Travis Scott has stated unequivocally that he feels no accountability for the safety of the attendees at the Astroworld Music Festival and that he has no business being a party to an ongoing legal dispute.

That’s the claim he made in court records that Billboard was able to get on Thursday, March 28. The records, filed by Cactus Jack’s legal team under the direction of Daniel Petrocelli, reveаl that the rapper—real nаme Jacques Bermon Webster II—believes that event planners and venue employees should be in charge of ensuring the safety of the attendees.

Like any other tҺrilling diversion, music festivals need to strike a balance between excitement and safety and security, but it is not the responsibility of performing musicians, even those who are involved in marketing and promoting events, according to Petrocelli.

It only seems logical that performing artists lack specialist knowledge or inherent skill in concert safety procedures, venue security procedures, or site design, even for those who participate in specific promotional activities.

He went on, “The Scott defendants agreed to remove certain rides and other attractions from the festival location in order to support festival organizers’ efforts to limit the likelihood of a stampede occurring there during festival planning. Then, once Mr. Scott’s guest performer concluded, the Scott defendants were instructed to end the show, and they followed through on that instruction.

Drake’s lawyers submitted a request earlier this month to have his nаme struck from the several Astroworld lawsuits on the grounds that he was “not involved” in the event’s preparation.

According to a motion obtained by Billboard that was filed on March 8 in Houston courts, Drake was only performing at the time of the tragedy and is therefore not liable for it.

In a letter to the festival organizers, Mr. Graham’s attorneys stated that their client “did not receive any security briefings, was not informed of any crowd control issues, injuries or deaths in the crowd, or any stop show orders at any time either before or during his 14-minute performance.”

The motion further contended that there was no proof of Drake’s continued participation in the festival, even after thousands of hours of discovery testimony and papers.

During an eight-hour deposition in September of last year, Travis Scott was cоmpelled to answer questions regarding the 2021 tragedy, which has resulted in hundreds of lawsuits.

“Travis Scott’s deposition followed standard court protocol. According to a statement from Scott’s representative Ted Anastasiou, “What is not typical is how the media continues to focus on him despite being cleared of any wrongdoing by extensive government investigations, including by the Houston Police Department.”

“Travis is committed to his tour in support of his record-breаking album, ‘Utopia,’ and his charitable endeavors to support at-rιsk communities, all while fully cooperating with the legal process.”