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Travis Scott will not look transgression charges successful transportation to the 10 deaths and thousands of injuries that resulted from a assemblage unreserved astatine the rapper’s 2021 Astroworld euphony festival, TMZ reports. Travis’ attorney, Kent Schaffer, confirmed to the outlet that a Texas Grand Jury cleared him of immoderate wrongdoing aft convening connected Thursday, June 29. “My lawsuit Travis Scott volition not beryllium charged with transgression charges oregon immoderate wrongdoing for his engagement with AstroWorld festival,” helium said.
“Today’s determination by the Harris County District Attorney confirms what we person known each on – that Travis Scott is not liable for the AstroWorld tragedy. This is accordant with investigative reporting by galore media outlets and national and authorities authorities reports that person squarely placed the onus for lawsuit information crises connected organizers, operators and contractors – not performers,” Kent added. “While waiting patiently for the District Attorney’s determination to not record charges, Travis Scott has been inaccurately and wrongly singled out, contempt stopping the amusement 3 abstracted times and being unaware of the events arsenic they were unfolding. Now that this section is closed, we anticipation for the authorities efforts to absorption connected what is astir important – stopping aboriginal heartbreaking tragedies similar AstroWorld from ever occurring again.”
Travis Scott performs astatine Astroworld Festival successful 2019 (Photo: Trish Badger/imageSPACE / MEGA)
The calamity took spot connected Nov. 5, 2021 successful Houston, Texas, wherever much than 50,000 fans gathered extracurricular to spot the 32-year-old “SICKO MODE” rapper. Even earlier his acceptable began, dozens of attendees rushed the stage. Once Travis took the stage, the contented got worse. “The assemblage became tighter and tighter, and astatine that constituent it was hard to breathe. When Travis came retired performing his archetypal song, I witnessed radical passing retired adjacent to me,” a 20-year-old concertgoer named TK Tellez, 20, told CNN at the time. “We were each screaming for help, and nary 1 helped oregon heard us. It was horrifying. People were screaming for their lives, and they couldn’t get out.”
Travis reportedly performed for 40 minutes, which is little than what was advertised. As Kent pointed out, Travis paused the show to question assistance for distressed fans and past continued on. Both Travis and the festival’s information team were highly criticized by fans for not doing more. Some fans adjacent accused information of ignoring them erstwhile they called for the amusement to beryllium stopped.
Following the incident, the begetter of 2 took to societal media to express his deepest condolences to the victims and their families. “I’m absolutely devastated by what took spot past night. My prayers spell retired to the families each those impacted by what happened astatine Astroworld Festival,” the “Ring Ring” rapper began successful a connection shared connected Twitter. “Houston PD has my full enactment arsenic they proceed to look into the tragic nonaccomplishment of life,” helium continued. “I americium committed to moving unneurotic with the Houston assemblage to heal and enactment the families successful need. Thank you to Houston PD, Fire Department and NRG Park for their contiguous effect and support. Love You All”
Travis Scott resumed unrecorded performances successful May 2022 (Photo: KEN MURRAY/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
In his first interrogation pursuing the disaster, Travis said helium had nary thought the concern was truthful bad. “Anytime you perceive thing similar that, you privation to halt the show,” helium told Charlamagne Tha God. “You privation to marque definite fans get the due attraction they need. Anytime I could spot thing similar that, I did [stop]. I stopped it a mates of times to conscionable marque definite everybody was okay. I conscionable truly spell disconnected the fans’ vigor arsenic a corporate — telephone and response. I conscionable didn’t perceive that [this time].”
Travis’ ex and the parent of his 2 kids, Kylie Jenner, was successful attendance astatine the amusement with their girl Stormi Webster and Kylie’s sister Kendall Jenner. The constitution mogul, 25, besides shared a connection online regarding the heartbreaking situation. “Travis and I are breached and devastated. My thoughts and prayers are with each who mislaid their lives, were injured oregon affected successful immoderate mode by yesterday’s events,” she penned successful an Instagram post. “And besides for Travis who I cognize cares profoundly for his fans and the Houston community, I privation to marque it wide we weren’t alert of immoderate fatalities until the quality came retired aft the show, and successful nary satellite would person continued filming oregon performing.”
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