The hotel guard was reportedly trying to break-up an incident between the rapper and his own bodyguard
Travis Scott was arrested in Paris after allegedly attacking a security guard at a high-end hotel on Friday, Aug. 9.
A statement from the Paris prosecutor’s office said police were called to the Georges V early Friday morning to arrest a man “nicknamed Travis Scott for violence against a security guard” (Scott’s real name is Jacques Bermon Webster II). The guard was allegedly trying to stop a separate altercation between Scott and his own security guard. Police are still investigating the matter.
A rep for Scott did not immediately return Rolling Stone’s request for comment. The rapper was reportedly in Paris for the Olympics and was spotted watching the U.S. men’s basketball team against Serbia in the semifinals on Thursday.
Scott’s arrest in Paris comes just a couple of months after he was arrested in Miami on charges of disorderly intoxication and trespassing. According to Miami Beach Police, Scott was on the dock, yelling at people on a nearby yacht. The man who called the police did not want to press charges, so Scott was allowed to leave, but he reportedly returned to the scene, continued to yell, and ignored the cops’ orders to leave.
Scott was released from jail after posting a $650 bond. Not long after, he posted a short “Lol” on X and shared a photoshopped version of his mugshot, edited with sunglasses and headphones.
Earlier this week, prosecutors dropped the disorderly intoxication charge against Scott, but he’s still facing the trespassing after warning charge.
Scott has faced a variety of legal matters this summer, including a copyright infringement lawsuit that claims he improperly sampled the 1992 DJ Jimi song “Bitches (Reply)” on two of his songs, “Stargazing” from Astroworld and “Til Further Notice” from Utopia. Scott has denied the claim and moved to dismiss the suit.
In May, the rapper and others settled the last outstanding wrongful death lawsuit tied to the 2021 Astroworld tragedy, where 10 people were killed and hundreds more were injured in a crowd crush. Scott was not criminally charged over the incident.
