Drake must reply questions on XXXTentacion‘s homicide, and the choose is threatening extreme penalties if he misses a deposition.

Mauricio Padilla, the protection lawyer 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, by way of Zoom. If he misses that date, the choose says he higher be in court docket on Feb. 27 or presumably be charged with contempt.

X and Drake have been intertwined by means of conspiracy theories for years — principally primarily based on claims Drake bit a few of his musical model, and one among X’s IG tales. 4 months earlier than his June 2018 homicide, X posted … “IF ANYONE TRIES TO KILL ME IT WAS @champagnepapi IM snitching RN.”

XXXTENTACION deleted the put up and stated he’d been hacked, however nonetheless … Padilla’s doing all he can to create cheap doubt, and for now, the choose is permitting the far-fetched Drake idea 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 function in killing XXX outdoors a Riva Motorsports in June 2018.