"My prayers go out to the families and all those impacted by what happened at Astroworld Festival.The verses of the Quran follow me from every corner of the house as I walk up to Adnan Sami’s living room in his sprawling duplex apartment at Lokhandwala in Mumbai. "I'm absolutely devastated by what took place last night," Scott wrote in a tweet. Scott released a statement regarding his event and the incident on Saturday afternoon. Scott pled guilty to disorderly conduct in a plea deal, according to the outlet. A security guard, police, and others reportedly suffered injuries as a result. In a separate incident, Scott was arrested in 2017 after authorities accused him of inciting a riot during a concert at the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion, AP reported. Authorities claimed that Scott encouraged fans to jump the safety barricades. His song lyrics encourage violence and injury at his concerts."Īs reported by the Associated Press, Scott pled guilty to reckless conduct charges following Lollapalooza, a music festival based in Chicago, in 2015.
Green's lawyer shared a statement with Insider, saying: "My client was paralyzed at Travis show in NY and Travis has pled guilty twice for encouraging chaos at his shows. Representatives for Travis Scott did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. Scott's lawyers have denied that he's at fault, reportedly writing in a 2018 filing that said Green's injuries resulted from "risks voluntarily undertaken" by attendees, according to Rolling Stone who obtained the filing.
Green's lawyer told the outlet that he initially used a wheelchair following the incident but "can actually walk now, but with significant, significant disability. "He's even more incensed by the fact that it could have been avoided had Travis learned his lesson in the past and changed his attitude about inciting people to behave in such a reckless manner," the statement continued. While his lawsuit against Scott is still pending in the Manhattan Supreme Court, Green gave a statement to Rolling Stone through his lawyer, Howard Hershenhorn: "He's devastated and heartbroken for the families of those who were killed and for those individuals who were severely injured." Rolling Stone noted that Green was injured during the same concert where Scott was filmed encouraging a different fan to drop from the second-story seating into the crowd below.
Rolling Stone reported that Green said he was forced over the third-story edge amid a "severely crowded" event.Īccording to the suit filed six months after the alleged incident, Green stated that he suffered several broken bones - including his vertebrae - before being taken off the floor by staff "without a cervical collar, backboard and other safety precautions," the outlet reports. Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña told reporters at a news conference that the crowd was around 50,000 people.įour years earlier, Kyle Green, 27, attended Scott's April 2017 concert at Terminal 5 in New York City, where he was reportedly pushed from a third-floor balcony during the performance.
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