Astroworld disaster: Victims and relatives file lawsuits for millions

Astroworld disaster
Victims and relatives file lawsuits for millions

After the accident at the Astroworld Festival, 125 victims and relatives sued the artists and organizers for 750 million dollars.

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After the accident at the Astroworld Festival, 125 victims and relatives sued the artists and organizers for 750 million dollars.

A massive lawsuit has been filed against Travis Scott (30), Drake (35), Apple, Live Nation and other people in charge of the Astroworld Festival. As reported by the “Daily Mail”, among others, claim 125 victims and their relatives $ 750 million (around 660 million euros).

The lawsuit brought by attorney Tony Buzbee calls on Scott and the organizers to answer for the negligence that is said to have made the accident possible. The concert was therefore not properly planned, the security staff was not properly trained and the event was not safe. Buzbee also alleges that Scott sparked the panic by often praising violence in moshpits and yelling at participants to attack one another.

The music continued playing – for almost forty minutes

Among the plaintiffs is the family of 21-year-old Axel Acosta, who died at the Travis Scott concert. He is said to have been crushed with such force by a “whipped, ferocious and out of control crowd” that he could not breathe. It goes on: “When Axel collapsed, he was trampled by those who struggled not to be crushed. While he was dying among the crowd, the music continued to play – for almost forty minutes.”

The lawsuit is intended to cover physical as well as mental health damage and loss of life, it says. The attorney said, “No amount of money will ever make these plaintiffs well; no amount of money can restore human life. But the damages sought in this case seek to repair, help, or offset the damage and loss suffered by these plaintiffs – no more and no less.”

Nine year old dies of injuries after a week

Ten people have now fallen victim to the mass panic. Eight people between the ages of 14 and 27 died during or after the disaster, a 22-year-old succumbed to her injuries last Friday, and a nine-year-old on Monday. Hundreds of people were injured at the festival with around 50,000 visitors.

Travis Scott and Live Nation had offered concert-goers refunds for the tickets, and Scott also offered financial support to the families of the dead. The lawsuit states that it would be “a grotesque effort on the part of the defendants to retrospectively limit their liability to the families of those killed or injured”.

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