Travis Scott's Lawyer Says There's 'Finger Pointing' Following Tragedy

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Travis Scott’s attorney suggests “finger-pointing” at the hands of the Houston Police amid the Astroworld investigation.

as saying 'You cannot just close when you got 50,000 and over 50,000 individuals. We have to worry about rioting, riots, when you have a group that’s that young,'" McPherson's statement continued."Yet, just a short time later, Chief Finner states the responsibility to stop the show falls on Travis."designated that only the festival director and executive producers have authority to stop the show, neither of which is part of Travis’s crew," the statement continued.

McPherson concluded his statement by saying,"Investigations should start proceeding over finger-pointing so that together, we can identify exactly what transpired and how we can prevent anything like this from happening again."by of the father of E.B., a 9-year-old boy"who was trampled and catastrophically injured" at the concert, per attorneys Ben Crump, Alex Hilliard, and Bob Hilliard's press release.

The release additionally noted that E.B."sustained life-threatening injuries and is currently being hospitalized in a medically induced coma on life support in an attempt to combat his brain, liver, and kidney trauma." The suit alleges negligence in crowd control, failure to provide proper medical attention, hiring, training, supervision, and retention. The lawsuit additionally claims that the defendants failed to stop Scott's performance"until over 40 minutes after city officials said the 'mass casualty event' had begun."

E.B.'s wasn't the first lawsuit to be filed against Scott and others following tragedy in Houston, Texas. ET confirmed that 10 lawsuits have been filed in regards to the Astroworld Festival incident.

 

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