Drake has been dismissed from civil lawsuits filed against him, Travis Scott and several others following the 2021 Astroworld tragedy. TMZ and Houston KPRC 2 References. Stanton “Larry” Stein, Drake's attorney, had no comment when reached by Pitchfork.
Harris County, Texas, Judge Kristen Brauckle Hawkins also dismissed Epic Records, concert promoter ScoreMore and other entities from the lawsuit, but did not remove other individuals and companies that had asked to be dismissed, including Travis Scott, Apple Inc.and Live Nation Entertainment.
Astroworld's hundreds of lawsuits were festival-deaths-travis-scott-entertainment-business-lifestyle-a506452f616936dbd6a8f79395831d8e”>consolidated in one case and the trial is scheduled to begin in May.
Drake took the stage with Travis Scott during the Houston rapper's headlining performance at the Astroworld festival in November 2021. In the days following the incident, which left 10 dead and hundreds more injured, Drake wrote: “My heart is broken for the families and friends of those who lost their lives and for anyone who is suffering. I will continue to pray for all of them and serve in any way I can, God be with you.”
Drake sat for deposition last year in connection with the Astroworld trial. In March, he formally requested to withdraw from the lawsuitsclaiming that he “received no security briefings, was not informed of crowd control problems, injuries or deaths in the crowd, or stop orders at any time before or during his 14-minute performance.”
The rapper's attorneys also wrote in their motion to dismiss, “Plaintiffs do not provide evidence that [Drake] was actually aware of any danger in the design and layout of the festival site, the skill or adequacy of the festival staff and personnel, or the emergency procedures such as the demonstration stop principle.'
Last summer, a Harris County grand jury declined to indict Travis Scott in connection with Astroworld.
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