Hundreds person settled lawsuits linked to deadly Astroworld FestivalHouston rapper Travis Scott and Live Nation conscionable settled hundreds of lawsuits related to the deadly Astroworld Festival calamity successful 2021.
HOUSTON, Texas -- Almost 3 years aft the deadly Astroworld Festival tragedy, Houston rapper and performance headliner Travis Scott conscionable settled hundreds of lawsuits related to the case.
Ten radical died, and hundreds much were wounded erstwhile the assemblage surged toward the signifier successful 2021.
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More than 300 plaintiffs person reached settlements with Live Nation and Scott.
It is unclear however overmuch the cases were settled for, but this does not extremity the civilian proceedings, arsenic hundreds of different cases remain.
Previous tribunal documents bespeak that reddish flags were raised successful the weeks earlier the event.
Messages sent betwixt organizers amusement interest that determination was not capable abstraction for the 50,000 radical successful beforehand of Scott's stage.
Newly filed tribunal documents uncover Astroworld organizers raised concerns astir overcrowding weeks earlier Travis Scott's 2021 deadly festival.
According to tribunal records, the concerns were adjacent documented successful the minutes of a gathering pursuing the 2019 Astroworld Festival with radical who would beryllium cardinal players successful the 2021 festival. They cited assemblage unit problems with the barricades and wanted to beryllium much proactive for aboriginal festivals by implementing a program to mitigate those issues.
Attorneys volition beryllium backmost successful tribunal successful 2 weeks to contiguous the adjacent radical of plaintiffs.
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