We are getting our first glimpse of what rapper Travis Scott has to say about the Astroworld tragedy that took 10 lives due to a crowd crush at NRG Park on November 5, 2021.
FILE - Travis Scott performs at the Astroworld Music Festival in Houston, Nov. 5, 2021. The start of the first civil trial stemming from the 2021 Astroworld festival, at which 10 people were killed in a crowd surge, has been delayed. Jury selection had been set to begin Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in the wrongful-death lawsuit filed the family of Madison Dubiski, a 23-year-old Houston resident who was killed during the crowd crush at Scott's November 2021 concert.
In a civil lawsuit, a deposition with Jacques Bermon Webster, aka Travis Scott, reveals that he did not meet with any crowd safety experts beforehand.An attorney asked, “Have you ever met with any crowd safety experts?”The conversation then turned to the shows Scott has performed since the deadly concert. He confirmed with the lawyer that he has done 10 to 20 shows, adding, “You can look it up online.”Scott replied, “Probably -- I don’t know, and it wasn’t a tour.
The lawyer further questioned, “And you’d agree that Live Nation was, along with XX Global, your entity, the co-promoter for Astroworld 2021?”Following that line of questioning, Scott was asked if he had any meetings with anyone from NRG Park before or after the Astroworld Festival.RELATED:KPRC 2 Investigates is digging through many documents for the civil case and will share updates as they come.
To learn more about what happened before and after the Astroworld festival, watch the KPRC 2 Investigates documentary
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