“This little boy is currently fighting for his life, and his parents will never know the same child they entered Astroworld with.”
The lawsuit, which names Scott, Live Nation Entertainment, Scoremore Mgmt and Cactus Jack Records as defendants, alleges negligence in “a great number of aspects” including crowd control and failure to provide proper medical attention.
Ezra Blount, 9, was on his father’s shoulder at the event before falling during the crush, according to NBC News.tap here to see other videos from our teamOnce the family was able to locate him at Texas Children’s Hospital, the boy was in a coma to fight the brain trauma. Houston’s police chief said he met briefly with Scott to voice his “public safety concerns” before the rapper took the stage. Friday’s deadly crowd surge has led to a flurry of lawsuits on behalf of concert-goers, while police are pursing a criminal probe of the tragedy.