Rapper Travis Scott will not face criminal charges in Astroworld crowd surge, his lawyer says
Source: Associated Press
Rapper Travis Scott will not face criminal charges in Astroworld crowd surge, his lawyer says
BY JUAN LOZANO
Published 5:10 PM EDT, June 29, 2023
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas grand jury has declined to indict rap superstar Travis Scott in a criminal investigation of a deadly crowd surge at the 2021 Astroworld festival, where some spectators were packed so tightly they could not move their arms or even breathe, his attorney said Thursday.
Lawyer Kent Schaffer confirmed that the Harris County grand jury had met and decided not to indict his client on any criminal charges stemming from the concert. Schaffer said he was not sure what charges the panel had considered.
“He never encouraged people to do anything that resulted in other people being hurt,” Schaffer said, adding that the decision is “a great relief.”
The Nov. 5, 2021, crowd surge in Houston killed 10 young festivalgoers who ranged in age from 9 to 27. The official cause of death was compression asphyxia, which an expert likened to being crushed by a car.
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