Travis Scott, Live Nation Hit W/ 2 Lawsuits Over Astroworld Festival Disaster + Drake Also Named In One Filing

Travis Scott, Reside Nation Hit W/ 2 Lawsuits Over Astroworld Pageant Catastrophe + Drake Additionally Named In One Submitting

Travis Scott has a set of million-dollar lawsuits on his palms on account of the current Astroworld tragedy.

As previously reported, misfortune struck Friday evening (Nov. fifth) at Travis Scott‘s Astroworld Pageant. A minimum of eight individuals misplaced their lives on the Houston-based occasion, with the youngest reportedly being 14 years outdated. The deaths and numerous accidents have been the outcomes of a violent crowd surge contained in the pageant–which had roughly 50,000 individuals–throughout Travis Scott‘s set. You possibly can hear one concertgoer’s account of the matter down beneath:

Concertgoer Recollects Expertise At Travis Scott’s Astroworld Pageant: It felt like hell, you couldn’t breathe, couldn’t see. There have been so many our bodies laid out ?? pic.twitter.com/PTpUDmthjq

— BACKUP ACCOUNT (@JasmineBrandTHE) November 6, 2021

Shortly after the tragedy started making headlines, Travis Scott issued statements by Twitter and Instagram. The 30-year-old rapper’s IG Story add on the matter significantly angered viewers, as many blasted it as being insincere.

Travis Scott’s “heartfelt” message is giving me pressured youtube apology vid #ASTROWORLDFest #AstroWorld pic.twitter.com/34oMAZjEQp

— ° (@babaisthename) November 7, 2021

Now, there was an replace on the matter. In line with current reviews, two Astroworld Pageant attendees have formally filed million-dollar lawsuits towards Travis Scott and Reside Nation Leisure. It’s additionally price stating that one of many lawsuits names Drake as nicely, with the plaintiff claiming he and Travis Scott helped incite violence inside the crowd whereas performing. Each plaintiffs say they suffered accidents from the occasion, and one refers back to the violence as “predictable and preventable.”

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Moreover, information has not too long ago come out that the chief of the Houston Police Division–Troy Finner–allegedly voiced his considerations to Travis Scott concerning the crowd earlier than the rapper even took to the stage. It ought to be famous, nevertheless, {that a} police spokeswoman declined to touch upon the matter–although she acknowledged that there’s an ongoing investigation into the complete tragedy.

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