American rapper Travis Scott has been arrested after a fight with a security guard at a hotel in Paris , according to French prosecutors. The “Sicko Mode” musician was taken into custody after staff at the five-star George V hotel called French police, following an altercation on Friday (9 August). “The police were called to the George V hotel to arrest the rapper for assaulting a security guard,” the Paris prosecutor’s office said, according to French publication Valeurs .
“The latter had himself intervened to separate the rapper from his bodyguard.” A police source told Paris journalist Peter Allen that Scott had been taken into custody but that his “condition did not initially allow him to be questioned”. According to The Mirror , another source told Allen: “The suspect was drunk and had been fighting with another man – possibly a receptionist in the hotel.
He was not in the right condition to be questioned straight away, so was put in a cell where he is still sobering up.” An investigation is now underway to determine the circumstances around the event. Scott was in the city to enjoy the Olympic Games.
He had been pictured supporting the USA men’s basketball team in their semi-final match against Serbia, alongside Migos rapper, Quavo. The news comes after it was reported earlier this week, that the singer was set for a court appearance next month, following a separate incident in Miami related to a yacht fight in June . A charge for disorderly in.