Drunk and violent in Paris: Rapper Travis Scott arrested again
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For the second time in a short period of time, Travis Scott is in trouble with the police. After the rapper was taken away from a marina in Miami at the end of June while under the influence of alcohol, he is now said to have been involved in a fight on the sidelines of the Olympic Games in Paris.
He just can’t stop: Travis Scott was arrested in the US metropolis of Miami at the end of June. According to the US magazine “People”, the US rapper was found drunk by police officers on a marina and was eventually arrested for intoxication and trespassing after ignoring direct instructions from the police.
Now the 33-year-old, whose real name is Jacques Berman Webster II, is in trouble with the law again. The rapper was arrested in Paris early Friday morning. According to the Paris daily newspaper “Le Parisien”, which cites police reports, officers were called at around 5 a.m. because of violence against a receptionist at the Hotel George V in the eighth arrondissement of Paris.
According to reports, Scott was drunk and was taken to a sobering-up cell. Due to his alcohol level, the rapper was apparently not able to be questioned even hours after the incident. The magazine “Valeurs Actuelles” initially reported that Scott had gotten into an argument with his bodyguard in the hotel.
The 33-year-old was a prominent guest at the Olympic Games on Thursday evening. He watched the men’s basketball semifinal between Serbia and the USA, which the USA team, including NBA stars LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant, won in a late comeback. Scott watched the exciting game in the audience with his rap colleague Quavo, among others.
“It’s Miami”
During his last arrest on June 20, Scott also got into an argument while under the influence of alcohol. According to a police report, officers were called to a marina in Miami at around 1:44 a.m. There, Scott is said to have shouted at passengers on a boat. When the rapper was ordered by the police to sit down, he initially complied with this request, only to then repeatedly stand up. The police officers could detect a “strong smell of alcohol on the defendant’s breath,” the police report states.
At this point, the musician would have gotten away with a warning. But when the police ordered him to leave the area, he left first, only to return “about five minutes later” and shout at the boat’s occupants again. He was then arrested. Scott is said to have later admitted to local police that he had been drinking alcohol. He said: “It’s Miami.”
Travis Scott, who also played concerts in Germany on his “Circus Maximus World Tour” in July, has two children with Kylie Jenner, six-year-old daughter Stormi and two-year-old son Aire.
