Travis Scott has pled guilty TWICE for encouraging fans to rush the stage

Travis Scott took to Instagram Saturday night (pictured) after eight people died during his performance at Astroworld Festival

Travis Scott took to Instagram Saturday night (pictured) after eight people died during his performance at Astroworld Festival

Travis Scott shared his shock after eight people were crushed to death at his Houston concert on Friday – but the rapper has twice been convicted for encouraging fans to jump security barriers and rush the stage at previous concerts. 

Scott, born Jacques Bermon Webster II, posted an emotional video saying he was ‘devastated’ about the deaths at Houston’s Astroworld Fest on his Instagram Saturday.

He added: ‘I can’t imagine anything like this happening.’

But that has raised eyebrows over footage showing multiple incidents of crowds stampeding towards Scott at prior performances at Lollapalooza in Chicago in 2015 and at an indoor venue in Arkansas in 2017. Both incidents resulted in misdemeanor convictions for Scott. 

There’s no suggestion Scott asked fans to rush his stage during the performance that ended with eight deaths on Friday.

One nurse who was in attendance has rubbished claims that a man was seen injecting people with a needle moments before the crush.

A statement issued on Astroworld’s account also mentioned people suffering from cardiac arrests and asked anyone with knowledge to contact Houston PD, sparking claims that organizers are trying to pass the buck over alleged poor crowd control that turned deadly.  

Houston PD Chief Troy Finner said there had been reports of a security guard stabbed with a needle and later being revived with Narcan, although there have been no reports of the crowd being drugged in the same way. 

Meanwhile, a fan who was paralyzed after falling from a balcony during a Scott concert in 2017 has blasted the singer in Rolling Stone for putting fans’ safety at risk. 

A lawyer for Kyle Green, a 27-year-old who was injured at Scott’s April 2017 concert at Terminal 5 in New York City, says that Green was ‘devastated and heartbroken’ for the families of the eight people who died at Scott’s Friday night concert. 

Kyle Green, 27, was left partially paralyzed at a Travis Scott show after Scott encouraged another fan to jump off a balcony. He says Friday's deaths could have been avoided 'had Travis learned his lesson'

Kyle Green, 27, was left partially paralyzed at a Travis Scott show after Scott encouraged another fan to jump off a balcony. He says Friday’s deaths could have been avoided ‘had Travis learned his lesson’

Travis Scott show at Terminal 5 in NYC

Travis Scott show at Terminal 5 in NYC

NYC 2017: Green ended up partially paralyzed after cracking several vertebrae when rowdy fans rushed the balcony of Terminal 5 in New York in May 2017. Scott egged one fan to jump. In video of the incident, one concertgoer can be heard saying, ‘I don’t wanna die in here.’

Travis Scott at Lollapalooza 2015

Travis Scott at Lollapalooza 2015

CHICAGO 2015:  Scott pled guilty to misdemeanor reckless conduct after his fans jumped a security barricade at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago

Travis Scott fans rush Arkansas stage in 2017

Travis Scott fans rush Arkansas stage in 2017

ARKANSAS 2017: Scott encouraged fans to go past security and rush the stage at a May 2017 show in Arkansas. He pled guilty to disorderly conduct the next year

Green says he was forced over the edge of a balcony at the venue, which he called ‘severely crowded.’ He broke several bones and vertebrae and can only walk with a ‘significant, significant disability.’

‘He’s even more incensed by the fact that it could have been avoided had Travis learned his lesson in the past and changed his attitude about inciting people to behave in such a reckless manner,’ attorney Howard Hershenhorn told Rolling Stone. 

At the show, Scott had encouraged another fan to jump off the balcony. 

‘I see you, but are you gonna do it?’ Scot asked. ‘They gonna catch you. Don’t be scared. Don’t be scared!’

In video of the incident, one fan can be heard saying, ‘I don’t wanna die in here.’ 

Green sued Scott, his manager, concert promoter Bowery Presents and a security company six months after the incident, while he was still confined to a wheelchair. The case is pending.

In August 2015, the 29-year-old, who is dating Kylie Jenner, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of reckless conduct after his fans jumped a security barricade at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago.

The Office of Emergency Management said at the time: ‘The performer played one song and then began telling fans to come over the barricades. Due to the security’s quick response, the situation was remedied immediately and no fans were injured.

John Hilgert, 14, was the youngest victim of the horrific crush which killed eight people at Friday night’s Astroworld Festival in Houston

The  Houston medical examiner is asking for the public's help in identifying this man, who also died at Friday's Astroworld event. He is believed to be in his early 20s, and was six feet two inches tall, and weighed 498 pounds

The  Houston medical examiner is asking for the public’s help in identifying this man, who also died at Friday’s Astroworld event. He is believed to be in his early 20s, and was six feet two inches tall, and weighed 498 pounds

Danish Baig, 27, pictured, was killed at Travis Scott's Astroworld after saving a relative during the stampede on Friday, his brother said

Franco Patino, 21, attended the event with his best friend for his friend's birthday. He was also killed, University of Dayton said

Danish Baig, 27 (left), was killed at Travis Scott’s Astroworld after saving a relative during the stampede on Friday, his brother said. Franco Patino, 21 (right), also died, the University of Dayton said

Brianna Rodriguez, 16, was a dancer and junior in high school

Rodolfo 'Rudy' Pena, 23, was an aspiring model and dreamed of one day being a US Border Patrol agent. He died of cardiac arrest

Brianna Rodriguez, 16, (left) was a dancer and junior in high school. Rodolfo ‘Rudy’ Pena, 23,(right)  was an aspiring model and dreamed of one day being a US Border Patrol agent. He died of cardiac arrest

The performer fled the scene and was taken into custody a short while later,’ according to station WLS.

‘All my real ragers jump the barricade right now. Let’s go. Come over,’ he said as his young fans obliged. ‘I want chaos.’ Hundreds were seen storming towards the stage, although there were no reports of anyone being injured.  

In February 2018, he pled guilty to another misdemeanor charge – this one for disorderly conduct – after he encouraged his fans to rush the stage and bypass security at a May 2017 concert in Arkansas. 

Weeks before that, a fan at a Scott concert in Manhattan says he was carried over the side of a balcony after the rapper asked fans to rush forward, and was subsequently paralyzed as a result.  

Meanwhile, a nurse who fainted and was crowd-surfed to the stage at Friday’s concert described the scene as overwhelmed medical staff dealt with a sea of bodies. She also pushed back on claims that a man stabbing people with a needle was the source of the deaths.

The crowd at the Houston-based music festival surged toward the stage during Scott's performance, knocking other concertgoers over and squeezing them together

The crowd at the Houston-based music festival surged toward the stage during Scott’s performance, knocking other concertgoers over and squeezing them together 

Around 2pm Friday, hundreds of fans stormed the festival's VIP entrance. Seven hours later, the surge in front of the main stage killed eight people

Around 2pm Friday, hundreds of fans stormed the festival’s VIP entrance. Seven hours later, the surge in front of the main stage killed eight people

Madeline Eskins, an ICU nurse who went to Friday's Travis Scott show, shared her perspective after she fainted and ended up backstage

Madeline Eskins, an ICU nurse who went to Friday’s Travis Scott show, shared her perspective after she fainted and ended up backstage

She called the show 'awful' and described overwhelmed medical staff and untrained teenagers trying to revive concertgoers, some of whom would not make it

She called the show ‘awful’ and described overwhelmed medical staff and untrained teenagers trying to revive concertgoers, some of whom would not make it

‘This is a lie. They trying to cover their asses. Nobody who actually was there has said this s**t. Nobody saw this s**t,’ said Madeline Eskins.

Eight people, ranging in age from 14 to 27, were killed as people pushed against one another while trying to get as close as possible to the Grammy-winning performer. 

John Hilgert is the youngest victim of the horrific crush, which killed eight people at Friday night’s Astroworld Festival in Houston. 

He was a ninth grader at Memorial High School and was remembered as a talented baseball player, as well as a popular student.

Hilgert was pictured as Houston’s medical examiner released a photograph of another victim they’re trying to identify, KTRK reported. 

The man is believed to be in his early 20s, has short dark hair, a goatee and was wearing white size 11 Nikes. He was six feet two inches tall, and weighed 498 pounds.

Basil (second left) confirmed his brother Danish Baig's (left) death on Facebook and called what he did a 'courageous act'

Basil (second left) confirmed his brother Danish Baig’s (left) death on Facebook and called what he did a ‘courageous act’ 

Brianna (right), pictured with her mother, was killed at the event

Brianna (right), pictured with her mother, was killed at the event 

Pena died of cardiac arrest after being injured at the show

Pena died of cardiac arrest after being injured at the show 

21-year-old Patino was a student at the University of Dayton in southern Ohio, where he studied engineering

21-year-old Patino was a student at the University of Dayton in southern Ohio, where he studied engineering 

Danish Baig, 27, was one of people who died after a surge at the concert. University of Dayton student Franco Patino, 21, a senior, also died at day one of the Astroworld festival at NRG Park in Houston, Texas, the school said. 

Baig was killed after trying to save a relative during the stampede at the concert, his brother Basil Baig confirmed on Facebook. 

‘My brother was killed in this horrendous Astroworld event that was managed poorly and supervised by such horrible people,’ Basil wrote on Facebook. 

He commended his late brother for his ‘courageous act’ and called him a ‘beautiful soul.’ 

Kyle Green broke several vertebrae after falling from a balcony at a Travis Scott show in 2017.  He can only walk with a 'significant, significant disability,' his lawyer says

Kyle Green broke several vertebrae after falling from a balcony at a Travis Scott show in 2017.  He can only walk with a ‘significant, significant disability,’ his lawyer says

Patino was a huge fan of the rapper and travelled from Southern Ohio to Houston for the event with his best friend to celebrate his friend’s birthday, according to WGN9. 

The college senior was studying engineering and was a member of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and the Alpha Psi Lambda.  

Others whose deaths have been confirmed to various news outlets are 16-year-old Brianna Rodriguez and Rodolfo ‘Rudy’ Peña, 23.

Some described not being able to breathe, feeling their ribs crushed and not being able to move their arms as the pushing and shoving went on.

The rapper was the subject of a 2019 Netflix documentary titled Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly, which depicts fans with bloody noses and shows the difficulty of staging the kinds of shows Scott prefers while avoiding police intervention.

Eskins said that reports that a man was going around the concert injecting people are 'a lie. They trying to cover their asses'

Eskins said that reports that a man was going around the concert injecting people are ‘a lie. They trying to cover their asses’

Eskins says she saw untrained medical staff and teenage concertgoers performing CPR on people who were alive because they didn't know to check for a pulse

Eskins says she saw untrained medical staff and teenage concertgoers performing CPR on people who were alive because they didn’t know to check for a pulse

Eskins, a concertgoer who describes herself as an ICU nurse, wrote a lengthy Instagram post on Saturday detailing what happened to her at the show.

She says she fainted in the crowd Friday night after she wasn’t able to breathe.

Someone then crowd-surfed her unconscious body to a security guard, who put her in a section backstage where medical staff was frantically trying to save people ‘with eyes rolled back into their heads’ and ‘bleeding from their nose and mouth.’

‘I yelled, “has ANYBODY checked a pulse?’ she recalled.

‘Please come help us,’ a security guard told her after she identified herself as an ICU nurse, she said. 

Scott continued to perform for 37 minutes after first responders were called to the event, according to the Houston Chronicle. Social media video from the concert shows fans asking camera operators to stop the show.

She recalls seeing three bodies sprawled out behind the general admission crowd as medical staff performs CPR with little resources or training.

‘I ask where the ambu bag is, where the AED is, where the stretcher and ambulance is, where tf any s*** is and they said essentially there is none,’ Eskins writes.

‘There’s one ambu bag, one stretcher and one AED for 3 – now 4 – people who are pulseless and blue. 

‘People from the crowd are trying to help. Teenagers are doing CPR trying to help but they’re doing it incorrectly. Then I see there’s other people doing CPR on people who still have a pulse bc nobody has done a pulse check. It was an absolute s**t show.’

Eskins also posted a story calling pushing back on claims, published by TMZ, that a man with a needle was going around and injecting people with something.  

Scott, 29, continued to perform after eight people were crushed to death

Scott, 29, continued to perform after eight people were crushed to death

Eskins, who says she's been to previous Astroworld festivals, said, 'this was completely different. It was awful.'

Eskins, who says she’s been to previous Astroworld festivals, said, ‘this was completely different. It was awful.’

‘This is a lie,’ she wrote. ‘They trying to cover their asses. Nobody who actually was there has said this s****. Nobody saw this s***.’

Houston police chief Troy Finner said a security guard felt a prick in his neck and immediately fell unconscious while he was trying to restrain somebody else, according to TMZ.

The guard was revived using Narcan, used to undo opioid overdoses, and medical staff confirmed that he had been stabbed with a syringe.  

Houston police chief Troy Finner says the investigation into the deaths will leave ‘no stones unturned.’

‘This has not happened to us in Houston since I’ve been a police officer and we take pride in it. And we’re going to get down to the bottom of it,’ Finner said at a press conference Saturday, according to KHOU.

‘A lot of narratives right now. A lot of them on social media and even last night,’ he added. 

‘I think that all of us need to be respectful of the families and make sure we follow the facts and the evidence. And that’s what we’re trying to do here in the Houston Police Department. I will tell you one of the narratives was that someone was injecting other people with drugs.’

source: dailymail.co.uk