Family Of Rapper Drakeo The Ruler, Stabbing Victim At Concert, Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
deadline.comAttorneys for the family of slain rapper Drakeo the Ruler said Thursday they intend to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the promoters of the concert where he was stabbed to death.UPDATE: The family filed today, Feb.
2, 2022. The complete legal documents are here at 22STCV04087Live Nation, Bobby Dee Presents, and C3 Presents did not provide adequate security at the event, the attorneys claimed to the Los Angeles Times in announcing their legal plans. “This would have never happened if those promoters had had the proper security protocol.
This was a preventable death,” attorney James Bryant said.He claimed a lawsuit will be filed next week against the promoters seeking upward of $20 million, he said.Live Nation, one of the biggest concert promoters in the US, was also a co-promoter at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival in Houston where nine people died.Drakeo the Ruler was scheduled to perform at the Once Upon a Time in L.A.
festival on Dec. 18 at the Banc of California Stadium in Exposition Park. A crowd descended on him backstage and stabbed him in the neck, according to video of the scene.
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