Drake has been pushed aside from the civil proceedings filed towards him, Travis Scott, and lots of others within the wake of the 2021 Astroworld tragedy, TMZ and Houston’s KPRC 2 stories. Stanton “Larry” Stein, an legal professional for Drake, presented no remark when reached by means of Pitchfork.
The Harris County, Texas, pass judgement on overseeing the instances, Kristen Brauchle Hawkins, additionally pushed aside Epic Information, live performance promoter ScoreMore, and extra entities from the litigation, however didn’t take away people and corporations that had asked dismissal, together with Travis Scott, Apple Inc., and Reside Country Leisure.
The loads of Astroworld-lawsuits have been consolidated into one case, and the trial is scheduled to start out in Would possibly.
Drake took the degree with Travis Scott throughout the Houston rapper’s headlining efficiency on the Astroworld Competition in November 2021. Within the days after the development, which left 10 other people lifeless and loads extra injured, Drake wrote, “My center is damaged for the households and buddies of those that misplaced their lives and for any individual who’s struggling. I will be able to proceed to wish for they all, and might be of provider in any respect I will, Would possibly God be with you all.”
Drake sat for a deposition ultimate yr in reference to the Astroworld litigation. In March, he officially requested to be dropped from the proceedings, arguing that he “didn’t obtain any safety briefings, used to be no longer knowledgeable of any crowd keep an eye on problems, accidents or deaths within the crowd, or any prevent display orders at any time both sooner than or throughout his 14-minute efficiency.”
The rapper’s legal professionals additionally wrote of their request for dismissal, “Plaintiffs produce no proof that [Drake] in fact knew of any possibility within the Competition web page design and format, competence or adequacy of Competition staffing and body of workers, or emergency procedures comparable to display prevent authority.”
Final summer time, a Harris County grand jury declined to indict Travis Scott in reference to Astroworld.
