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Lawsuits Filed Against Travis Scott, Drake & Live Nation Following Astroworld Festival

<p>As many people continue to deal with the tragic outcome of this year&&num;8217&semi;s Astroworld Festival&period; Two lawsuits have already been filed by concertgoers who were affected by the unfortunate events that unfolded&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;billboard&period;com&sol;articles&sol;columns&sol;hip-hop&sol;9656473&sol;travis-scott-astroworld-live-nation-lawsuit-victim-lawsuit">Billboard<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; in the first lawsuit&comma; an attendee&comma; who was allegedly injured during the festival&comma; said that the incident was a &&num;8220&semi;predictable and preventable tragedy&period;&&num;8221&semi; The attendee was identified as Manuel Souza&comma; who filed a petition on Saturday in Harris County District Court&period; Travis Scott&comma; Live Nation&comma; and organizer ScoreMore were all sued for the incident&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Steve Kherkher&comma; the attorney for Manuel Souza said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Defendants failed to properly plan and conduct the concert in a safe manner&period; Instead&comma; they consciously ignored the extreme risks of harm to concertgoers&comma; and&comma; in some cases actively encouraged and fomented dangerous behaviors&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Souza continued to say that security ignored the possibilities of the outcome earlier in the day like when &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;concertgoers breached a security gate around the park&comma; stampeded into the premises&comma; and trampled over one another&period;” The lawsuit also stated that organizers &&num;8220&semi;made the conscious decision to let the show go on&comma; despite the extreme risk of harm to concertgoers that was escalating by the moment&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;07&sol;travis-scott-and-live-nation-sued-astroworld-fiasco-tragedy&sol;">TMZ<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; a second lawsuit was filed by Kristian Paredes&period; Aside from suing Travis&comma; and Live Nation&comma; Drake was sued by Paredes as well&period; In the documents obtained by the site&comma; the lawsuit suggested that both Travis and Drake were aware&comma; or should have been aware of the crowd&&num;8217&semi;s reaction once they hit the stage together&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The security that was on hand at the festival was also criticized for doing a bad job at keeping everyone safe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Paredes is reportedly seeking at least a million in damages&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;eight-confirmed-dead-in-crowd-surge-at-astroworld-festival-video&sol;">previously<&sol;a><&sol;em> reported&comma; there were about 50&comma;000 people that were present at the festival on Friday&comma; and there were eight confirmed deaths&comma; with many others injured following a crowd surge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We continue to keep those affected lifted in prayer and we&&num;8217&semi;ll continue to update you as this story develops&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; 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