Attorney For Victim’s Family Pissed About New Interview — Believes Rapper Has Been “Lawyer-Driven & Calculated To Shift Blame From Him To Someone Else”
Was it the right move? An attorney is ripping Travis Scott apart over his latest interview where he speaks out for the first time about the Astroworld tragedy.
As we previously reported, Travis spoke with Breakfast Club’s Charlamagne Tha God and started by saying how hard it’s all been because he has “felt so connected” to his fans. Scott denied initially knowing concertgoers had been hurt, saying he “didn’t know the exact details until minutes before the press conference,” after he performed. He said his visibility from the stage while he was performing was limited, but what he did see he acted upon. “Anytime I could see anything like that, I did,” Scott said. “I stopped it a couple times to just make sure everybody was OK.” He told the radio host that he put his trust in the professionals who were handling the festival. “As artists, you trust professionals for when things happen that people can leave safely,” Scott added.
Now, Tony Buzbee who is representing the family of Axel Acosta, a 21-year-old who died from injuries suffered at the concert, says he watched the 50-minute interview and was actually offended by what he saw as Travis attempting to paint himself as a victim: “Axel Acosta and the many others killed or injured are the victims. Travis Scott, his entourage, handlers, promoters, managers, hangers on and everyone else who enable him are the problem. Everything that Travis Scott has done or said since ten people died and hundreds of others were injured at his concert has been lawyer-driven and calculated to shift blame from him to someone else,” he told TMZ.
Buzbee who has already filed a $750 million suit against Travis and others added, “He now says he had an earpiece in, and was not told what was going on in the crowd. That raises the question: Did he have an earpiece in his eye? Why did he purposely ignore the death and mayhem occurring literally feet from him?”
Buzbee believes Travis’ interview was just an attempt to dodge responsibility and accountability. He says Travis “further exacerbates the pain of those that lost loved ones. Axel Acosta’s family doesn’t want to hear Travis Scott’s excuses; excuses do not assuage their grief and pain.”
There have now been at least 140 lawsuits against him.
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