PARIS– Rapper Travis Scott remained in police custody following his arrest at a Paris hotel following a fight with a security guard, French prosecutors said Saturday.
A statement from the Paris prosecutor’s office said Scott’s custody order was extended on Friday night. It did not provide further details. Police are still investigating.
Scott’s U.S. representative and his lawyer did not immediately respond to questions from The Associated Press about the development.
Scott was arrested on Friday after police were called to the Georges V hotel to detain a man “nicknamed Travis Scott for violence against a security guard,” according to the prosecutor’s previous statement. Hotel security intervened in a fight between the rapper and his bodyguard.
Following Friday’s arrest, a representative for the rapper said he was “in direct communication with local Parisian authorities to resolve this matter quickly and will provide updates when appropriate.” The representative spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.
The rapper was in Paris for the Olympics. He watched the United States meeting on Serbia in the men’s basketball semifinals on Thursday night.
Scott, one of hip hop’s biggest stars whose birth name is Jacques Webster, has more than 100 songs that have reached the Billboard Hot 100 and has released four chart-topping singles: “Sicko Mode,” “Highest in the Room,” “ The Scotts” and “Franchise”.
He has two children with his ex-girlfriend, media personality and businesswoman Kylie Jenner.
In June, Scott was arrested in Miami Beach on misdemeanor charges of trespassing and public intoxication after police officers said they found him at the city’s marina yelling obscenities at people on a yacht and disobeying orders to leave.
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Surk reported from Nice, France.
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