A Texas grand jury has determined to not cost rapper Travis Scott for the deaths that occurred throughout his 2021 Astroworld music competition, officers mentioned Thursday. Based on KHOU, the Harris County grand jury didn’t discover sufficient proof to criminally cost the rapper or others related to the crush on the live performance that led to the deaths of 10 folks and injured many.
“It’s tragic that 10 harmless folks have been killed whereas making an attempt to take pleasure in a night of music and leisure, one thing many people do routinely and with out a second thought to our security. However a tragedy isn’t all the time a criminal offense, and never each dying is a murder. This grand jury’s dedication has no influence on the various civil lawsuits pending,” District Legal professional Kim Ogg mentioned at a information convention.
About 50,000 folks attended the November 5 Astroworld music competition at NRG Park organized by Scott when the group surged in direction of the stage inflicting a crush that led to the deaths of a number of folks together with 9-year-old Ezra Blount and plenty of injured, Face2Face Africa reported.
Scott’s legal professional Kent Schaffer mentioned that the rapper stopped the present 3 times and didn’t know in regards to the commotion. “At present’s determination by the Harris County District Legal professional confirms what we’ve identified all alongside — that Travis Scott isn’t answerable for the AstroWorld tragedy,” Schaffer mentioned in an announcement after the choice, based on NBC Information. “That is in line with investigative reporting by quite a few media retailers and federal and state authorities stories which have squarely positioned the onus for occasion security crises on organizers, operators and contractors — not performers.”
The household of Blount, the 9-year-old killed within the crush, have expressed their disappointment within the grand jury’s determination. “There’s clear culpability and gross negligent conduct dedicated by these varied civil defendants straight leading to deaths and critical damage. Although disenchanted the grand jury declined to search out this conduct was felony, Ezra Blount’s household will proceed and wait for his or her day in court docket,” Robert Hilliard, legal professional for Ezra Blount’s household, mentioned in an announcement cited by NBC Information.
“A Harris County jury, as soon as given a possibility to see the damning proof main as much as inflicting this tragedy, might very nicely return a document Texas verdict towards these defendants,” the assertion added.
In his first interview in December 2021 following the Astroworld competition tragedy, Scott mentioned what transpired on November 5 had left him in an “emotional rollercoaster.”
The rapper sat down with Charlamagne Tha God to debate how he had been dealing with the lawsuits that had been filed towards him within the wake of the unlucky incident. “It actually hurts,” the rapper mentioned about what occurred. “It hurts the neighborhood, it hurts the town [Houston]. It’s simply been loads of ideas, quite a bit emotions, loads of grieving, and making an attempt to wrap my head round it.”
“I’ve simply been in a room for some time, loads of ideas. I’ve been doing this for such a very long time and nothing like this ever occurred… On the finish of the day, these followers are your loved ones, so that you simply really feel such as you misplaced one thing.”
