Travis Scott’s Lawyer Claims Release Of Police Report On Astroworld Tragedy On Same Day As His New Album ‘Utopia’ Is ‘Anything But Coincidental’
etcanada.comTravis Scott released his new album, Utopia, on Friday — the same day that the Houston Police Department issued its 1,266-page report on the Astroworld Festival tragedy, in which 10 people were killed and more than a dozen hospitalized as the crowd surged forward during Scott’s performance at Houston’s NRG Stadium in November 2021.
According to Scott’s attorney, the timing of the new album and the police report arriving on the same day is not random. Scott’s lawyer, Kent Schaeffer, told TMZ he believed that Houston Police timed the release in order to damage sales of Utopia while also while also distracting from the fact that a grand jury found Travis was not criminally accountable for the tragedy. READ MORE: Astroworld Victims’ Families Strike Settlement Over Travis Scott Festival Tragedy “The timing of the Houston Police Department report’s release, coinciding with the launch of Travis Scott’s highly anticipated album, is anything but coincidental,” said Schaeffer. “Travis Scott and his team were, as anticipated, fully cleared of any wrongdoing associated with the Astroworld tragedy by a grand jury based on the very report released today.
It is outrageous that HPD has chosen to resort to tactics that attempt to discredit Travis and his team, casting doubt on how the unfortunate events at Astroworld,” Schaeffer continued. “Travis’s commitment to his audience’s safety and well-being is well-documented,” he said, noting that “he actively stopped the show three separate times.” READ MORE: Travis Scott Opens Up About Astroworld Tragedy In First Interview: ‘Just Trying To Wrap My Head Around It’ He added: “We encourage the Houston PD to make peace with the fact that Travis Scott and his team were found innocent
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