Travis Scott’s Spokesperson Rejects Notion He Was Responsible for Deaths at Concert
A spokesperson for Travis Scott is denying that he was responsible for deaths and injuries that occurred during his Nov. 5 performance at the Astroworld festival. During an appearance on CBS News on Friday, Scott’s…
A spokesperson for Travis Scott is denying that he was responsible for deaths and injuries that occurred during his Nov. 5 performance at the Astroworld festival.
During an appearance on CBS News on Friday, Scott’s spokesperson Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said, “I mean this notion that Travis had the ability to stop the concert is ludicrous. They had a 59-page operations plan. “
“And it clearly said the only two people that have the authority to stop the concern were the executive producer and the concert producer. He was not responsible for this, but he wants to be responsible for the solution.”
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At least nine people died, and dozens were injured after chaos broke out at the Nov. 5 AstroWorld music festival during Scott’s performance.
According to The Washington Post, “Some attendees have said they saw people crushed or trampled as the crowd estimated at 50,000 moved closer to the stage in the open air venue to see headliner Scott.”
Additionally, the Post reports that the first “early sign of the tragedy unfolding” at the festival came just 17 minutes into Scott’s performance. A Houston firefighter reportedly recorded in a log used to track radio communications in the venue that there was a report of an “individual with crush injury/breathing difficulty” at 9:18 p.m.
“Reports of unconscious and trampled people — some of them in cardiac arrest — came in quick succession in the minutes that followed,” the Post added.