Two security guards at Travis Scott’s deadly Astroworld show are jointly suing for at least $1 million — accusing the star and organizers of putting “greed” before safety at the event that left 10 dead.
Jackson Bush, 25, and his uncle, Samuel Bush, 46, filed a lawsuit Friday saying they and other staffers got no training before they found themselves pulling dead bodies from the stampeding crowd amid the Nov. 5 show’s mayhem.
The Bushes told the Houston Chronicle that they landed jobs as security for the event through the New York-based AJ Melino & Associates, which never checked their credentials, backgrounds or licenses.
“They told us to show up in all black, and that’s what we did,” Samuel Bush told the paper.
Jackson added, “As far as training, there was no training.”
When Scott — who was sued under his real name, Jacques Berman Webster II — took the stage that day, he incited a riot, “encouraging fans to ‘rage’ with no regard for human life,” the Bushes’ lawsuit claimed.
He “turned a blind eye to the cries for help, death and devastation happening to his fans” and “continued with the concert and left thousands of people in peril,” claimed the lawsuit filed in Harris County.
Jackson “witnessed CPR being performed on lifeless bodies” and “pulled a body from the stampede who ended up being deceased,” claimed the lawsuit.
The pair were “injured both mentally and physically,” with Jackson hurting his shoulder and back, and his uncle wounding his back and breaking his right hand.
Samuel told the local paper of his horror when he discovered he was too injured himself to adequately help distressed fans.
One woman was “screaming and begging and crying for help, saying that she couldn’t breathe and that her friend may have been on the ground or something,” he told the Chronicle.
But “as much as I tried, I could not even get her,” he said.
The lawsuit names Scott and Melino and several other companies behind the deadly show, including promotions giant Live Nation.
The pair are seeking more than $1 million to cover costs, such as damages and lawyer fees. More than 100 lawsuits have already been filed over the tragedy.
AJ Melino did not respond to requests for comment, the Chronicle said.
Scott and his lawyers have previously said he didn’t have any idea fans were being crushed to death, insisting that he would have stopped performing had he known.
