Rapper Travis Scott was arrested in Paris, France, on Friday after an alleged combat along with his bodyguard at a five-star lodge.
French prosecutors stated Scott, 33, was arrested on the luxurious Lodge George V for assaulting a safety guard who tried to interrupt up the combat.
“The safety guard had intervened to separate the rapper from his bodyguard,” the prosecutor’s workplace informed 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 stored his head bowed as police moved him into the again of a cruiser.
The investigation is ongoing.
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Scott (actual title Jacques Bermon Webster II) was visiting Paris on Thursday and attended the lads’s Olympic basketball semifinal, the place the U.S. workforce triumphed over Serbia with a four-point victory. Scott watched the sport courtside with rapper Quavo and Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin.
The Paris lodge incident is the second time Scott has been arrested in current months. In June, the rapper was charged with trespassing and disorderly intoxication in Miami. Police stated 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 without doubt one of the most commercially profitable hip-hop musicians on the planet and has been nominated for 10 Grammy Awards.
In 2021, 10 folks died throughout Scott’s efficiency at his Astroworld pageant in Houston, Texas. With 50,000 folks on the occasion, followers surged towards the stage and prompted a crowd crush. Some 300 folks have been injured.
Scott stated he was unaware of what was taking place within the crowd throughout the present, and solely discovered after the efficiency.
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