Travis Scott was arrested at a Paris hotel on Friday (August 9) after allegedly getting into a fight with a security guard. According to the Associated PressScott, 33, a statement from the Paris prosecutor's office said the arrest came after police were called to the Georges V hotel early Friday morning to arrest a man “nicknamed Travis Scott for violence against a security guard.”
Officials said the hotel security guard tried to intervene in an altercation between Scott (born Zac Bermon Webster II) and his personal bodyguard in the early hours of the morning. Paris police are still investigating the incident, and at press time it was unknown if Scott was still in custody and what penalties he could face in the incident.
A representative for Scott did not return calls Bulletin boardhis request for comment on the arrest at press time.
Scott was in Paris for the Olympics and was seen at the USA men's basketball game, where All-stars Steph Curry and LeBron James helped lead the veteran team to a thrilling come-from-behind win against Serbia to clinch the team ticket in Saturday's final. against France.
At press time, Scott did not appear to have commented on the arrest, though he did post two tweets about the basketball semifinal, writing “This game was f–king wildddddd” and, earlier, “Someone say to @KingJames I i need Olympic jerzzzz.”
Grammy Award winner Scott was arrested in Miami in June for disorderly intoxication and trespassing. According to an arrest affidavit, Scott was booked into the Miami-Dade County Jail after his early morning arrest for an alleged altercation with another crew member on a charter boat. When the police were called to the scene, Scott was asked to leave and did so, but then continued to shout at the yacht's crew. Officers, who reportedly smelled a “strong odor of alcohol” on Scott's breath, said he returned a few minutes later and allegedly began yelling at the crew again, despite police telling him not to approach the boat, which which led to his arrest.
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