MIAMI BEACH, Florida – Rapper Travis Scott was arrested by Miami Beach police on Thursday on misdemeanor charges of trespassing and public intoxication.
Miami Beach police confirmed the arrest but did not provide immediate details. Scott, 33, posted his $650 bail, meaning he will be released Thursday, Miami-Dade County jail records show.
His aides, Jamie Sward and Alexandra Baker, did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment, and jail records do not list an attorney for Scott. His agent, David Stromberg, did not immediately respond to a message sent to his LinkedIn account.
Scott, one of the biggest names in hip-hop and 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”.
Ten people were killed in a mob wave at Scott’s 2021 performance at his Astroworld Festival in Houston. Participants were so crowded that many could not breathe or move their arms. The dead, aged between 9 and 27, died of compression asphyxiationwhich one expert compared to being crushed by a car.
Victims’ lawyers have alleged in court filings that the deaths and hundreds of injuries at the concert were caused by negligent planning and a lack of concern for the event’s capacity and safety.
Scott, promoter Live Nation and the others who were sued denied these allegations, saying safety was their main concern. They said what happened could not have been predicted.
The final process was agreed last month.
After a police investigationThe grand jury declined to indict Scott, along with five other people linked to the festival.
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