Travis Scott has learned that he will stay involved in the Astroworld legal litigation going ahead, as victim Madison Dubiski’s first trial is scheduled to begin next month.
According to Rolling Stone, as of this Thursday, April 25, Judge Kristen Hawkins of Harris County, Texas, declined Scott’s move for the case to be dismissed. Judge Hawkins made her decision without providing any justification, which means that the civil lawsuits will be allowed to proceed.
The first victim to have her case heard is Dubiski, who is suing the rapper (actual nаme Jacques Webster II) and concert promoter Live Nation. Her trial is scheduled to start on May 6. Should Scott and Live Nation be held accountable, the victims will receive a billiоn-dollar settlement as part of a court decree.
HipHopDX has obtained documents from the discovery phase that show Dubiski and the other defendants will be debating arguments made by plaintiff-hired expert witnesses, such as Darrell Darnell, the former director of emerge𝚗cy management for the District of Columbia.
According to Darnell’s report, Live Nation “breached their duties and responsibilities to implement a crowd management and/or crowd control plan” and he and other experts cautioned the event organizers about the logistics of packing thousands of people into a small concert area.
Nevertheless, it will be decided at trial if Scott is also a victim of the organizers’ purported mistakes.
Back in March, Daniel Petrocelli, the lead attorney for Cactus Jack, contended that the event planners and venue personnel should be held accountable for the safety of the attendees.
Like any other tҺrilling diversion, music festivals need to strike a balance between excitement and safety and security, but it is not the responsibility of performing musicians, even those who are involved in marketing and promoting events, according to Petrocelli.
It only seems logical that performing artists lack specialist knowledge or inherent skill in concert safety procedures, venue security procedures, or site design, even for those who participate in specific promotional activities.
He went on, “The Scott defendants agreed to remove certain rides and other attractions from the festival location in order to support festival organizers’ efforts to limit the likelihood of a stampede occurring there during festival planning. Then, once Mr. Scott’s guest performer concluded, the Scott defendants were instructed to end the show, and they followed through on that instruction.
Travis Scott remаins liable for the Astroworld civil litigation, but Drake’s claims against the plaintiffs have been dropped.
The rapper’s lawyers asked for his nаme to be taken out of the lawsuits last month, arguing that he had no involvement in the event’s organizing, which resulted in the deaths of ten people during Scott’s performance.