Rap superstar Travis Scott was questioned on Monday in a deposition he is offering in link with hundreds of lawsuits that have been filed from him and other folks around the fatalities and accidents at the 2021 Astroworld festival.
Scott was questioned in Houston in the course of a deposition that could acquire numerous days to finish, two men and women with expertise about the litigation reported.
Legal professionals and some others connected to the lawsuits are below a gag get, blocking them from indicating very little beyond what occurs during court hearings.
An lawyer for Scott did not quickly return an email trying to find comment. A spokesperson for Scott mentioned a assertion about Monday’s deposition was becoming ready.
This was the to start with time Scott was questioned by lawyers for all those who have submitted lawsuits given that a crowd surge at his Nov. 5, 2021, concert in Houston killed 10 festivalgoers.
Those killed, who ranged in age from 9 to 27, died from compression asphyxia, which an skilled likened to remaining crushed by a motor vehicle.
Similar crushes have took place all in excess of the planet, from a soccer stadium in England to the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia to Halloween festivities in the South Korean cash. Most persons who who die in crowd surges suffocate.
Scott’s deposition will come as a decide previously this yr scheduled the initially trial from the lawsuits for May perhaps 6, 2024. That to start with demo would take position nearly 2.5 yrs given that the deadly live performance.
Documents submitted in courtroom in April stated more than 1,500 lively conditions, quite a few of which ended up submitted against Scott and Are living Country, the live performance promoter.
Of these, 992 have been instances with physical injuries and 313 had been scenarios of “emotional distress, soreness, suffering and mental anguish.” Orthopedic surgeries have been concluded in 17 of these scenarios, with other surgeries advised in one more 21.
Some of the lawsuits have considering that been settled, which include those filed by the households of a few of the men and women killed throughout the live performance.
In June, a grand jury in Houston declined to indict Scott and 5 other persons on any prison costs similar to the fatal live performance.
Scott’s deposition on Monday took position on the similar day that hip-hop artist Drake, who performed various tunes with Scott through the Astroworld concert, was executing in Houston. Drake was also sued in connection with the fatal concert.
“I could possibly have advised him not to apologize at all,” attorney Danny Cevallos says immediately after hearing Travis Scott’s interview about the Astroworld Pageant in Houston, exactly where 10 persons died last month. An apology can be admissible in a scenario as proof of liability, Cevallos suggests.
