It was only a matter of time before Travis Scott was named in a lawsuit over Friday night’s (November 5) Astroworld Festival tragedy in Houston. Eight people died and hundreds were injured as the crowd of approximately 50,000 people rushed the stage.
But according to Billboard, Scott isn’t the only one facing legal action. On Sunday (November 7), it was reported a man named Manuel Souza has already hired a legal team to sue Scott, Live Nation and multiple other defendants in Harris County District Court for both negligence and gross negligence — and is seeking $1 million in damages.
Souza believes the horrors that unfolded at the music festival were “predictable and preventable” had organizers paid more attention to several red flags in the days leading up to the event, including an incident in which “concertgoers breached a security gate around the park, stampeded into the premises, and trampled over one another.”
The legal documents reportedly call the decision to move forward with the festival “a motivation for profit at the expense of concertgoers’ health and safety” and the “encouragement of violence.”
Souza’s attorney, Steven Kherkher, alleged in the paperwork, “Defendants failed to properly plan and conduct the concert in a safe manner. Instead, they consciously ignored the extreme risks of harm to concertgoers, and, in some cases actively encouraged and fomented dangerous behaviors.”
Travis Scott was criticized for not stopping his performance sooner, but Souza and his attorney also allege Live Nation and organizer ScoreMore “made the conscious decision to let the show go on, despite the extreme risk of harm to concertgoers that was escalating by the moment.”
Souza added, “Eventually, due to defendants’ active decision to let the show go on, the scene devolved into a complete melee, resulting in the needless, untimely death of at least eight people and injuries to scores of others.”
As for Scott, Souza said the platinum-selling rapper’s conduct during his shows only served to amplify the situation.
“This kind of behavior has long been encouraged by the festival’s founder and main performer,” Souza continued. “His express encouragement of violence has previously resulted in serious violence at numerous past concerts.”
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Meanwhile, TMZ reports a second lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a concert attendee named Kristian Paredes, who wants to hold Drake accountable, as well.
Paredes reportedly thinks Travis Scott’s concert history should’ve been considered while planning this year’s festival. Paredes claimed in the docs Scott and Drake “helped incite the crowd that night,” insinuating they should’ve known what their directives would cause.
Like Souza, Paredes is also seeking $1 million in damages, accusing Travis Scott, Drake and Live Nation of gross negligence.
So one million dollars is all the lives of eight “commoners” us worth? Interesting!
It’s not a class action lawsuit genius, it’s just 2 individual victims, there’s definitely more lawsuits coming
a security guard was fucked up on drugs after some SICK BASTARD stabbed him with a needle how do you foresee that.
So that means nobody should be blamed and everyone should go on with their lives like nothing happened?
Forgive Evan. He’s stupid enough to think this incident could’ve been prevented by that one security guard…
@evan you’re fucking retarded. Hope your family dies and Noone takes responsibility
Hit em where it hurts most, Their pockets. Hopefully they all get sued into bankruptcy. Thats the only way these materialistic fucks will be remorseful when they can’t buy all their fancy bling and cars.
Fuck Travis and his autotune bullshit and fuck drake’s bitch ass for ruining hip hop. Hope both their careers finally die
security was over run at the ticket entrie let alone the stage area..
this was doomed from the start by poor organisation lack of control and care.
Companies made millions off this and couldn’t even put basic measures in place
there’s no evidence of that from all reports. The gates got rushed at the beginning which is typical for a rock festival. They got it under control shortly after. There were no reports of overcrowding. Looks like people near the front got trampled in some sort of surge which can happen if there are inexperienced people in a mosh pit situation. Anyone can die or get trampled in a mosh pit if people aren’t taking care of the situation around. Then if there’s panic and screaming the music needs to stop. A rock band would stop playing. Many shows have been stopped mid song because the band thought someone might die in the pit
it’s going to be a mess for all these people involved. if it was an 18 plus event then the burden of proof would be much greater. seems like this was an all-ages event. they have been having big shows and public events all year in Texas so you can’t blame pandemic. whatever happened 8 people died so it’s not going to just disappear
This is tragic! But if you knew how his other concerts were, why subject yourself to this? Also, where is accountability on the fans who rushed the stage? Common sense seems to be an expensive commodity. Reminds me of the Who concert many years ago. People need to think. I’m not a Travis or Drake fan. But people need to think before they act and take responsibility for their actions. People are just sue happy today. Such a tragedy. Praying for the 9 deceased victims family as well as the hundred of others who were injured.