Rapper Travis Scott was released from French police custody without charge after his was arrested on Friday at a hotel in Paris after an altercation with a security guard, French prosecutors said Saturday.
In a statement, the prosecutor’s office in Paris said, “the police decision to detain Travis Scott has been lifted and all proceedings (against him) were closed because the incident was minor.”
Scott was arrested after police were called to the George V Hotel to arrest a man “nicknamed Travis Scott for violence against a security guard,” according to an initial statement from prosecutors.
The hotel security guard had intervened in an argument between the rapper and his bodyguard.
After Friday’s arrest, a representative for the rapper told CBS News that they “were in direct communication with the local Parisian authorities to quickly resolve this matter and will provide updates when appropriate.”
The rapper was there Paris for the Olympics. He watched USA gathers over Serbia in the men’s basketball semifinals on Thursday night.
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Scott, one of hip-hop’s biggest stars born Jacques Webster, has more than 100 songs that entered the Billboard Hot 100 and released four chart-topping singles: “Sicko Mode,” “Highest in the Room,” “The Scotts ” and “Franchise”.
He has two children with his former girlfriend, media personality and businesswoman Kylie Jenner.
In June, Scott was arrested in Miami Beach on charges of trespassing and public intoxication after officers said they found him at the city’s marina yelling obscenities at people on a yacht and disobeying their orders to leave.