US rapper Travis Scott arrested for trespassing and disorderly intoxication in Miami
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Travis Scott is shown in this police booking photo taken at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Centre in Miami, released on June 20.
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MIAMI – American rapper Travis Scott was arrested early on June 20 in Miami Beach, Florida, after causing a disturbance on a yacht docked at a marina, according to a police report. He was later released on bond after paying a total of US$650 (S$880) on two charges, local news reported.
Scott, 33, whose real name is Jacques Bermon Webster II, was arrested at 1.44am on charges of trespassing and disorderly intoxication after the police were called to the marina and told that “people were fighting on the vessel”, according to the report.
Once there, officers found Scott yelling at passengers on the yacht. The officers “could sense a strong smell of alcohol coming from the defendant’s breath”, the report said. They led him down a dock and towards a boardwalk, with Scott walking backwards and yelling obscenities along the way.
Scott got into a vehicle that was waiting for him but soon began walking back to the yacht, the report said, in defiance of the officers’ warning to leave the premises. He was then taken into custody.
According to the report, Scott later admitted he had been drinking alcohol “and stated, ‘It’s Miami’”.
On June 20, Scott posted on Instagram Stories what appeared to be a doctored image of his mugshot, with sunglasses and earphones added.
In a statement, Mr Bradford Cohen, a lawyer for the rapper, said: “Mr Scott was briefly detained due to a misunderstanding. There was absolutely no physical altercation involved, and we thank the authorities for working with us towards a swift and amicable resolution.”
Scott is one of the most popular rappers in music today, with three No. 1 albums and an ongoing arena tour. He wrote on social media after his arrest that he would proceed with the tour in Europe.
“6 days to Circus Maximus Tour,” he said on X. “For the record I’m going.”
Scott’s shows have a reputation for an extremely high-energy response from crowds, and in November 2021, 10 fans died as a result of a crowd crush at his Astroworld Festival in Houston, his home town.
In June 2023, a Texas grand jury declined to criminally indict the rapper and others involved in putting on the festival. But he and others, including Live Nation, the festival’s promoter, and Apple, which live-streamed the show, have faced lawsuits over those deaths. Of those 10 lawsuits, all but one have been settled. NYTIMES
