New lawsuit accuses Travis Scott of inciting stampede at Rolling Loud 2019

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Travis Scott is being sued for allegedly encouraging a stampede during his Rolling Loud Miami festival appearance in 2019.According to documents obtained by Rolling Stone, an amended complaint filed on May 10 by Marchelle Love accuses Scott of “verbally and physically [inciting] the crowd to engage in a mosh pit and other hazardous activities”.Scott’s alleged actions are claimed to have followed police orders to end his set “due to the crowd becoming dangerous and uncontrollable”.

The rapper did end his performance, however, the claimant alleges that he continued to egg-on the crowd.A representative for Scott denied the allegations to Rolling Stone. “This is another blatant, cynical attempt to attack Travis.

As even the complaint makes clear, this incident was related to a false report of a shooting mid-show, completely unrelated to Travis’s performance… This cheap opportunism is based on a blatant lie that’s easy to detect.”In the lawsuit, it’s claimed that Scott’s alleged encouragements caused the crowd to panic and “multiple stampedes” continued. “Despite the fact that Travis Scott was aware of and could clearly see concertgoers being injured, suffocating, losing consciousness, fighting and being trampled, he continued his performance while authorities were forced to attempt to render aid to these injured concertgoers,” documents read.Love claims Scott should have known his actions would “result in foreseeable injury” and that he was negligent.

According to the complaint, Love, who also filed the suit on behalf of a minor child and guardian identified as U.M, suffered unspecified “severe injuries” that are “permanent in nature”.These alleged injuries include: “bodily injury and resulting pain and suffering,.