Rapper arrested in Paris at Olympics after fight with his bodyguard
Travis Scott was arrested in Paris on Friday after getting into a fight with his bodyguard, according to multiple reports.
CNN and others are reporting the rapper, 33, was arrested at a 5-star hotel.
BBC News reports the “Sicko Mode” singer is alleged to have attacked a security guard who attempted to break up a fight between Scott and his own bodyguard at the George V hotel.
“I can confirm that on August 9, 2024, police officers were called to the George V hotel and arrested the rapper nicknamed Travis Scott for assaulting a security guard,” the Paris prosecutor’s officer said in a statement per NBC News.
“The security guard had intervened to separate the rapper from his bodyguard. The Paris public prosecutor’s office has referred the case to the 1st district of the judicial police.”
On Thursday, Scott, whose real name Jacques Bermon Webster II, attended Team USA’s basketball semifinal win against Serbia.
Scott was arrested in Miami on June 20 for disorderly intoxication and trespassing on a property after a warning, PEOPLE reports. His attorney Bradford Cohen said in a statement Scott was “detained due to a misunderstanding.”
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