The family of the youngest victim of the Astroworld tragedy has slammed Travis Scott for flaunting his $5.5 million luxury vehicle.
At Scott’s concert at the Astroworld Music Festival in November 2021, a stampede resulted in ten fatalities and hundreds of injuries, among them 9-year-old Ezra Blount.
Before Ezra died from his injuries, Scott’s family filed a lawsuit, and others soon followed, resulting in a flurry of lawsuits.
However, as the lawsuits mount, Scott’s use of his $5.5 million Bugatti Veyron Chiron Super Sport is drawing criticism, with the family’s attorney describing the rapper’s extravagant spending as “excessive.”
If Scott had spent half of what he paid for the Bugatti on basic safety measures at the tragic music event, according to Bob Hillard, the family’s attorney, Ezra would still be alive today enjoying his summer.
However, a representative for Scott informed TMZ that the Lamborghini in question was purchased in 2020, which was before the disaster at Astroworld.
‘This latest attempt to exploit Astroworld victims and gaslight the media and the public is a new low,’ the rep said.
‘The car referenced was purchased way back in 2020 (well before the tragic events at Astroworld), and covered widely by the media — including TMZ — at that time. Misrepresenting a two-year-old car purchase to make an unprovoked and unjustified attack on Travis Scott is nothing more than another desperate publicity stunt to try to falsely blame Travis and intentionally manipulate public opinion, which won’t work.’
The stampede during Scott’s concert last year resulted in ten fatalities and over 4,900 injuries, a much greater number of concertgoers injured than first thought, according to a court document filed in May.
Scott and the festival’s organizers are being sued by a lady who claims she lost her pregnancy as a result of injuries she got during the Astroworld Festival crowd crush.
When they went to the Astroworld Festival on November 5, 2021, Shanazia Williamson and her husband Jarawd Owens of Dayton, Ohio, claim they were expecting a child. They claim that Williamson’s injuries from the event were to blame for the loss of the fetus.
Williamson and Owens filed a lawsuit in December against Scott, the Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation, the security companies Valle Services SMG and ASM Global, and the festival promoters Live Nation and ScoreMore.
‘While in attendance at the festival, Shanazia was trampled and crushed resulting in horrific injuries and ultimately the death of her and Jarawd’s unborn child,’ the suit claims, ‘In addition, Shanazia sustained injuries to her shoulder, back, leg, chest, stomach and other parts of her body.’
The lawsuit claims that the defendants failed to identify the risks associated with the event’s arrangement and failed to provide enough security or medical professionals.
The lawsuit brought by Williamson and Owens against Scott and the festival’s sponsors is one of many. Injured festivalgoers could sue Scott, his record label Cactus Jack, Live Nation, ScoreMore, Apple, the festival’s security providers, and the venue itself for billions of dollars in damages.
The fatal occurrence left Scott with a host of legal problems as well as fierce public criticism for his purported handling of the fatal incident.
He was dropped from the lineups of both the Day N Vegas festival last year and Coachella in 2022.
According to lawyers Jason Itkin, Richard Mithoff, and Sean Roberts, 732 stampede victims suffered serious injuries and needed extensive medical care.
According to them, 1,649 more people required less extensive care, while 2,540 concertgoers’ injuries are still being evaluated for severity, as first reported by Rolling Stone.
What “extensive” or “less extensive” treatment included was not specified in the filing.
They also refused to say how much money the victims are seeking for in damages. According to prior reports, 125 or more people have sued Scott and concert promoter Live Nation in civil court, seeking a total of $750 million in damages.
All accusations against Live Nation and Contemporary Services Corporation, the festival’s primary security provider, have been refuted.
Scott has consistently denied any involvement in the Astroworld tragedy.
He will play three shows as the Primavera Sound festival’s headlining act in November, with Lorde from New Zealand set to perform before him.