Travis Scott sued by concertgoer injured at 2019 music festival
Travis Scott faces lawsuit from concertgoer at 2019 music festival who says she was injured due to crowd stampede he provoked
- Scott, 31, named in suit by concertgoer Marchelle Love, who says she was injured at May 2019 festival
- Love said in suit filed May 10 that Scott ‘verbally and physically [incited] the crowd to engage in a mosh pit and other hazardous activities’
- Love said that Scott’s conduct led to ‘multiple stampedes’ in the crowd and that she suffered ‘severe injuries’ as a result
- A spokesperson for Scott said incident was ‘deliberately misrepresented’ in suit
- Scott remains in separate litigation after 10 people died at the Astroworld festival last November 5
Travis Scott is facing a lawsuit from a woman who said she was injured at the Rolling Loud festival in Miami in 2019 as result of his actions riling up the crowd to ‘hazardous’ levels.
The Houston native, 31, ‘verbally and physically [incited] the crowd to engage in a mosh pit and other hazardous activities’ at the event at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, the plaintiff, Marchelle Love, said in legal docs filed May 10 and reviewed by Rolling Stone.
Love, who also named a minor child she was filing the suit on behalf of, said in court docs that authorities urged the Grammy-nominated artist to finish his set quickly after it began ‘due to the crowd becoming dangerous and uncontrollable.’
The latest: Travis Scott is facing a lawsuit from a woman who said she was injured at the Rolling Loud festival in 2019 as result of his actions riling up the crowd to ‘hazardous’ levels. Scott was snapped at the festival at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on May 11, 2019
The Escape Plan artist did eventually cease the show, but his actions led to panic amid the crowd, resulting in ‘multiple stampedes’ throughout the audience, Love said. She said Scott was negligent in continuing his antics onstage despite the clear chaos unfolding before him that would ‘result in foreseeable injury’ of attendees.
‘Despite the fact that Travis Scott was aware of and could clearly see concertgoers being injured, suffocating, losing consciousness, fighting and being trampled, he continued his performance while authorities were forced to attempt to render aid to these injured concertgoers,’ Love said.
Love said that due to ‘severe injuries’ she suffered at the show, she is dealing with medical problems that are ‘permanent in nature,’ such as ‘bodily injury and resulting pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, expense of hospitalization, medical and nursing care treatment, loss of earnings, loss of ability to earn money, and aggravation of a previously existing condition.’
Love also named Sequel Tour Solutions, LLC and SLS Consulting, LLC in the lawsuit, for which she is seeking a trial by jury.
The Escape Plan artist did eventually cease the show, but his actions led to panic amid the crowd, resulting in ‘multiple stampedes’ throughout the audience, the plaintiff said
Scott was negligent in continuing his antics onstage despite the clear chaos unfolding before him that would ‘result in foreseeable injury’ of attendees, according to the plaintiff
A spokesperson for the Franchise rapper called the new lawsuit ‘another blatant, cynical attempt to attack Travis, in this instance for a three-year-old incident that is deliberately misrepresented’ in a statement to TMZ.
‘To be clear: this incident was related to a false report of a shooting mid-show, and in photographs, the police were informing Travis of the show stoppage because of that reason – and he fully cooperated,’ the spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said that ‘this cheap hit is based on a blatant lie that’s easy to detect … and it is particularly telling that this plaintiff’s lawyer didn’t even assert a claim against Travis when he originally filed the complaint on behalf of his client more than two years ago.’
Scott earlier this month performed on TV for the first time since the Astroworld festival, at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas
The rapper was snapped on the red carpet prior to his performance at the show
Scott, whose real name is Jacques Webster, remains in separate litigation more than six months after 10 people died as result of injuries suffered amid a crowd surge at the November 5 Astroworld festival at Houston’s NRG Park, with victims ranging in age from nine to 27-years-old.
Officials said that 25 people were hospitalized in the wake of the disaster, with around 300 people treated for injuries at the scene of the festival. Authorities with the Houston Police Department and FBI continue to probe the incident.
Scott earlier this month made his first televised performance since the Astroworld tragedy at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas; he had previously performed earlier this year at private events in Southern California and Miami.
Last month, Spanish promoter Primavera Sound said that Scott would be taking the stage at three South American music festivals this fall, including Primavera Sound Sao Paolo on November 6, Primavera Sound Buenos Aires on November 12 and Primavera Sound Santiago de Chile on November 13.
Scott on Monday revealed he was releasing a new fashion collaboration with Nike with the proceeds aimed at Project Heal, a collection of numerous charitable causes the rapper is passionate about, TMZ reported.
Travis Scott was seen onstage on the tragic evening of November 5, 2021, when a crowd surge led to the deaths of 10 fans
Visitors were seen weeping at a memorial outside of NRG park November 7
Mourners left pictures, flowers, candles and other mementoes to honor the victims outside of NRG park on November 7
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