Drake's armed guards confronted process servers and 'kicked' subpoena during attempt to summon him to court in the XXXTentacion murder trial, according to defense attorney

• Drake's guards "kicked" a subpoena during an attempt to summon him in the XXXTentacion murder trial.
• That's according to Mauricio Padilla, a defense attorney in the case.

Drake's armed guards confronted process servers and "kicked" a subpoena during an attempt to summon the rapper to court in the XXXTentacion murder trial, a defense attorney in the case has claimed.

According to the Miami Herald, Mauricio Padilla, lawyer for Dedrick Williams, one of the three men accused of murdering XXXTentacion, issued a motion last week requiring Drake to deliver a deposition.

In court documents shared on Twitter Monday by Los Angeles Magazine legal reporter, Meghann Cuniff, Padilla described how an attempt was made to deliver the subpoena to Drake outside his California home on February 14.

However, it's claimed that "armed guards" not only sent away the servers but also kicked the subpoena down the driveway.

"The process server was met by armed guards who refused to accept service," Padilla wrote in the document shared by Cuniff. "The armed guards closed the colossal gate in the process server's face.

"After having the gate shut in his face, the process server posted the subpoena, only to have one of Mr. Graham's security staff literally kick the subpoena down the long driveway."

Padilla added: "Apparently, Drake's staff believes that physically kicking the subpoena is a legally sound way of refusing service."

Drake's representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

XXXTentacion, real name Jahseh Onfroy, was shot and killed outside of a motorcycle dealership in Deerfield Beach, Florida, on June 18, 2018. He was 20 years old.

Onfroy was leaving the dealership when his car was blocked by an oncoming SUV. Two masked gunmen then confronted Onfroy, fatally shooting him, before stealing the rapper's personal belongings, later discovered to be a bag containing $50,000 in cash, and fleeing the scene.

In August 2018, two months after Onfroy's death, four suspects — Michael Boatwright, Dedrick Williams, Robert Allen, and Trayvon Newsome — were arrested and charged with first-degree murder, robbery, and firearm charges.

Boatwright, Williams, and Newsome are the only three named as defendants in the current trial. Last August, Allen accepted a plea deal of second-degree murder in exchange for his testimony against the other three defendants, according to NBC.

During the first day of the trial on February 7, Padilla provided an alternative scenario in which Drake was involved in Onfroy's death.

According to Complex, in his argument, Padilla brought up a since-deleted Instagram Story in which Onfroy wrote: "If anybody kills me, it's Drake."

The comment came after Onfroy hit out at Drake in a series of angry tweets in which he accused the "One Dance" rapper of "biting" his style.

"Drake a pussy," he wrote. "Money don't buy you respect." Drake never publicly responded to Onfroy's comments.

Padilla suggested that prosecutors didn't properly investigate Drake as a suspect or person of interest after learning of Onfroy's claim, according to Complex.

On Sunday, Judge Michael A. Usan approved a motion by Drake's attorneys to dismiss the order, according to Complex.