Travis Scott arrested in Miami Beach for drunkenness and trespassing

Star rapper Travis Scott was arrested early Thursday in Miami Beach, Florida, after causing a disturbance on a yacht docked at a marina, according to a police report. He was later released on bail after posting a total of $650 for both charges, local news reported.

Scott, 33, whose real name is Jacques Bermon Webster II, was arrested at 1:44 a.m. on charges of trespassing and drunken driving after police were called to the marina and told that “a fight was taking place on the vessel,” according to the report.

Once there, officers found Scott yelling at passengers on the ship. Officers “could detect a strong odor of alcohol on the defendant’s breath,” the report states. They led him across a dock to a boardwalk, with Scott walking backwards while yelling obscenities.

Mr Scott got into a waiting vehicle but soon began walking back to the yacht, the report said, ignoring officers’ requests to leave the premises and was subsequently taken into custody.

According to the report, Mr. Scott later admitted to drinking alcohol “and said, ‘It’s Miami.'”

On Thursday, Mr Scott posted on social media what appeared to be a doctored image of his mugshot, with sunglasses and headphones added.

In a statement, Bradford Cohen, a lawyer for the rapper, said: “Mr. Scott was briefly detained due to a misunderstanding. There was absolutely no physical altercation and we thank the authorities for working with us to reach a quick and amicable resolution.”

Mr. Scott is one of the most popular rappers in music today, with three No. 1 albums and a recent arena tour. His shows are known for generating extremely high-energy reactions from audiences, and in late 2021, 10 fans died in a stampede at Mr. Scott’s Astroworld festival in his hometown of Houston.

Last year, a grand jury declined to criminally indict Mr. Scott and others involved in organizing the festival. But civil suits are pending against him and others, including Live Nation, the festival’s organizer, and Apple, which broadcast the show live, over the deaths. Of those 10 civil suits, all but one have been settled.

Kitty Bennett made a research contribution.