Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival Tragedy: Legal Experts Weigh In | Complex News

[@osidosy]

I have been following this story from the beginning but haven't understood the legal implications of what happened. This video was soooo meaningful. I'd love to see more collaborations with Legally Judgy and Complex breaking down important news in the culture.

[@DannyPluto.]

Yes and more flowers, rainbows and pony’s 💕♥️💙

[@kdlee3316]

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[@niksterfer6sir]

100 percent the same people that were trampling others are filing lawsuits

[@fnwboosa]

This situation is fucked and if anyone tries to spit fax they get all Christian this is cancel culture at its finest

[@hopetrnr0]

Yikes!😬

[@sevenblessed2543]

And they legally can same reason why Travis Scott could have atop the show but didn't

[@DF-hl2ds]

@@sevenblessed2543 Why is everyone trying to blame a black man for the actions of a MOB? (Only in AmeriKKKa) Also, why is the media ignoring the white guys in MAGA hats pushing the crowd from behind?

[@buk6708]

@@DF-hl2ds what?

[@ratriverfm]

I hope that Travis and other artists can use this as a lesson to put more care to protect their fans at live events. I really hope that anything similar won't happen in the future

[@mikegarcia583]

👏🏻

[@DF-hl2ds]

Why is everyone trying to blame a black man for the actions of a MOB? (Only in AmeriKKKa) Also, why is the media ignoring the white guys in MAGA hats pushing the crowd from behind?

[@wolfe6209]

@@DF-hl2ds what are you even talking about?

[@LaraCroftEyes1]

Travis tells his fans to break in, and to jump over the barricades, and Travis encourages his fans to keep the chaos going.

[@ratriverfm]

@@DF-hl2ds wtf are you talking about?

[@MsAlien911]

Its sad. For every single person who lost a loved one, I'm sending healing thoughts and genuine prayers. Kia kaha. Stay strong America. Terrible about the xmas parade too.... Another rap connection ending bad.

[@Galaxy-dx1hv]

I’m really sad because I learnt that a NINE YEAR OLD DIED because of this.

[@babycakesdrew]

watch these "legal experts" be first year law students

[@mikegarcia583]

😭😭😭

[@UltimateBlaze1913]

Who remembers when Complex actually used to be a credible Hip Hop outlet instead of a outrage Twitter mouthpiece lol?

[@les0101s]

If the standing room had been spread out a little with sections and aisles like they talked about here, then none of this would have happened. With the history of Travis's concerts, they definitely should have done that correctly. Seems like that would be Live Nation's responsibility.

[@ryanamari2233]

There is a video on the Washington Post page that talks about that …it’s eerie to watch and listen to

[@brookesilcox7238]

So if Travis scott tells fans to shoot someone they are um OK so why isn't anyone blaming the fans. They are the ones that do what they are told?????

[@user02917]

i agree, this reminds me of a hit man and its organizer. both are held accountable.

[@ceoayoola]

i agree that it’s the fans fault but you can’t pin it on certain people bc it was like 1k people that did it out of 50k

[@mikexxxmilly]

Society has a pretty ridiculous track record for blaming others. Shit, they tried to blame Columbine on Marilyn Manson lmaooo If they were willing to go that far, It being travis' festival, him performing during the tragedy, video footage existing of him hyping them up and NOT STOPPING when everyone was telling them to is not far off. I think he will lose honestly.

[@LeahJackson420]

Whose to blame? All of them! Any company who had anything to do with this concert.

[@DF-hl2ds]

Mr. Scott NEVER asked the crowd to surge and stampede, how can he be held responsible? So because he’s black he’s responsible for the actions of hundreds of idiots? … and why is the media ignoring reports of white guys in MAGA hats pushing the crowd from behind? 🤔

[@LeahJackson420]

@@DF-hl2ds what in the actual f%ck are you talking about. It was Antifa smh. Ridiculous. It’s what he DIDN’T do.

[@mikexxxmilly]

@@DF-hl2ds how in gods name does it have anything to do with him being black? God damn, you got your race cards in hand, ready to throw down at the drop of a hat. Its HIS concert that HE PLANNED AND WENT THROUGH WITH. You think because he's black he should be exempt from any responsibility? He planned the shit bro. He's responsible, the staff is responsible, security is partly responsible, police are partly responsible... doesn't matter what their fucking skin color is. My god . Maga hats? Oh, I get it... you still riding that wave. Anything that goes wrong, blame it on Donald trump lmao. dude isn't even president anymore. Your get out of trouble free card has run out.

[@blinkur09mom]

Including the audience

[@LeahJackson420]

@@blinkur09mom yes, sadly. But I hope at least that group of kids learned that it’s not cool to be a fool and whereas normally jumping up on something dancing you are a hero, in this case they are a zero. I don’t know why I am rhyming everything lol

[@messcott4849]

I got my refund back and I didn’t have to waive any rights all I had to do was request it and i got my money back in like 3 days

[@mikexxxmilly]

Was there any fine print? You may have automatically waived it

[@erin5984]

I don’t know if this is true, but I’ve heard that if you got a refund you can’t sue. I don’t know what your experience was or if that information is even true though.

[@MoneyMan6969]

100% wrong. Nothing that happened before matters, he would have had to incite the crowd on that day.

[@babatunda1849]

facts

[@jema5039]

Tell me u don’t know what ur talking about Marcel without telling me, the Feds are on this case now & if u really think nothing will happen based off of previous actions ur in lala-land or just a dumbass

[@blastphame]

Venue, crowd managers, police, ems, all were present. So wtf

[@mikexxxmilly]

they're all complicit, including travis. it was a domino effect of multiple people not doing their jobs

[@devante_topdawg491]

More than 10 people died, it was demonic & an evil vibe in this whole situation.

[@niksterfer6sir]

People die all the time for dumb shit...this is people just trying to get quick dollar no demonic shit

[@rrrrr6478]

🤡

[@dadder1426]

🤡

[@niksterfer6sir]

@VoteRed 2020 source is bro on the internet. His girl is a billionaire, his brother in law is a billionaire and he has a child within the Kardashian family he was already amongst the rich folks. Yall be into this demonic just steady passing this info along like yall got a leader. If its an elite you really feel like they letting black folks in cause 10 folks got killed with millions die everyday from dumb shit...be rational

[@matthewtremblay1246]

I was at work when it happened and something told me that it was going to get worse. Trust your gut everyone

[@mikexxxmilly]

what lol

[@lifeschoolbw]

To the person reading this: God has a plan for your life, trust the process💞🥰 “Congrats to everyone who is early and who found this comment”🏆

[@askiabattle3678]

Amen GOD BLESS YOU TO

[@Bubbles_88568]

You are blessedly and highly favoured, IJN 🙌

[@phakt]

It's foolish how much everyone is reporting that his guilt may be dependant on how he has behaved at completely different times/ scenarios.

[@bdh711]

Well duh, that makes it clear his actions are negligent because there is intent

[@mikexxxmilly]

I mean, that's how the legal system works. They investigate your past and if you have a storied history of being irresponsible, it is held against you. Mistakes will follow you regardless of how you may or may not change.

[@Apachita]

I believe he doesn't actually care. He expects and glorifies their injuries. Here is an interview where he says "I'm all about the blood.....(inteviewer says what?) well not me, I'm not bleeding but the fans are like giving their bodies...". kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJqmlYSOh9p5ipI

[@rennierad]

People seem to forget about that interview, but I assure you that interview will be showed in a court of law.

[@Darkdragonhero1]

@@rennierad no they wont ,they have already thrown out past tweets and interviews, because law officials have deemed them irrelevant due to the fact his actions in the past were some time ago , they need recent proof that he wanted this to happen, which there isnt. Plus every hip-hop fan knows he was acting recklessly back then because he wanted his name out there , nothing more. He never says the shit he used to say anymore now that he became a celebrity. Also its already stated that he wont get sued himself , only "live nation" , that concert organization already has more than 200 deaths.

[@atg2186]

These lawsuits will turn into a money grab.

[@ryanamari2233]

There were people who were at the concert on the second stage where Sza was who were pushed into the crowd on the south quadrant for Travis and couldn’t get out…

[@hokfoc6329]

You can't blame a human for another humans actions

[@Jacubamustoff]

No but you can blame a demon. Check him at 3:40-3:48 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3mtnI2km5x4qKM

[@mikexxxmilly]

If he organized the event he is absolutely subject to lawsuits. You would think McDonalds wouldn't be to blame for some idiot burning themselves with coffee but alas, we now have "caution hot" warnings.

[@P-Atonement]

The two “attorneys” sound like law school dropouts. The long haired lady is hard to listen to. Her voice is so annoying.

[@jwallabaddabingbaddoboomgu257]

I agree!! Definitely college students

[@eternallight9636]

The lawyers that representing the parents of the victims, needs to stop talking and start collecting money.

[@erichimself4229]

Let all rage and break into the Kardashian house

[@rennierad]

One more thing in an interview Mr Scott says he likes to see his fans bleed, well that certainly happened. He got what he wanted and he didn't rats ass for beloved fans. I'm sure that interview will be showed in a court of law, you best believe that.

[@connorshackleford8302]

Bro they cant use pre incidents as evidence for anything at astro.

[@austinjh8851]

No signing needed

[@MISmotionimagesound]

Travis Scott needs to be held directly responsible....

[@wesbesttreacts4515]

Yeah forget the people that broke in and were actually suffocating and stepping on people

[@malcolmxpanther]

Calm down Karen

[@MISmotionimagesound]

@@wesbesttreacts4515 duty of care is on him

[@zionistpos1092]

💯 i like how 🐑 be protecting TS even though he doesn’t gaf about y’all and only see u as money making 🐄

[@jwallabaddabingbaddoboomgu257]

@@wesbesttreacts4515 travis encouraged it

[@julietannenbaum6773]

I also think if you can't prove you paid for a ticket to be on the concert grounds you shouldn't have a right to sue. It seems like you would be guilty of trespassing and were breaking the law. Just because someone tells you to do something dangerous stupid and illegal doesn't mean you should jump up and do it

[@alexm2930]

I’m feeling like a lot of the planners were inexperienced people who weren’t necessarily cutting corners but had left a lot of things at the last minute.

[@chiquitafeldberg8512]

That was a good report. Only thing that was so irritating was that woman's crocky voice.

[@ntq6752]

this was lit

[@bbcmeatwad9097]

It’s literally only a big deal because it’s Travis Scott…if he were a metal band - it wouldn’t be lucrative free content

[@au-ni6ejsas]

its a big deal because children were killed. pre teens included but advertised as a family friendly event. its a big deal because the deaths were documented live for the wold to see. its a big deal because travis and crew ignored all the warning sings including an ambulance, and proceeded with the show. its a big deal because its 2021 and its a different time now, hence why pearl jam didn't receive such backlash (in 2002) - the last major concert containing a similar situation.

[@hopetrnr0]

@@au-ni6ejsas well said

[@Power_Verse_]

What metal band let this happen?

[@bbcmeatwad9097]

Still wouldn’t be all over the media as every bodies go to topic, free headliner copycat journalists story, if he wasn’t who he was

[@babas5865]

people died?.. what is wrong with you

[@jesusdiedforyou6800]

TURN TO JESUS CHRIST!

[@yn1325]

amen.

[@sharmainejohnson323]

In the video with Charlemagne he said he was told to stop once the guest (Drake)is done but he still continues after Drake got done. He was well aware of the chaos going on. Ain't no way when they told him to stop he didn't ask why are we stopping the show

[@lilcuku3256]

Nope him playing goosebumps was his way of stopping the show

[@trevorallen4516]

HE WAS SINGING TO THE BODIES , HE WAS LOVING IT!! WAKE THE FAWK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@saintblades]

Half the world at this point, have viewed every angle of this event and researched into his occult interests. Everyone agrees it was intentional.

[@ghennifergrievous9463]

Ok kid

[@rrrrr6478]

🤔Is your name everyone? 😒🖐️Coz i don't fuck with yo opinion

[@TheRetardization]

who made you the spokesperson to speak on everyones behalf? kinda arrogant of you.

[@kpin80]

@@TheRetardization 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@askiabattle3678]

Its coming

[@alioda2489]

Wow they moved the guy after he fell from the balcony you are not supposed to move people in situations like that you could paralyze them or make it worse and look the guy is paralyzed

[@DaminionC]

Black Lives Matter ✊🏿

[@DaminionC]

Don’t sue !!!

[@51844mj]

All lives matter

[@jwallabaddabingbaddoboomgu257]

Travis has not apologised "multiple times" ...nonsense!! Xx

[@lifesabowlofcherries]

When you apologize, you admit guilt

[@jwallabaddabingbaddoboomgu257]

@@lifesabowlofcherries the narrator in the video said he has apologised "multiple times" x

[@kavid8120]

4:57 girl drinking an alcoholic beverage. but let’s all blame Travis for the crowd doing stupid shit

[@igotbit9454]

He knew.

[@sarak4418]

People have died from other concerts are y'all talking about that one !!!!

[@johnfuller1303]

Bullshit people aren’t supposed to die in a concert at all it’s is not normal for that to happen. And the worst part about this concert tragedy is how avoidable it really was if Travis just shut it down.

[@mikexxxmilly]

crowd crushes are extraordinarily rare for how frequent concerts take place and yes, they have talked about them to exhaustion to answer your question. Just a simple google or KZbin search will give you all the evidence you need. There are literal crowd safety experts... they know what to do and how to do it... it just wasn't done here unfortunately.

[@joe9427]

Can’t cancel the goat 🐐

[@nathanhunter4737]

Are these kids legal experts?

[@julietannenbaum6773]

I'm wondering if Scott and his promoters will attempt to file bankruptcy to avoid paying off the lawsuits?

[@MissRebels]

I seen a concert of him from Switzerland, looks like 2 million people there and it went off without a death, organizer should have more water, Houston police was recording the concert, some concerts are wild people who attend know their artist I went to a Three Six Mafia concert an when the played Tear the Club up the people started pushing and jumping around, swinging arms, some were putting up gang signs to rival gangs, but no deaths

[@waliyyalyons7137]

People need to sue Travis,live nation,apple concert organizer , police, security, and Satan "the devil"

[@dadder1426]

Ofc he couldn’t hear the crowd, the earpiece plays his music so he can sing along 🥱🥱🥱 Fuck cancel culture, still bumping travis HARD

[@mikexxxmilly]

No damn chance he gets cancelled. He's a black artist embedded with the kardashians. I still see these weird mfers riding with R Kelly lmao

[@stephenrubalcava5655]

You play hard you pay hard

[@tipphilips8252]

It was a complex con

[@iksnipesta]

I remember Natasha from collider video.

[@Dracoz11]

For me it was kinda hard to breath at the festival

[@triippen]

thats on the crowd not having empathy for others space. there was mad space in the back. glad ur good tho.

[@triippen]

@Jenny Hillman Aunt Jenny do you have a link? bc where i was, there was a lot of space. unless he was pushed against the barricades.

[@les0101s]

@Jenny Hillman Aunt Jenny But people must have been behind them in order for Ezra to be crushed.

[@atg2186]

@Jenny Hillman Aunt Jenny what’s the far bacc? Because there was enough space. People literally rushed to the front. People did not give a Fucc about other people or kids.

[@johnkoepke4807]

These 2 "Lawyers" are corny AF.

[@nathanhunter4737]

It comes t down to cash! And always will until the fed stops being provate

[@flamesafterfameworldwide2765]

Travis Scott !!!

[@DarkCloudNC]

People actually listen to Travis Scott? Lol

[@MrJamiez]

I've never listened to him nor Dreak. I were born in 1984. I only listen to tuapc & 80s & 90s music. My pfp pic I found on Google. It's a troll ⛏ . 😂

[@DarkCloudNC]

@@MrJamiez lol

[@MrJamiez]

@@DarkCloudNC lol. Loads of people say, get lost Oldman. I'm only 37. Still kinda young. 😂 I find random pics on Google & use them as my pfp. 😂

[@fnwboosa]

@@MrJamiez nah bruh go listen to tech nine before your 37 brittle ass hearing goes 💀

[@MrJamiez]

@@fnwboosa im good, kiddo. Goodnight my nigga. 10.12pm here. Watching gta online vids on YT.

[@The503factory]

All of them should go to jail starting with Travis at least 10 years he killed 9 people and injured 100 plus each person should get 250 million for the reckless endangerment.

[@rrrrr6478]

😔It was so sad to see Travis stomp on those nine people

[@The503factory]

@@rrrrr6478 as you know he doesn’t care

[@rrrrr6478]

@@The503factory 🤡🤡🤡🤡 You real dumb if you thought i agreed with what you're saying

[@The503factory]

@@rrrrr6478 why are you even replying if you do care

[@DannyPluto.]

You don’t know what your talking about

[@alishatate7940]

Ask them can they press charges on Satan also, I’m sure he had everything to do with this ritual.

[@arlanknowlton7853]

REAL ENTERTAINERS/PERFORMERS CARES FOR THEIR FANS WITHOUT THEM THEY WOULD NOT BE WHERE THEIR AT. FROM ALL THE THINGS I KNEW ABOUT TS HE IS NOT AN ENTERTAINER/PERFORMER, promoting violence and danger to others.

[@prodbyguap4928]

L

[@dynamite6507]

Idc my children aren't going to a Travis Scott concert unless I'm there one and two we would be towards the back.

[@phranklive4949]

Leather jacket no more up talk

[@cyberfiretiger5825]

Live nation, I’m assuming had to of had a permit for a public gathering which again I’m assuming had to have been reviewed And approved bye it’s local jurisdiction. It seems like when it comes to OSHA, They’re ve had to have approved this plan as well as other officials. It’s a lot of people in the higher ups Passing off paperwork down to people that aren’t qualified because it takes money to make money and people with a lot of money they’ve got more important things to bother with them their own affairs.

[@cyberfiretiger5825]

It goes all the way up to Biden is to blame and Biden is to blame for this ridiculous court case about race. As a society we should be ashamed. Justice is supposed only be blind. Not def dumb and blind 😔

[@cyberfiretiger5825]

freeDUMB

[@nnnnn3435]

Dra look e too ?? That’s just money grabbing

[@patrickrhodes6396]

Yo

[@Illskyy]

Soft.

[@ericm6633]

Boycott Travis and Drake

[@JakobHighRoller]

# Free Travis

[@austinjh8851]

I got my refund

[@rrrrr6478]

Good for you

[@Sigmundfrued]

Should've sued

[@Rokone001]

Drake is not a rapper, he is a bad singer and a big clown:):):)

[@rb19518]

A million percent!!

[@diobrando32943]

and you’re using a tragedy to push your own subjective thought on some artist that you will never be successful as. fuck off clown :)

[@Rokone001]

@@diobrando32943 maybe he is successful now but still cant rap….his music is not hiphop never was. Pop artist celeb nothing more with a hearth shape cut in his hair :)

[@diobrando32943]

@@Rokone001 and what are you? some random joke on internet commenting what is what get a life u broke ass clown

[@Rokone001]

@@diobrando32943 :) if you say so:):)

[@KissAthenaa]

I work at a gym if someone gets hurt while I’m on the clock and I get sued that would be unfair, they shouldn’t put all the blame on him bc how is he to know ppl are gone yes it’s his show but he can’t control 50k + humans he can’t play God

[@mikexxxmilly]

If you are in a position of power with people in your care you are absolutely liable under the law. Im a supervisor at an auto manufacturer.. One of our employees was impaled through the foot and had to have it amputated. I was subject to multiple OSHA interviews and could've been prosecuted had they determined I was negligent.

[@TheMADMonkeyLOL]

He incited that crowd surge, let fans in without a ticket.

[@KissAthenaa]

@@mikexxxmilly if you in a position of power but you are not told what the fuck can you do?

[@everydayiam]

R.I.P utopia

[@akinbobolaz]

The cases will be dropped. Real lawyers are already saying they can't prove intent. So GOOD LUCK cancel culture. I'd like to also add his sales have gone UP! sense this. The ppl have spoken. These entitled cry babies and crawl back to there caves and make there tic tok videos now 🤣🤣😂🤣✌

[@TheReal1441]

Dude people died shut up

[@akinbobolaz]

@@TheReal1441 dude the same ppl that killed them are sueing so you stfu😜

[@andrewb4943]

Imagine being a drone that actually defends this clown.. lmao

[@mikexxxmilly]

Cancel Culture will not touch a black man who's embedded with the kardashians. That is too much Hollywood strength. they only go after those who disagree politically.

[@thestatzman]

Travis Scott is innocent. The end.

[@tkill1984]

This a video about the law, and that's your argument? Don't ever represent yourself in court dummy.

[@thestatzman]

@@tkill1984 if I represented myself in court, I'd do very well.

[@informativt]

Fantastic, all this video is doing is to blame the crowd. Eg because of his history they set up tons of barricades, and it was these barricades that killed people. For an example on how this video doesn't really care is that it would be easy to tell that the ambulance is in a different section to the casualties

[@user-iu7os9hj5o]

Its good he's getting done. These american rappers live in a world wer they rarely pay the consequences for their stupid actions. If tht was a regular events company you can bet ur ass tht someone's going to jail nd tbh its wat he deserves not just have his money taken. Terrorists have killed less people in some cases.

[@kennethdelgado6942]

I got my refund