Travis Scott pleads with judge to dismiss trespassing case
Rapper Travis Scott has asked a Florida judge to dismiss his trespassing case, citing legal technicalities.
In June, the motion was filed against Scott last month, referring to disorderly intoxication and trespassing in the city of Miami. At the time of the arrest, police officers said Scott “was drunk, causing a disturbance, and asked to leave multiple times.” He was then released on a $650 bond.
On August 20th, Scott’s lawyer, Bradford Cohen, filed a motion requesting the case be dismissed due to a lack of “no trespassing” signs at the scene. Cohen also argued that Scott was not actually arrested at the Miami Beach Marina, calling in more technicalities.
According to police officers, the rapper caused a “disturbance” on a charter boat and entered a dispute with the occupants of the boat while drunk. After initially cooperating and agreeing to remove himself from the area, he then allegedly returned a few minutes later and became “erratic”.
Prosecutors have dropped the intoxication charge but have decided to proceed with the trespassing charge.
This also follows Scott’s recent arrest in France for getting into a fight with his bodyguard. In a statement, the Paris prosecutor’s office told the French publication, Valeurs, “The police were called to the George V hotel to arrest the rapper for assaulting a security guard. The latter had himself intervened to separate the rapper from his bodyguard.”
According to Paris-based journalist Peter Allen, Scott was taken into custody, but his “condition did not initially allow him to be questioned” by authorities.
Scott is scheduled to go to trial for trespassing on September 10th.