📰 Astro World Festival 2021 - Travis Scott Will Not Be Facing Criminal Charges 📰

 

American rapper Travis Scott will not be facing criminal charges for the incident at his 2021 Astroworld Festival that left about ten people dead and hundreds injured.

According to CNN, District Attorney Kim Ogg on Thursday announced that the rapper who organized the ill-fated event, will not be indicted in connection with the crowd crush that caused the incident.
The 2021 Astroworld Festival was reported as a “mass casualty event” by the Police which left the rapper distraught, saying he was “distraught by the situation and desperately wishes to share his condolences and provide aid to (the victims) as soon as possible”
Additional people, chief of security John Junnell and festival director Brett Silberstein, connected to the festival and also part of the police investigation, were reported to have not been indicted by A grand Jury.
“In this instance, the grand jury of the 228th District Court of Harris County found that no crime did occur, that no single individual was criminally responsible,” Ogg said.
“It is tragic that 10 innocent people were killed while trying to enjoy an evening of music and entertainment, something many of us do routinely and without a second thought to our safety. But a tragedy isn’t always a crime, and not every death is a homicide,” Ogg also said. “This grand jury’s determination has no impact on the many civil lawsuits pending.”
The victims died of “compression asphyxia,” according to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. The youngest victim was nine years old. Multiple lawsuits have been filed against Scott and other organizers, including the entertainment company Live Nation. The defendants have denied the allegations that negligence in the planning and promotion of the festival contributed to the deaths.
“While waiting patiently for the District Attorney’s decision to not file charges, Travis Scott has been inaccurately and wrongly singled out, despite stopping the show three separate times and being unaware of the events as they were unfolding,” Scott’s spokesperson Ted Anastasiou told CNN Thursday. “Now that this chapter is closed, we hope for the government efforts to focus on what is most important - stopping future heartbreaking tragedies like Astroworld from ever occurring again.”
“Criminally speaking there is no case,” Scott’s attorney, Kent Schaffer told CNN by phone.
Schaffer delivered the news to Scott, who is out of the country for a concert.
“He is ecstatic. It’s a huge weight that has been removed from his shoulders. He’s looking forward to getting back home after being cleared by the grand jury,” Schaffer told CNN.
The grand jury met for six hours and homicide detectives testified, according to Schaffer.
Houston Police Department chief Troy Finner said on Thursday that the department will release the entire criminal offense investigation in the coming weeks.

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