Travis Scott is back in legal hot water in Miami, where a group of marina workers has filed a civil lawsuit accusing the rapper of attacking crew members and keeping staff trapped aboard a charter yacht during a 2024 outing, according to court papers. The complaint, filed this month in Miami civil court, seeks damages for battery, assault and false imprisonment and says at least one crew member was injured. The case pulls a long-quiet incident from 2024 back into the spotlight, the same dustup that led to Scott’s arrest that summer.
According to court documents obtained by TMZ, the charter started going sideways after the yacht’s captain refused Scott’s request to take out a jet ski, saying the performer appeared intoxicated. The suit claims Scott then jumped off the vessel onto the dock, leaving his guests behind on the yacht for about 30 minutes before coming back visibly angry.
Once back on board, the complaint alleges, Scott went after the captain, threatened to kill him and told him he was “dead,” then drove his shoulder into two crew members. One woman allegedly crashed into a table and was hurt in the process, according to TMZ. The filing also says Scott fired one of his own security guards on the spot and blocked workers from getting off the yacht until police arrived.
Criminal Case Followed, Then Fizzled
Police arrested Scott on June 20, 2024, at the Miami Beach Marina at 300 Alton Road and booked him on misdemeanor counts of disorderly intoxication and trespassing, according to The Washington Post. Prosecutors later dropped the disorderly intoxication charge, and the trespassing case was ultimately dismissed, the Miami New Times reported…