MIAMI — The legal effort to have acclaimed rapper Drake give a deposition in the murder trial of XXXTentacion escalates as the superstar used armed guards to block a subpoena to testify, according to a motion filed Friday in Broward court. Lawyers for the defense seek aid in serving him and again want contempt charges if he doesn’t show.
Broward Judge Michael Usan already vacated an order on Tuesday that aimed to compel Drake, whose real name is Aubrey Drake Graham, to give a virtual deposition on Feb. 24. The order would have added the threat of possibly being held in contempt of court if he did not show. Drake already missed a Jan. 27 deposition.
Defense Lawyer Mauricio Padilla — who is representing Dedrick Williams, one of three facing robbery and murder charges — still retained the power to subpoena Drake to testify in the case after Usan’s Tuesday order.
