A defense attorney in the XXXTentacion murder trial claimed a servicer was confronted by armed guards during an attempt to serve Drake with a subpoena earlier this month.
According to the Miami Herald, Mauricio Padilla, lawyer for Dedrick Williams, one of the three men accused of murdering XXXTentacion, issued a motion last week requiring Drake to deliver a deposition later this month. Padilla mentioned that when an attempt was made to deliver the subpoena outside his California home on Valentine’s Day, guards not only closed the gates in the face of the process servers, but also kicked the subpoena down the driveway.
Process servers tried to serve @Drake with a subpoena at his Beverly Hills home on Valentine's Day. It didn't go well. "Apparently, Drake’s staff believes that physically kicking the subpoena is a legally sound way of refusing service."
Padilla’s account of the interaction shows members of Drake’s security team refused to budge, even as the servicers deployed a variety of attempts to get the subpoena in Drake’s hands.
This is about the three-defendant trial in Florida over the fatal shooting of rapper XXXTentacion. Drake is supposed to do a Zoom deposition on Friday. As this document explains, the process servers who went to Drake’s mansion really went all out trying to appeal to his people.
Drake’s involvement in the case hinges on an Instagram Stories post from XXXTentacion in which he wrote, “IF ANYONE TRIES TO KILL ME IT WAS @champagnepapi IM snitching RN,” four months before he was killed. X later deleted the post and claimed his account was hacked.
Judge Michael A. Usan ruled last week that Drake was not required to give a deposition. Padilla’s motion indicates the rapper must be deposed on Feb. 24 or be held in contempt. Usan isn’t expected to see the motion until next week.
