Investigating the Role of Drake in XXXTentacion’s 2018 Shooting Death
The Canadian artist was the subject of one defense attorney’s opening statement. Michael Boatwright, Diedrich Williams and Trayvon Newsom are on trial for first-degree murder and robbery with a firearm for the June 2018 shooting of the 20-year-old rapper whose real name was Jose energy.
The attorney for Diedrich Williams said in his statement that before his death, the victim made claims on social media that if anything happened to him, drake was behind it. XXX Tentacion later retracted those claims.
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Now the defense claims drake wasn’t properly investigated. He came on social media and said, guys, before he died, if anybody kills me, it’s drake. Do you think in that time, time spent, that they went and they addressed him and talked to him? No.
Do you think sitting here today, years later, any detective has ever asked, you know, drake or anybody like that? No, they never did that. So you ask yourself, how could that be?
The prosecution argued that there was no evidence linking drake to this crime. A judge had previously denied a request to force drake to be deposed in this case. Investigators say Xx Tentacion was leaving a motorcycle shop in fort lauderdale, Florida when he was ambushed, robbed, and shot to death in his vehicle.
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Drake has not been charged in connection with XXX tentacion’s death. A fourth defendant, Robert Allen, has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and armed robbery for his role in the crime and is set to be sentenced later this month.
He is a prosecution witness and testified against the other three defendants. The trial is expected to last until March and all three suspects have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. For Inside Edition digital I’m Mara Mantelbano.
