MIAMI – Rapper Travis Scott was arrested following his arrest in Miami Beach for disorderly intoxication and trespassing.
The “goosebumps” singer, whose given name is Jacques Webster, was picked up shortly before 2 a.m. at the Miami Beach Marina, police said.
Officers were called to the marina after a disturbance on one of the yachts. When they arrived, Scott was standing on the dock calling out to those on the boat.
When officers asked him to sit down, Scott did so briefly and stood up again. He then “began to continuously stand up in disregard of officers' commands,” according to the arrest form.
Officers noticed the odor of alcohol on Scott's breath.
According to police, the person on the yacht who called them said he didn't want to press charges, he just wanted Scott off his boat.
Scott was then told to leave or be arrested.
“During the long walk from the boat to the boardwalk, the defendant walked backward yelling obscenities at the boat's occupants,” according to the report.
Scott then got into a waiting car and drove off. About five minutes later, police say he returned and began walking toward the yacht.
Scott reportedly ignored officers' commands to stop. When one of the officers stopped him, Scott acted erratically and began yelling again “disturbing the peace of the occupants of the marina and nearby residential buildings,” according to the report.
He was then arrested.
This is not his first brush with the law.
He faces civil lawsuits after 10 people died and dozens were injured during his Astroworld Festival 2021 in Houston.
The mass casualty incident occurred at Scott's show on November 6, 2021, when a crowd began to “squeeze” toward the front of the stage, “and this led to some panicked and started causing some injuries,” Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña said. he said the day after the tragedy.
All 10 deaths occurred due to overcrowding and compaction within a single area, according to the researchers.
No charges were filed against Scott after a grand jury declined to indict him and five others on any criminal charges related to the deadly concert.
