Rapper Travis Scott was arrested in Paris, France, on Friday after an alleged struggle along with his bodyguard at a five-star lodge.
French prosecutors mentioned Scott, 33, was arrested on the luxurious Resort George V for assaulting a safety guard who tried to interrupt up the struggle.
“The safety guard had intervened to separate the rapper from his bodyguard,” the prosecutor’s workplace advised NBC Information, including that the case has been referred to the primary district of the judicial police.
Additional particulars surrounding the alleged assault have but to be launched.
Scott has not commented publicly on his arrest.
TMZ obtained footage of the rapper being escorted out of the lodge by three officers. Scott saved his head bowed as police moved him into the again of a cruiser.
The investigation is ongoing.
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Scott (actual identify Jacques Bermon Webster II) was visiting Paris on Thursday and attended the boys’s Olympic basketball semifinal, the place the U.S. staff triumphed over Serbia with a four-point victory. Scott watched the sport courtside with rapper Quavo and Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin.
Michael Rubin, Travis Scott and Quavo the Olympic males’s basketball semifinals recreation between the U.S. and Serbia on Aug. 8, 2024, in Paris, France.
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The Paris lodge incident is the second time Scott has been arrested in latest months. In June, the rapper was charged with trespassing and disorderly intoxication in Miami. Police mentioned Scott was taken into custody after he allegedly yelled at folks onboard a yacht and refused to depart the Miami Seashore port. Scott’s lawyer referred to as the incident a “misunderstanding.”
Scott is likely one of the most commercially profitable hip-hop musicians on this planet and has been nominated for 10 Grammy Awards.
In 2021, 10 folks died throughout Scott’s efficiency at his Astroworld competition in Houston, Texas. With 50,000 folks on the occasion, followers surged towards the stage and precipitated a crowd crush. Some 300 folks have been injured.
Scott mentioned he was unaware of what was taking place within the crowd throughout the present, and solely discovered after the efficiency.
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