Travis Scott’s lawyer has spoken out relating to the timing of a report pertaining to the Astroworld deaths in 2021 that was launched by the Houston Police Department this week.
According to TMZ, Kent Schaffer launched a full assertion on Saturday (July 29) that takes purpose at Houston PD and its choice to launch the report on Friday (July 28) — the identical day because the rapper’s new album, Utopia.
“The timing of the Houston Police Department report’s release, coinciding with the launch of Travis Scott’s highly anticipated album, is anything but coincidental,” Schaffer informed the outlet
“Travis Scott and his team were, as anticipated, fully cleared of any wrongdoing associated with the Astroworld tragedy by a grand jury based on the very report released today.
“It is outrageous that HPD has chosen to resort to tactics that attempt to discredit Travis and his team, casting doubt on how the unfortunate events at Astroworld actually transpired while deflecting blame from their own critical failures.”
He went on: “Travis’s commitment to his audience’s safety and well-being is well-documented. As reported countless times, he actively stopped the show three separate times. Contrary to the HPD report’s inaccuracies, the concert did end at the exact time communicated to Travis. Meanwhile, Houston police officers present at the event did not intervene during the unfolding situation. They were observed throughout the show standing by idly, buying merch and even filming the concert in its entirety.
“We encourage the Houston PD to make peace with the fact that Travis Scott and his team were found innocent of any wrongdoing and to focus on what really matters – making sure tragedies like Astroworld never occur again under their watch.”
According to the report, throughout the night time of the tragedy, Travis Scott had no thought what was happening round him throughout the live performance.
The redacted report, which is greater than 1200 pages lengthy, was launched by the Houston Police through Twitter. The regulation enforcement company confirmed that solely sure particulars regarding privateness (resembling social safety numbers) had been redacted in accordance with native regulation, however that all the things else was true and proper per police attestations.
When Officer M.L. Barrow interviewed Scott on November 7, 2021, the rapper stated he was fully unaware of the extent of the tragedy that left 10 useless — together with a 10-year-old boy — and 1000’s injured.
“He stated he was in a ‘trance’ going through his performance and getting into the music,” learn the report. “He noted that there was not a ‘high commotion’ and that everybody was just looking at him perform.”
The report continued: “He clarified by stating he was told in his earpiece, ‘Yo Trav, you got to wrap it up, its getting kinda hectic out there.’ He stated again that he was supposed to go until 10:30 but he was told to stop short after Drake got off the stage. Again, there was no mention to the severity of the situation.”
Last month, TMZ was readily available when a Texas grand jury “no-billed” — or, declined to carry prison fees. The “SICKO MODE” rapper didn’t testify in his personal protection on the grand jury listening to, in accordance with his legal professional Kent Schaffer.
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Scott has all the time insisted that he wasn’t conscious of the continued stampede on the live performance, however dozens of civil lawsuits have been introduced towards him and are nonetheless pending, in accordance with the outlet.
The final result of the prison case can have no bearing on the civil instances which are at present in litigation. The Harris County District Attorney, who introduced forth the prison fees, declined to touch upon the result.
On November 5, 2021, Travis Scott held the opening night time of his Astroworld live performance. By the tip of the night, eight folks had been useless and lots of extra had been injured after the group of roughly 50,000 live performance attendees began flooding the NFG Stadium stage.
As Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña defined: “The crowd began to compress toward the front of the stage, and people began to panic.” The melee started round 9:15 p.m. native time, and as soon as Scott and organizers Live Nation realized what was happening, they instantly stopped the present.
Two extra folks succumbed to their accidents after the live performance.
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