Scott’s attorney told “GMA” Friday there were “systemic” failures at the music festival
A lawyer for Travis Scott admitted Friday there was a “systemic breakdown” at the deadly Astroworld Festival, and said the rapper was unaware the concert had been declared a mass casualty incident while he was onstage performing last Friday in Houston. Attorney Edwin F. McPherson appeared on “GMA” Friday morning, telling the ABC morning show the declaration from police didn’t make it to the artist or his team. “It absolutely did not. In fact, I think we’ve seen footage of police half an hour later just walking about and not looking like it was a mass casualty event,” McPherson said. “But, clearly the important thing is that never got to Travis, that never got to Travis’s crew. He’s up there trying to perform. He does not have any ability to know what’s going on down below — certainly on a mass level.
