Drake will NOT have to sit for deposition in XXXTentacion murder trial ... as judge grants motion

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Drake will not be summoned to testify in the murder trial over the 2018 slaying of rapper XXXTentacion, a Florida judge ruled Tuesday.Judge Michael A.

Usan agreed to a motion from Drake's legal team for him to not be deposed in the ongoing case, after the court had previously ordered the Toronto native, 36, to answer questions in the case later this month, TMZ reported on Tuesday, citing court docs.Mauricio Padilla, the lawyer for suspect Dedrick Williams, had asked the court that the entertainer, whose full name is Aubrey Drake Graham, testify in the case to ask him about a past rift he had with XXXTentacion.Drake's lawyer Bradford Cohen said that the God's Plan performer did not have any relevant insight into anything related to the case.Drake could still be called to be deposed if the defense persuades the judge to grant a new subpoena.

XXXTentacion, whose real name was Jahseh Onfroy, was shot and killed on June 18, 2018 at the age of 20, after he was ambushed during an apparent robbery as he was leaving a motor sports store in Pompano Beach, Florida.

On the opening day of the trial, defense attorneys representing three men accused of murdering XXXTentacion suggested that Drake might be linked to the killing - with the star ordered to appear on Zoom on February 24 to answer questions, after allegedly missing his first date on January 27.The rapper then filed a motion through his attorney, asking the judge to set aside the subpoena for the private deposition, the outlet previously reported.