Travis Scott Countersues Venue Security After Fan Was Paralyzed After Fall
His manager also spoke about how getting snubbed motivated ‘Astroworld.’
Travis Scott has filed a countersuit against a concert promoter The Bowery and security company Strike Force Protective Services for a live performance that left a fan paralyzed. Scott is looking for an original lawsuit to be dismissed against him.
In legal documents obtained by The Blast, the 26-year-old Houston rapper says he is not responsible for the injuries Kyle Green suffered during the April 2017 show at NYC’s Terminal 5.
Green filed a lawsuit against La Flame, The Bowery, and Strike Force last fall after he was allegedly pushed off a balcony during the rapper’s show. Green suffered fractured vertebrae, fractured ankle, and a broken wrist, and is now in a wheelchair. Green also claims that the venue’s security improperly handled him after the fall.
“I fell and hit the floor. Before I knew it, I was surrounded by security guards, who scooped me up.” Green told the New York Post. “Travis Scott was yelling at his security guards to bring me to the stage. They didn’t put a backboard or a neck brace on me or anything; they just kinda lifted me up and pulled me around. Then they dropped me in front of the stage.”
The former XXL Freshman’s his longtime A&R Sickamore, recently spoke with Rolling Stone and revealed being snub from the Grammys in 2016 was the big motivator in making Astroworld.”We felt like we really worked hard and we really made a great album with Birds and we just got snubbed,” Sickamore shares. “We were like, man, are they not respecting us? That’s when it was like, ‘no, y’all got it fucked up.’”
Read the full interview here.
