Mauricio Padilla, the lawyer of XXXTentacion's prime murder suspect, Dedrick Williams, has been in pursuit of having Drake to be deposed on the latter's high-profile murder trial.
This is because XXXTentacion, formally known as Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy, and Drake had somewhat of a feud back then before Onfroy was gunned down by armed men composed of Williams.
Since January 2023, Padilla has been asking the presiding judge on the case to have Drake questioned before the court.
Drake Subpoena to XXXTentacion Murder Trial
However, Drake's lawyer, Bradford Cohen, has worked tirelessly to junk such a motion to depose his client; but the judge maintained that Drake need not be deposed but has to participate in some fashion.
Per Rolling Stone obtained documents, the judge implores both parties to "work together" to mutually come up with the date to meet Drake and "agree on parameters for topics discussed at deposition and even stated that he would consider sealing the deposition." The filing emphasized the importance of balancing both rights of Williams and Drake's Privacy issue.
Cohen has been firm on his stance; Padilla's pursuit of having Drake deposed was just him injecting "celebrity spectacle" on an already "routine trial" to make headlines.
Drake Guards 'Kicked' Subpoena From Court
Also included in the filing is Mauricio's revelation that when process servers, the people in charge of serving subpoenas, attempted to serve subpoenas on Drake's residence, the document was literally and physically kicked by guards on the driveway.
"Apparently, Drake's staff believes that physically kicking the subpoena is a legally sound way of refusing service," Padilla's filing reads.
Per the transcription included in the filing, Drake's guards refused to accept the subpoena because they were not expecting any deliveries, nor were they authorized to accept anything.
The filing also includes that Cohen, since he was Drake's legal counsel, was also served a subpoena in lieu of Drake, but he refused to accept it too and asked for "attorney's fees," which Padilla deduced to be a metaphor for "kicking the subpoena down the driveway."
When Cohen hit back on the filing, he described Padilla's process to be "quite simply, legally unsound," saying that the opposing party's process of serving the subpoena was not in compliance with California law - pointing out that the guards and even him were not authorized to accept such service.
Earlier this week, AllHipHop reported that Williams, the prime suspect that Padilla is representing, was apparently running out of funds to suffice the expenses of his lengthy defense and trying to incriminate Drake in the trial.
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