Being charged with trespassing on property and disorderly intoxication, American rapper Travis Scott got arrested on Thursday in Miami Beach. The rapper who is 33-year-old and whose real name is Jacques Bermon Webster was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. Scott was standing by the dock and was yelling at the occupants of vessel continuously after being asked to sit down by the officers. He was disturbing people on the yacht.
Scott was asked to leave the dock or face arrest by Sergeant Lemus of Miami Beach police. The police arrest affidavit said, “Throughout the long walk from the vessel to the boardwalk, the defendant walked backwards yelling obscenities to the occupants of the vessel.” After being asked by the police, the rapper left the dock but returned after five minutes and started yelling again.
The legal representative of Scott said the rapper was arrested due to misunderstanding. The legal representative Bradford Cohen Said, “Mr Scott was briefly detained due to a misunderstanding. There was absolutely no physical altercation involved, and we thank the authorities for working with us towards a swift and amicable resolution.”
Travis Scott was arrested just eight days before his planned European tour, Circus Maximus, in the Netherlands. During his concert in 2021 at the time of the Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas, led to rush of crowd that killed 10 people and injured 300. However, Scott denied responsibility in this matter.