News May 13, 2022
Woman Sues Travis Scott, Alleging Astroworld Festival Disaster Caused Her Miscarriage

Travis Scott is facing yet another lawsuit over his ill-fated Astroworld Festival.
As reported by Rolling Stone, in a lawsuit filed in December that has come to light this week, concertgoers Shanazia Williamson and husband, Jarawd Owens, of Dayton, Ohio, claim they attended the Houston event last November while expecting a child together.
However, when concertgoers began surging toward the stage, Williamson and Owens allege Shanazia “was trampled and crushed resulting in horrific injuries and ultimately the death of her and Jarawd's unborn child.”
"In addition, Shanazia sustained injuries to her shoulder, back, leg, chest, stomach and other parts of her body,” the lawsuit also alleged.
"Defendants' failure to plan, design, manage, operate, staff, and supervise the event was a direct and proximate cause of Shanazia's injuries and death of her and Jarawd's unborn child," the legal papers continued, also alleging that there was inadequate security and medical personnel for the event.
In addition to suing Scott, the couple have listed organizers Live Nation and other companies associated with the event as defendants.
Recently, Jason Itkin, one of the lawyers representing Williamson and Owens, as well as fellow attorneys Richard Mithoff and Sean Roberts, who are acting as the plaintiffs' liaison counsel, filed new claims on how many people were allegedly injured during the event.
The attorneys allege that along with the 10 reported deaths, there were 732 claims tied to injuries that required extensive medical treatment, 1,649 tied to less extensive treatment, and 2,540 claims for injuries where the severity is still under review, totaling over 4,900 claims for deaths and injuries at the festival.
Aside from Williamson and Owens’ lawsuit, Scott and concert organizers are being hit with nearly 400 lawsuits, which on January 26, were combined by the Texas Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation into one for a single judge.
Last December, Scott maintained to Charlamagne Tha God that he did not know fans were getting hurt while performing.
“I didn’t know the exact details until minutes before the press conference [after the concert],” Scott said. “And even at that moment, you’re kind of like, ‘Wait, what?'“
“People pass out, things happen at concerts, but something like that…” he added.
That same month, Scott requested the dismissal of multiple lawsuits against him claiming that he and his company “generally” denied the allegations made in the suits.
Over the weekend, Scott performed at E11Even Miami during Miami Grand Prix weekend — marking the first time he has publicly hit the stage since the tragedy.
Back in November, we discussed the horrific event on Girl Chat. WATCH: