Update 02/11/2023 2:15pm:

Previously, XXXTentacion murder suspect Robert Allen took the stand as a witness for the state during the trial. While on the stand, Allen was asked a variety of questions by lawyer Mauricio Padilla, who is representing defendant Dedrick Williams. 

The questioning found Padilla asking Allen about Drake, saying, “So your testimony to this court and to this jury is that you were never on the set of the ‘God’s Plan’ video, filmed in Miami in 2018? Is that what you’re saying?”

Allen was then asked, “How much money in 2018 did you receive from either Drake or one of Drake’s associates?” The suspect made it clear he never met Drake, and Padilla went on to ask, “You know who he is though, right?” before asking “But actually, in 2018 when this crime occurred, you didn’t know who X was?”

Drake was recently ordered to sit for deposition in the murder case of XXXTentacion, and the deposition is set to happen via Zoom. Stay tuned for more updates.

source: HipHopDX 


Original 02/10/2023 10:53am:

Broward County Judge Michael Usan ordered Drake to sit for a deposition in XXXTentacion's murder case on February 24, according to Rolling Stone. The deposition will be done via Zoom after Judge Usan granted defense attorney Mauricio Padilla's petition for an "order to show cause."

This comes after Padilla, who is representing Dedrick Williams, one of the three suspects on trial for X's murder, stated that Drake was never investigated for X's murder. In his opening argument in the trial, Padilla referred to an Instagram post that X made before his death, which X later recanted, claiming he was hacked.

Padilla stated, "Before X died, he said, ‘If anybody kills me, it’s Drake.’ Do you think sitting here years later, any detective has ever asked Drake or anybody like that? No. This is one of the biggest celebrities in the world. Excluding an order from this court, we all know that I will never be able to take his deposition." 

Padilla also referenced a quote from XXXTentacion's mother's deposition, where she stated that she asked X's step-uncle to go to the motorcycle shop with him the day he was murdered 'because of the ongoing battle with Drake and Migos."

The motion for the deposition reads, "If deponent Aubrey Drake Graham does not appear to deposition he must appear before this court on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023 at 10 a.m. EST at so [sic] the court can determine why he should not be held in contempt." 

Source: Rolling Stone