Rondo near the Beverly Center in Los Angeles. Rondo survived; his cousin Lul Pab was killed. Prosecutors described the attack as retaliation for King Von’s death. On September 11, jurors acquitted Durk on all five charges against him, and acquitted DeDe and Browneyez on the murder-for-hire counts — but convicted DeDe and Browneyez of conspiracy to commit stalking, stalking using a dangerous weapon, and stalking resulting in death.

Harbaugh is now asking Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald for a new trial on all three counts, if the judge rejects DeDe’s separate motion for an acquittal. To be clear about where this stands: this is the defense’s filing and the defense’s account of what happened — no judge has ruled on it yet.

Durk beat his case in that courtroom. Now the man who sat next to him says the government played dirty over Instagram comments. If the judge agrees those comments should have been turned over before the jury watched that video, does OTF DeDe deserve a new trial?