Travis Scott Has Settled 9 Of 10 Wrongful Death Lawsuits Over 2021 Astroworld Tragedy
An attorney has announced that nine of 10 wrongful death lawsuits over the 2021 Astroworld crowd surge have been settled.
On Wednesday, Live Nation attorney Neal Manne said that there's only one remaining wrongful death suit to be settled from the tragedy during the concert of Travis Scott in November 2021 -- the lawsuit filed by the family of 9-year-old Ezra Blount, according to ABC News.
Blount was the youngest person killed during the tragedy.
"As the youngest victim, Ezra's terror must have been unimaginable as the crowd surge ripped him from the safety of his father's shoulders and then crushed and suffocated the life out of his small body," said the Blount family's attorney, Bob Hilliard, after Wednesday's hearing.
Per the media outlet, the litigation attorneys are set to meet in the coming week to discuss the lawsuit and when it could be scheduled for trial.
Along with the discussion of Blount's case at next week's hearing, State District Judge Kristen Hawkins reportedly plans to discuss the potential trials related to the injury cases filed after the tragic Astroworld concert, as well.
Around 2,400 injury cases filed after the concert remain pending.
Guardian News described the Astroworld festival in Houston on Nov. 5, 2021, as "one of the deadliest live music events in U.S. history." As the crowd surged during the festival, 10 people died from asphyxiation, which an expert likened to being crushed by a car.
Following the tragedy, Scott faced backlash because he was allegedly aware of the chaos and mass casualty happening, but he continued his show.
However, in a police interview conducted two days after the tragedy, the "Sicko Mode" artist told the investigators that he did not see any signs of serious problems, according to Billboard.
"We asked if he at any point heard the crowd telling him to stop the show. He stated that if he had heard something like that he would have done something," said the police in their summary of Scott's interview.
Drake, Travis' co-performer at the event, echoed his co-rapper's statement and told the police that it was difficult to see what was happening in the crowd while they were on stage.
Per ABC News, a grand jury declined to indict Scott and five others after a police investigation last year.
