Travis Scott Arrested in Paris After Violent Dust-Up With Security Guard Outside of George V Hotel

Houston-born rapper Travis Scott, real name Jacques Bermon Webster II, was arrested in Paris on Friday morning after a violent confrontation with a security guard outside the five-star George V hotel, located next to the Champs Elysees avenue. Contacted by Variety, a rep for the hotel declined to comment and said “an investigation is going on.”

According to local media, Scott and one of his bodyguards were fighting near the hotel when the security guard intervened, which was met with violence from Scott. Police were then called to the hotel at 5 a.m. local time to break up the fight.

The Paris public prosecutor’s office has said that a criminal investigation has been launched.

Scott was in Paris to attend this year’s Olympics and was seen at the United States Men’s basketball semi-final match against Serbia on Thursday evening.

Local media sources are reporting that several people present during the altercation have reported that Scott was heavily intoxicated at the time of the quarrel and refused to take a breathalyzer test.

It’s been a difficult summer for Scott, who was arrested for disorderly intoxication and trespassing in June after an altercation on a yacht in Miami Beach, Florida. He was released on bond after paying a $500 disorderly intoxication fine and a $150 citation for trespassing.

Scott’s Paris trip comes during a break in his Circus Maximus Tour, which recently wrapped its European leg in Portugal and is set to resume in Santiago, Chile, on Sept. 7 before wrapping in Las Vegas in November.