Rapper Travis Scott attends a men’s basketball semifinals match between Team France and Team Germany at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 8, 2024. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
Travis Scott was arrested in Paris early Friday, August 9, after getting into a fight with his bodyguard, French authorities said.
“I can confirm that on August 9, 2024, police officers were called to the George V hotel and arrested the rapper nicknamed Travis Scott for assaulting a security guard,” the Paris prosecutor’s officer told NBC News in a statement.
“The security guard had intervened to separate the rapper from his bodyguard. The Paris public prosecutor’s office has referred the case to the 1st district of the judicial police.”
Police were called to the luxury George V hotel at around 5 a.m. local time, per CNN. The rapper was arrested for “violence against another person,” a police spokesperson told the outlet.
Scott, 33, was photographed in Paris on Thursday, August 8, attending the men’s basketball semifinals during the 2024 Paris Olympics. The rapper — real name Jacques Bermon Webster II — sat courtside with fellow rapper Quavo.
Us Weekly has reached out to Scott’s representatives for comment.
This is a developing story. Stay tuned for updates.
