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First look at Travis Scott’s testimony on Astroworld tragedy

FILE - Travis Scott performs at the Astroworld Music Festival in Houston, Nov. 5, 2021. The start of the first civil trial stemming from the 2021 Astroworld festival, at which 10 people were killed in a crowd surge, has been delayed. Jury selection had been set to begin Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in the wrongful-death lawsuit filed the family of Madison Dubiski, a 23-year-old Houston resident who was killed during the crowd crush at Scott's November 2021 concert. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File) (Amy Harris, 2021 Invision)

HOUSTON – We are getting our first glimpse of what rapper Travis Scott had to say about the Astroworld tragedy that took 10 lives due to a crowd crush at NRG Park on November 5, 2021.

In a civil lawsuit, a deposition with Jacques Bermon Webster, aka Travis Scott, reveals that he did not meet with any crowd safety experts beforehand.

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An attorney asked, “Have you ever met with any crowd safety experts?”

Scott responded, “Not that I -- no, I don’t think so. I don’t -- I don’t think so.”

The conversation then turned to the shows Scott has performed since the deadly concert. He confirmed with the lawyer that he has done 10 to 20 shows, adding, “You can look it up online.”

The attorney then asked, “Were all of them part of your Live Nation tour agreement?”

Scott replied, “Probably -- I don’t know, and it wasn’t a tour.”

The lawyer further questioned, “And you’d agree that Live Nation was, along with XX Global, your entity, the co-promoter for Astroworld 2021?”

Scott responded, “Yeah.”

Following that line of questioning, Scott was asked if he had any meetings with anyone from NRG Park before or after the Astroworld Festival.

Scott said, “No.”

He then confirmed an interview clip he did, and that concluded the deposition.

KPRC 2 Investigates is digging through many documents for the civil case and will share updates as they come.

To learn more about what happened before and after the Astroworld festival, watch the KPRC 2 Investigates documentary ASTROWORLD: COUNTDOWN TO TRAGEDY.


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