Travis Scott arrested in Paris for hitting a security guard The American rapper attacked the man who was trying to separate him from his bodyguard, with whom he was fighting in a luxury hotel in the French capital Rapper Travis Scott , 33, was arrested in the early hours of Friday in Paris for hitting a security guard who was trying to separate him from his bodyguard after the two began fighting, according to the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office. The arrest took place in the lobby of the luxury hotel George V, in the eighth district of the French capital, where the artist is staying to enjoy the Olympic Games. A police source, to which the French newspaper Le Parisien has had access, revealed that it was precisely the hotel employees who called the police due to “acts of violence against a receptionist.
” According to some media, Travis Scott was drunk when the incident occurred, so he could not be questioned at first. The same source told French media that the Texan rapper was under the influence of alcohol not only at the time of the arrest, but throughout the time he was in police custody. The police arrived at 5 a.
m. at the hotel, which is located a few meters from the Champs-Élysées in the French capital. In the videos of the arrest posted on social media, the artist is seen to be intoxicated as officers put him in the police car in handcuffs.
The rapper has already been released, according to local media . The last time he was seen publicly was on Thursday nigh.