Travis Scott, Drake & Live Nation SUED over Astroworld horror as fan slams ‘poorly managed, disorganized’ festival

reported on Sunday that civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump is representing victims who are suing Travis Scott and Live Nation following the dissaster. 

Crump is representing Noah Gutierrez who described the festival as a scene of “chaos and desperation” in the statement.

Gutierrez says he and others in the VIP section had to lift people who were “screaming for help” on the floor.

Crump and co-counsel Bob Hilliard are expected to file on the behalf of other victims next week.

“We are hearing horrific accounts of the terror and helplessness people experienced - the horror of a crushing crowd and the awful trauma of watching people die while trying unsuccessfully to save them.” the statement read.

“We will be pursuing justice for all our clients who were harmed in this tragic and preventable event.”

Lawsuits from concert go-ers Manuel Souza and Kristian Paredes are claiming both negligence and gross negligence against Travis and the entertainment company.

Souza called the incident “predictable and preventable” according to court documents. He claims that “red flags” were allegedly ignored by festival organizers.

He alleges that people climbed security gates as the festival was opening up and says that concert organizers made a conscious decision to continue the show even as people had “serious” injuries.

Souza cites Travis’ previous history of allegedly encouraging his fans to participate in violence during past shows.

Paredes has named Drake as a defendant in their suit.

They claim that Travis and Drake incited the crowd and that they should’ve been aware of how the crowd would react as a result. 

Paredes also says that anyone who organized security for the event, including Travis, did a poor job of planning and keeping people safe.

Both are seeking at least $1million in damages.

TRAVIS 'BRACING HIMSELF'

A source close to Travis says the rapper is bracing himself for what his team believes to be a class-action lawsuit.

“He’s devastated and was advised to seek legal counsel ahead of any suit brought by the families of the deceased and those badly injured at Astroworld,”

The source says that Travis is “in a bad way” and has been in constant contact with his contact about how to handle the situation.

'LIKE A HERD OF CATTLE'

Reality star Washington Ho, who was attending the Astroworld Festival with his wife Leslie, slammed organizers Live Nation, saying the event was “poorly managed”.

He told The Sun: “I've been to concerts all my life, but this was definitely the worst poorly managed, disorganized concert.”

Washington, who appears in HBO’s House of Ho, had been given special passes by Levi’s but he said things got “crazy” even when they were waiting in line to get into the VIP area.

“We wanted to support a local Houston artist and it was kind of pretty exciting to go, but it got crazy when we were trying to get to our special VIP spot,” Washington said.

“There was like a single file line. It was just like it felt like a herd of cattle trying to fight through this little, like probably eight-foot-long gate. So imagine trying to get like 10,000 people trying to get through a little gate who all want to see you know, Travis Scott."

He added: “And by the time my wife and I got closer to the gate, we wanted to turn it around because we were like, this is too crazy. We're standing there for probably I felt like forever but I think it was a good like hour.”

The situation then worsened, according to Washington, with security staff being slow to let people through and people in the queue started “pushing and shoving."

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Washington said: “They would let you through the gate and they had this one d**k security dude who was like everybody had the right wristband but they wouldn't let us through.

“And he was just a d**k all night and you know, letting like one person in per minute, you know, and everyone just started getting really anxious and angry and started pushing, shoving and then you know, by the time me and my wife wanted to turn around the cops like pulled out their tasers and s**t.”

Once the crowd realised the cops were not carrying guns, Washington claimed the crowd then just “bum rushed” and the cops were unable to maintain control.

'THE COPS HAD NO POWER'

He said: “Once someone screamed like oh, the cops don't have guns and people just bum rushed, like didn't give a shit. And the cops had no control. Me and my wife were like the cops had no power. They had no police power.”

Fortunately for Washington and his wife, they left early because it was “getting too rowdy” and were unhurt.

Basil Baig, the brother of Danish Baig, 27, who died at the event, also claimed in a Facebook post the event was “managed poorly”.

University of Dayton student Franco Patino, 21, also lost his life at the concert, according to The 

Another Houston schoolgirl, Brianna Rodriguez, 16, also perished in the disaster, according to 

Rudy Peña, a Laredo man, was also among the victims, .

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has released the ages for seven of the eight victims including a 14-year-old, along with those aged 16, 21, 21, 23, 23 and 27.

The age of the 8th victim is still unknown at this time, according to Turner.

OVERCOME WITH EMOTION

In videos posted to Instagram on Saturday, Scott was overcome with emotion as he gave a statement about his actions during the tragic first night of the Astroworld Festival.

"My fans really mean the world to me and I always wanna leave them with a positive experience and anytime I can make out anything that’s going on, I stop the show and help them get the help they need, you know?" he said.