Drake is making an attempt to place the kibosh on getting deposed within the XXXTENTACION homicide trial — and he is making some authorized strikes to attempt to get out of it.
The rapper filed a movement, via his legal professional Bradford Cohen, asking the decide to put aside the subpoena requiring him to sit down for a non-public deposition in late February.
As we reported, the decide was persuaded by arguments made by protection legal professional Mauricio Padilla to name Drake as a witness within the case. Padilla represents Dedrick Williams, one in all three defendants charged with killing XXX. The homicide trial for the three males started final week.
According to the docs, obtained by TMZ, Padilla despatched Drake a ZOOM hyperlink for the deposition with out placing it below seal, which may have compromised Drake’s safety on condition that he’s a world star.
Several days later, the docs say Padilla filed a discover with the courtroom however failed to incorporate particulars on how the ZOOM interview with Drake can be carried out. As a end result, Drake says the subpoena was procedurally faulty.
Per the movement, Drake additionally claims his title by no means appeared within the investigative recordsdata and there is nothing to recommend he has any related data concerning the case … he believes it is unreasonable to ask him to sit down for a deposition and says doing so is simply an try to “add extra layers of celeb and notoriety to a tragic and unlucky occasion.”
The decide has but to make a ultimate ruling on Drake’s movement.