- Rapper Travis Scott was arrested by Miami Beach police on misdemeanor charges of trespassing and public intoxication.
- According to Miami-Dade County jail records, Scott posted $650 bail and is expected to be released later Thursday.
- Scott was previously embroiled in lawsuits over people killed or injured by crowds at the 2021 Astroworld festival in Houston, where attendees were packed so closely together that many could not breathe or move their arms. The last lawsuit was settled last month.
Rapper Travis Scott was arrested by Miami Beach police early Thursday morning on misdemeanor charges of trespassing and public intoxication.
Miami Beach police confirmed the arrest but did not immediately release details. According to Miami-Dade County jail records, Scott, 33, is being held on $650 bail and is expected to be released later Thursday.
Scott’s publicists, Jamie Seward and Alexandra Baker, did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment, and prison records do not list an attorney for Scott. Scott’s agent, David Stromberg, did not immediately respond to a message sent to his LinkedIn account.
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Scott, a hip-hop mogul whose real name is Jacques Webster, has had more than 100 songs chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and has had four singles top the chart: “Sicko Mode,” “Highest in the Room,” “The Scotts” and “Franchise.”
Rapper Travis Scott arrived at the GQ Men of the Year Party in Los Angeles on November 16, 2023. Scott was arrested by Miami Beach Police on misdemeanor charges of trespass and public intoxication. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Ten people died in a stampede at Scott’s performance at the Astroworld festival in Houston in 2021. The crowd was so crowded that many were unable to breathe or move their arms. The dead ranged in age from 9 to 27 and died of what experts say was compression asphyxiation, similar to being crushed by a car.
In their lawsuit, lawyers for the victims argued that the deaths and hundreds of injuries at the concert were caused by poor planning and a lack of attention to the event’s capacity and safety.
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Scott, promoter Live Nation and the others sued have denied the allegations, saying safety was their biggest concern. They say what happened could not have been predicted.
The final lawsuit was settled last month.
After a police investigation, a grand jury dismissed charges against Scott and five others connected to the festival.
