Drake should reply questions on XXXTentacion‘s homicide, and the choose is threatening extreme penalties if he misses a deposition.
Mauricio Padilla, the protection legal professional for Dedrick Williams — one of many 3 males accused of killing XXXTentacion — persuaded the choose it’s a necessity for Drake to reply questions on his 2017 beef with the late “Look At Me!” rapper.
Drake was initially scheduled to be deposed on January 27, however failed to seem and now should sit for the deposition on February 24, through Zoom. If he misses that date, the choose says he higher be in courtroom on Feb. 27 or presumably be charged with contempt.
X and Drake have been intertwined by conspiracy theories for years — principally primarily based on claims Drake bit a few of his musical type, and certainly one of X’s IG tales. Four months earlier than his June 2018 homicide, X posted … “IF ANYONE TRIES TO KILL ME IT WAS @champagnepapi IM snitching RN.”
XXXTENTACION deleted the submit and mentioned he’d been hacked, however nonetheless … Padilla’s doing all he can to create affordable doubt, and for now, the choose is permitting the far-fetched Drake principle to play out.
The trial started earlier this week as defendants Williams, Michael Boatwright and Trayvon Newsome all face life sentences for his or her position in killing XXX exterior a RIVA Motorsports in June 2018.
Another suspect, Robert Allen, pleaded responsible to second-degree homicide and has been testifying all through the trial.