Travis Scott defends himself as he’s busted for disorderly intoxication: ‘It’s Miami’
Rapper Travis Scott was arrested early Thursday morning after allegedly having a drunken altercation at a Miami Beach marina – telling cops “It’s Miami” when he copped to drinking.
Scott, 33, was taken into custody after officers responded to a report of people fighting on a yacht at the Miami Beach Marina shortly before 1 a.m., and found Scott standing by the dock and yelling at the occupants of one of the boats, according to the arrest affidavit obtained by The Post.
Police “could sense a strong smell of alcohol” on the rapper’s breath, and noted that he repeatedly disregarded officers’ instructions to sit down.
The person on the boat said they did not want to press charges, but simply wanted Scott off the vessel, the report continued.
As officers walked Scott from the yacht back to the boardwalk area, the “Sick Mode” musician “walked backwards yelling obscenities,” the report said.
When Scott got back to his car, he told police that “‘if he gets in the vehicle he’s gonna catch a fade,’ which is slang for fighting,” the write-up claimed.
Scott returned to the dock about five minutes later, according to the affidavit.
He became “erratic” and started yelling as he walked back towards the yacht, and allegedly ignored multiple warnings from officers.
Scott – whose real name is Jacques Bermon Webster II – was taken into custody at 1:17 a.m. on charges of trespassing after a warning and disorderly intoxication.
Scott supposedly told the police “It’s Miami” when he later admitted to drinking alcohol.
He was booked at 4:35 a.m., where he posted a $650 bond.
“There was no physical altercation with anyone,” a source familiar with the incident told The Post.
“This was a rowdy party and Travis was already bailed out for a few hundred dollars. He is already home,” they added.
“There will be no further action to be taken as it was a minor incident akin to receiving a ticket with no injuries.”
Travis’ lawyer, Bradford Cohen, said in a statement, “Mr. Scott was briefly detained due to a misunderstanding. There was absolutely no physical altercation involved, and we thank the authorities for working with us towards a swift and amicable resolution.”
Scott’s arrest comes less than one month after he and Alexander “AE” Edwards got into a brawl at Richie Akiva’s annual “The After” afterparty in Cannes, France.
The pair supposedly started throwing punches after Scott got annoyed that Akiva shouted out Tyga and AE in the DJ booth.
“Travis was the aggressor,” a source told Page Six. “He and his team were being neurotic, erratic and crazy. He was there looking for a fight with anyone to be honest.”
AE’s girlfriend, the music legend Cher, later wrote on X that he “did not start” the fight.
Scott has also been embroiled in legal troubles over the crowd surge at the 2021 Astroworld music festival, which killed 10 people.
As of early May, nine out of the 10 wrongful death lawsuits filed in connection with the tragedy had reportedly been settled, while around 2,400 injury claims were still pending.
