Drake has filed a movement to get out of sitting for a deposition in relation to the homicide of rapper XXXTentacion.
On 7 February, 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 outdoors a store in June 2018.
Williams’s 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 below oath, on the finish of January however the God’s Plan hitmaker didn’t seem. Final week, a choose ordered the rapper to present a deposition on 24 February or seem in courtroom.
In keeping with TMZ, Drake’s lawyer Bradford Cohen has now filed a movement to put aside the order.
Within the paperwork, the 36-year-old claimed his title by no means appeared within the investigation information in regards to the homicide and there’s no cause to counsel he has related details about the case.
He argued the deposition order is unreasonable and easily an try and “add extra layers of movie star and notoriety to a tragic and unlucky occasion”.
In keeping with the movement, Padilla despatched Drake a Zoom hyperlink for the deposition with out placing it below seal, so it might have compromised his safety. As well as, the lawyer allegedly filed a discover with the courtroom a number of days later with out sharing particulars in regards to the Zoom deposition, and subsequently, they imagine the subpoena is procedurally faulty.
The choose has but to rule on Drake’s movement.
Throughout his opening arguments on 7 February, Padilla referenced an alleged feud between the 2 rappers. He particularly cited an Instagram Tales submit 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 submit and insisted he was hacked.
The alleged feud started in 2017 when Onfroy believed Drake ripped off his tune Look At Me! together with his observe KMT. The youthful rapper escalated the feud by trolling Drake a number of occasions on social media.
The trial continues.
