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Live Nation and artist Travis Scott (pictured) have been hit with multiple lawsuits following the death of eight people at Scott\u2019s Astroworld festival.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On Friday, eight attendees were fatally crushed while hundreds were left with injuries during the rapper\u2019s headline performance at the festival, held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At a press conference at the weekend, Mayor of Houston Sylvester Turner confirmed the ages of those that had died were 14, 16, 21, 23 and 27.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Astroworld organisers Live Nation released a statement on Twitter which said<\/a>: \u201cHeartbroken for those lost and impacted at Astroworld last night.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe will continue working to provide as much information and assistance as possible to the local authorities as they investigate the situation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n According to Billboard<\/a>, an attendee at the festival Manuel Souza has filed a petition in Harris County District Court against Scott, festival organisers Live Nation and ScoreMore, and Scott\u2019s record company Cactus Jack.\u00a0<\/p>\n The report suggested the lawsuit accused the defendants of negligence and gross negligence. The lawsuit said the incident was a result of \u201ca motivation for profit at the expense of concertgoers\u2019 health and safety\u201d according to Souza\u2019s attorney Steve Kherkher.<\/p>\n A further lawsuit has been filed by Texas attorney Thomas J. Henry on behalf of another Astroworld attendee, who remains unnamed. Scott, Live Nation and NRG Stadium are listed as co-defendants. Canadian artist Drake is also listed as he made an appearance at the festival, in the performance which led to the crowd surge.\u00a0<\/p>\n In a press release from the office of Henry, it is alleged that Scott and Drake continued to perform even while emergency vehicles arrived and first responders attempted to rescue those that were injured and in distress.\u00a0<\/p>\n The release stated: \u201cBy the time Live Nation finally decided to end the performance, 23 people required hospitalisation, 11 were in cardiac arrest, and more than 300 had to be treated at a \u2018field hospital\u2019 on site. So far, eight people have died of their injuries.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Henry said: \u201cLive musical performances are meant to inspire catharsis, not tragedy. Many of these concert-goers were looking forward to this event for months, and they deserved a safe environment in which to have fun and enjoy the evening. Instead, their night was one of fear, injury and death.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is every indication that the performers, organisers, and venue were not only aware of the hectic crowd but also that injuries and potential deaths may have occurred. Still, they decided to put profits over their attendees and allowed the deadly show to go on.\u201d<\/p>\n A third lawsuit has been filed by civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, on behalf of Noah Gutierrez, another attendee at Astroworld.\u00a0<\/p>\n In a statement, Crump said<\/a>: \u201cWe are hearing horrific accounts of the terror and helplessness people experienced \u2013 the horror of a crushing crowd and the awful trauma of watching people die while trying unsuccessfully to save them.\u201d<\/p>\n Image: Frank Schwichtenberg<\/a>\/(CC BY-SA 4.0)<\/a>\/Edited for size <\/p>\n<\/div>\n