Travis Scott was arrested early Thursday morning (June 20) for disorderly intoxication and trespassing. Miami-Dade County Jail information present that Scott — born Jacques Webster — was arrested for trespassing of property after a warning.
Billboard has reached out to the rapper’s lawyer and reps, in addition to the Miami-Dade police for remark.
In keeping with the arrest affidavit obtained by Billboard, Scott (born Jacques Webster) was booked into Miami-Dade County Jail after being arrested at 1:17 a.m. He’s going through trespassing of property fees together with disorderly intoxication. CNN, citing jail information and regulation enforcement, experiences that Scott has already submitted a $650 bond following his early morning arrest on the Miami Seashore Marina.
Scott was on a constitution boat and allegedly received right into a dispute with one other crew, CNN reported, citing regulation enforcement. Police had been referred to as, and he was requested to go away the scene, which he did. In keeping with the affidavit, police — who had been sporting physique cameras — noticed the rapper yell on the crew on the yacht, and had been in a position to “sense a powerful odor of alcohol” on his breath. However he returned minutes later and allegedly began yelling on the crew once more regardless of police telling him to not strategy the boat, which led to his arrest.
“The defendant later admitted that he had been ingesting alcohol and acknowledged, ‘It’s Miami,’” based on the affidavit.
A supply aware of the state of affairs tells Billboard that there was no bodily altercation at what was described as a celebration, noting that the artist is already residence after posting bail.
Travis Scott
Miami-Dade PD
Scott appeared to have some enjoyable together with his mug shot after his launch on Thursday morning. In an Instagram Story submit, he added a pair of white headphones and brown shades to the picture.
It’s not the primary time the 33-year-old has had run-ins with the regulation. In 2018, he pleaded responsible to disorderly conduct following allegations of inciting a riot at a Northwest Arkansas live performance the yr prior. The rapper can be entrenched in a litany of lawsuits tied to the 2021 Astroworld Pageant, which left 10 folks useless and greater than 700 injured.
The ultimate wrongful demise lawsuit from the pageant was settled in Could. Phrases of the settlement stay unknown. The household of 9-year-old Ezra Blount, who was killed within the Houston pageant crowd surge, sued Scott together with Dwell Nation, Apple and extra entities linked to Astroworld.
