Current:Home > FinanceJudge set to hear motion to dismiss rapper Travis Scott from lawsuit over deadly Astroworld concert -Edge Finance Strategies
Judge set to hear motion to dismiss rapper Travis Scott from lawsuit over deadly Astroworld concert
View
Date:2025-04-11 17:39:31
A judge in Texas is set to hear arguments Monday in rap star Travis Scott’s request to be dismissed from a lawsuit over the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival in Houston.
Scott headlined the concert during which 10 people were killed as authorities and festival organizers responded to a massive crowd surge and tried to shut down the show.
Last week, the judge dismissed lawsuits against hip-hop guest performer Drake along with several other individuals and companies involved in the show.
Attorneys for Scott, whose real name is Jacques Bermon Webster II and is also known as “Cactus Jack,” write in the motion to dismiss that he is a performer and had no role in providing security or crowd management for the festival.
“Performers are not expected to render special protection to the audience, nor to safeguard them from the rest of the crowd,” the motion said. “Performing artists, even those who engage in certain promotional activities, have no inherent expertise or specialized knowledge in concert safety measures.”
The motion said Scott followed instructions and ended the show after a performance by Drake by performing one final song because it was feared that an abrupt ending could have led to riots, panic and chaos in the crowd.
“Thus, due care also required taking the time to end the show properly, so that the crowd would feel satisfied and leave peacefully,” according to the document.
After an investigation by Houston police, no charges were filed against Scott and a grand jury declined to indict him and five other people on any criminal counts related to the deadly concert.
Those killed, who ranged in age from 9 to 27, died from compression asphyxia, which an expert likened to being crushed by a car.
The first trial from the lawsuits is scheduled for May 6.
Some of the lawsuits filed by the families of the 10 who died and hundreds who were injured have been settled, including those filed by the families of four of the dead.
veryGood! (29292)
Related
- San Francisco names street for Associated Press photographer who captured the iconic Iwo Jima photo
- Algae Blooms Fed by Farm Flooding Add to Midwest’s Climate Woes
- Let's Bow Down to Princess Charlotte and Kate Middleton's Twinning Moment at King Charles' Coronation
- How King Charles III's Coronation Honored His Late Dad Prince Philip
- Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15
- Kate Middleton Has a Royally Relatable Response to If Prince Louis Will Behave at Coronation Question
- Encore: A new hard hat could help protect workers from on-the-job brain injuries
- J&J tried to block lawsuits from 40,000 cancer patients. A court wants answers
- Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
- Sea Level Rise Is Creeping into Coastal Cities. Saving Them Won’t Be Cheap.
Ranking
- All That You Wanted to Know About She’s All That
- Trump the Environmentalist?
- Obama Administration Halts New Coal Leases, Gives Climate Policy a Boost
- How Queen Elizabeth’s Corgis Are Still Living Like Royalty
- US wholesale inflation accelerated in November in sign that some price pressures remain elevated
- Prince Harry Reunites With Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie at King Charles III's Coronation
- J&J tried to block lawsuits from 40,000 cancer patients. A court wants answers
- Today’s Climate: June 14, 2010
Recommendation
Have Dry, Sensitive Skin? You Need To Add These Gentle Skincare Products to Your Routine
Georgia's rural Black voters helped propel Democrats before. Will they do it again?
Zoey the Lab mix breaks record for longest tongue on a living dog — and it's longer than a soda can
PGA Tour and LIV Golf to merge, ending disruption and distraction and antitrust lawsuit
Could your smelly farts help science?
Wehrum Resigns from EPA, Leaving Climate Rule Rollbacks in His Wake
High rents outpace federal disability payments, leaving many homeless
All the Jaw-Dropping Fascinators Worn to King Charles III’s Coronation