Drake has been ordered to take a seat for a deposition or seem in court docket as a part of the trial into the homicide of rapper XXXTentacion.
Earlier this week, suspects Michael Boatwright, Trayvon Newsome, and Dedrick Williams went on trial in Florida accused of killing the 20-year-old rapper, actual title Jahseh Onfroy, throughout a theft exterior a store in June 2018.
Williams’ defence lawyer Mauricio Padilla has alleged that Drake, actual title Aubrey Graham, is linked to Onfroy’s demise. He allegedly tried to subpoena Drake for a deposition, throughout which he’d give proof beneath oath, on the finish of January however the God’s Plan hitmaker didn’t seem.
Padilla subsequently filed a petition to power him to take a seat for a deposition on 24 February and a decide granted the order on Thursday.
“If deponent Aubrey Drake Graham doesn’t seem to deposition he should seem earlier than this court docket on Monday Feb. 27, 2023 at 10 a.m. EST at so (sic) the court docket can decide why he shouldn’t be held in contempt,” the order reads, in response to Rolling Stone.
Throughout his opening arguments on 7 February, Padilla referenced an alleged feud between the 2 rappers. He particularly cited an Instagram Tales publish on Onfroy’s web page in February 2018 that learn, “If anybody tries to kill me it was @champagnepapi (Drake’s deal with). I am snitching proper now.” He later deleted the publish and insisted he was hacked.
The alleged feud started in 2017 when Onfroy believed Drake ripped off his tune Look At Me! along with his monitor KMT. The youthful rapper escalated the feud by trolling Drake a number of occasions on social media.
The trial continues.
