The lawyer representing a 10-year-old victim from the Astroworld crowd crush called rapper Travis Scott’s team “stunningly tone deaf” after they tried to accuse police of ‘sabotaging’ Travis’ new album
The attorney for a 10-year-old victim who was killed in at the Astroworld concert called rapper Travis Scott’s team “stunningly tone deaf” after they accused law enforcement of trying to “sabotage” Travis’ new album with the release of their investigation.
Bob Hilliard is representing 10-year-old victim Ezra Blount who was trampled to death during the Astroworld concert in 2021. The family is suing Travis, claiming that he is at fault for their child’s death following the announcement in June that the rapper will not be facing charges for those killed during his performance.
Hilliard told TMZ: “For an artist making his living with music, these are stunningly tone-deaf comments about this preventable tragedy that took so many lives and injured so many.” One of Travis’ lawyers told TMZ that the release of the Houston Police Department investigation was purposefully timed to negatively impact the release of Travis’ new album Utopia.
Hilliard added: “Of course they would only focus on how the report’s release date hurts their album sales instead of the facts contained inside of the report.” One alarming note that was found inside of the investigation report that caught Hilliard’s eye were texts that were sent from a contract worker to the event organiser of Astroworld. In the text, the worker shared his concerns about the night, saying “Someone’s going to end up dead” after seeing people get trampled in the crowd.