MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Travis Scott was arrested by Miami Beach police early Thursday on charges of trespassing and public intoxication.
Miami Beach police confirmed the arrest but did not immediately provide details. Scott, 33, posted his $650 bail, meaning he will be released later Thursday, according to Miami-Dade County Jail records.
His publicists, Jamie Sward and Alexandra Baker, did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment, and prison records do not list an attorney for Scott. His agent, David Stromberg, did not immediately respond to a message on his LinkedIn account.
Scott, who is one of the biggest names in hip-hop and whose birth name is Jacques Webster, has more than 100 songs that have charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and has released four singles that have reached the top of the charts: “Sicko Mode,” “Highest in the Room,” “The Scotts” and “Franchise.”
Ten people were killed in a stampede during Scott’s 2021 performance at Houston’s Astroworld festival. Attendees were packed so tightly together that many could not breathe or move their arms. Those killed, aged 9 to 27, died of compression asphyxiation, which one expert compared to being run over by a car.
Attorneys for the victims alleged in the lawsuits that the deaths and hundreds of injuries at the concert were caused by negligent planning and a lack of concern for the capacity and safety of the event.
Scott, promoter Live Nation and the others sued have denied the allegations, saying safety was their primary concern. They added that what happened was not foreseeable.
The final trial was settled last month.
After a police investigation, a grand jury declined to indict Scott, along with five others connected to the festival.
