Travis Scott arrested in Paris over resort violence | NESMAG

Rapper Travis Scott has been arrested in Paris after combating along with his bodyguard, in keeping with French authorities.

The 33-year-old US star is alleged to have attacked a safety guard who tried to interrupt up the 2 males on the five-star George V resort on Friday morning.

French prosecutors informed the Reuters and AFP information businesses they’d opened a felony investigation into “unspecified violence” in opposition to the guard.

A consultant for Mr Scott informed BBC Newsbeat: “We are in direct communication with the local Parisian authorities to swiftly resolve this matter and will provide updates when appropriate”.

On Thursday night, Mr Scott, actual identify Jacques Bermon Webster, was photographed at Team USA’s Olympic basketball match in opposition to Serbia.

He was pictured subsequent to American businessman Michael Rubin and fellow rapper Quavo, former frontman of hip-hop group Migos.

Earlier this 12 months Mr Scott was arrested in Miami in relation to an argument on a non-public yacht.

Showbiz information web site TMZ has reported that prosecutors dropped a cost of disorderly intoxication in opposition to him, however he nonetheless faces a rely of trespassing.

Mr Scott is a 10-time Grammy Award nominee and one of many greatest hip-hop acts on the earth.

He was beforehand in a relationship with Kylie Jenner and the pair have two youngsters collectively.

In 2021, 10 followers died in a crowd surge at Scott’s Astroworld competition in Houston, Texas.

He didn’t face felony fees over their deaths however stays concerned in civil circumstances alleging that organisers had been at fault.

Last 12 months he scored his first UK primary album with Utopia, which was launched per week after a deliberate present in entrance of Egypt’s pyramids was cancelled.

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