When panic and chaos broke out during the concert of rap artist Travis Scott on Friday night American time, it led to such a violent crowd that eight people lost their lives.
Hundreds were injured and treated. Several are still hospitalized. The eight victims were all young people, with the youngest being a 14-year-old.
Now, several media outlets have been critical of Travis Scott, organizers and concert promoter Live Nation, as a result of the event not ending earlier. Los Angeles Times also criticizes Scott for his behavior is a recurring one, and for the artist having had a violent appeal in the film Look Mom I Can Fly. Several members of the public have also sued.
Lawsuits
According to the website TMZ, several have chosen to sue both Scott, Live Nation and artist Drake for negligence. Many believe that Travis Scott’s concert history should have been beaten down earlier, and criticize the lack of planning before the Astroworld festival went off the rails once again.
In one of the lawsuits, 23-year-old Kristian Paredes, the plaintiff who was seriously injured at the concert in Houston on November 5, writes that he felt a sudden push when Scott went on stage.
– Many begged security guards hired by Live Nation Entertainment for help, but were overlooked, it says in the lawsuit.
The law firm Thomas J. Henry Law confirmed on Sunday night that this is one of the first lawsuits after the tragedy at the Astroworld festival.
– He continued to perform even when the crowd was out of control and the chaos continued, it says in the lawsuit.
Lawyer Ben Crump also filed a lawsuit on Sunday, on behalf of a 21-year-old concertgoer. Also in this lawsuit there are descriptions of chaos and desperation.
According to Billboard, one of the lawsuits contains strong criticism of Scott. The person in question believes that the disaster was a direct result of “a motivation for profit at the expense of the concert goers’ health and safety”.
Police have launched an investigation.
Look Mom I Can Fly
In the Netflix documentary Look Mom I Can Fly from 2019, you can see that Scott’s concert behavior is a recurring theme, the newspaper writes Los Angeles Times. The newspaper believes that the artist has a penchant for encouraging chaos during concerts, and that this has led to several disturbing situations in the past, long before Friday’s Astroworld disaster that took the lives of eight people.
– Travis Scott and Kylie Jenner at the premiere of the Netflix documentary Look Mom I Can Fly in August 2019. Photo: Mario Anzuoni / REUTERS
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The documentary provides insight into several of Scott’s concerts – one of the more serious is from May 2017. After the concert, Scott faced three charges after inciting a riot, committing disorderly conduct, and endangering the safety of a minor. During the concert, the artist encouraged several of the audience to get past the security guards so that they could get on stage with him.
Scott pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and had to pay more than $ 6,000 to two people injured during the concert.
– I just hate to be arrested, man. It is “whack”, Scott said in the documentary after he was released from prison.
A regular
According to the newspaper, Scott’s talent for arousing the audience has been part of his appeal for a long time.
The artist also pleaded guilty in 2015 after a performance at the festival Lollapalooza. Also this time, the artist persuaded people from the audience to climb over fences to get up on stage.
– Everyone in a green shirt, move !, Scott said and referred to the festival’s security staff.
– Up with the middle finger against the guards, he added.
In April 2017, Travis Scott was sued after a concert in New York. The person who sued Scott claims that the artist should have encouraged another participant to jump down from a balcony during the concert. The person eventually jumped down after the artist pointed him out.
– I see you, but are you going to do it? Do not be afraid, do not be afraid !, the artist must have shouted to the person who jumped. Scott is also said to have assured him that the audience standing under the balcony would receive him.
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