Live Nation failed Astroworld concertgoers in effort to ‘make money,’ attorney says: LIVE UPDATES

Astroworld's "head of risk management for security personnel" was allegedly not licensed as a private security guard in Texas. The unnamed individual, who was responsible for "all aspects of festival safety and security," had control over directing all of the security operations for the music festival, according to ABC13.

The "security director" and the "interior and exterior security directors" were also not licensed as private security officers in the state of Texas, the outlet reported.

All four individuals, who worked for a security company not licensed in Texas, were also not licensed as peace officers, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement told ABC13.

A fifth person, who worked for Contemporary Services Corporation (CSC), listed as "security personnel" was licensed. CSC is also licensed with the state of Texas.

All five individuals were listed as security personnel in a 56-page planning document obtained by the local outlet.

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The attorneys representing over 100 Astroworld concertgoers said they are zeroing in on Live Nation and "all" organizers of the event, which resulted in nine dead and injured dozens more.

Attorney Alex Hilliard claimed at Friday's press conference that the promotion company was focused more on profit than safety.

"It's not rocket science for Live Nation. They're the biggest billion-dollar promoter, organizer and advertiser of these festivals around the world and they acknowledge that there was a danger and a risk that people were going to get hurt in the plans for this festival. When that happens, the first step is to put an age limit on who can attend. You need extra security and personnel on-site. Then to allow every single age to come in the doors, to do what? To make money. That's why they did it," Hilliard said.

Hilliard added that it will take months to comb through evidence as the criminal investigation also takes place. The attorney said he and Crump "are not going to leave one stone unturned."

“We will be taking depositions of the highest ranking executive officers that had the power to shut this concert down and didn't. They're going to have to testify under oath as to what their unimaginable reason was for not shutting it down when they knew that people were already dying. It had been declared a mass casualty event."

Attorney Ben Crump added that the festival was a "disaster." "Once and for all, everybody and anybody who had any responsibility for this festival should be held accountable," Crump concluded.

In a statement shared with Fox News on Friday, Live Nation said: "We continue to support and assist local authorities in their ongoing investigation so that both the fans who attended and their families can get the answers they want and deserve, and we will address all legal matters at the appropriate time."

Several of the 100 victims who are taking legal action over Travis Scott's deadly Astroworld Festival spoke out about their experiences at a press conference Friday.

One concertgoer described herself as a mother-of-two who attended Scott's performance last Friday. "The thing that stands out the most in my memory is I remember being crushed by human bodies all around me," the concertgoer announced in front of her attorneys Ben Crump and Alex Hilliard.

The woman said she witnessed a woman near her having a seizure. She also raised concerns about not being able to leave the venue after managing to get out after a long struggle.

"I was not able to stand on my own. We performed a camaraderie of sorts in the crowd to hold each other up so we would not go down. I remember trying to make my way out of the crowd and I passed a woman about two people behind me and when I tapped her to please move out of my way...the woman began to have a seizure. I'm looking around for the paramedics. I don't see anyone responding," the attorney's client recalled.

The woman added that it took "hours" to figure out how to get home. "I was caught in the madness and the mayhem until 2:45 in the morning. There was no way to Uber home, no cell phone service, no taxi service. It was literally like I was trapped downtown by myself."

Another man described how the chaos began before Scott even took the stage. Once Scott did assume the stage, he said it was "basically a war zone."

"Pushing was so aggressive. Each time I almost touched the ground. We were like sardines in a can," said the male client.

The man added that he was "in a daze" when he was finally able to make it to safety. "I just remember bodies everywhere. Limp bodies, bodies being pulled out of the crowd. There was no cell phone service. I will never forget the look of terror on people's faces."

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Travis Scott's attorney spoke out on Friday just hours after a ninth Astroworld victim was confirmed dead.

Edwin F. McPherson of McPherson LLP is representing the 30-year-old rapper amid the tragedy. McPherson appeared on "Good Morning America" on Friday where he claimed Scott, 30, did not incite his crowd of 50,000 attendees by encouraging them to "rage." He also insisted Scott did not know the concert was declared a mass casualty event until after his performance.

The news that the event was deemed a mass casualty event "absolutely did not" get communicated to Scott before his performance ended, McPherson said.

"In fact, we've seen footage of police half an hour later just walking about and not looking like it was a mass casualty event. Clearly, the important thing is that never got to Travis, that never got to Travis's crew. He's up there trying to perform. He does not have any ability to know what's going on down below, certainly on a mass level."

"Travis didn't really understand the full effect of everything until the next morning, truly," McPherson said.

McPherson said there "obviously was a systemic breakdown that we really need to get to the bottom of before we start pointing fingers at anyone." He added that Scott stopped the show more than once to help out fans that he could see "specific" incidents where fans needed help.

An attorney representing one of the victims who lost his life at Friday’s Astroworld Festival claims Travis Scott failed his attendees. 

Attorney Tony Buzbee, who is representing the family of victim Axel Acosta, spoke out against the 30-year-old rapper on Thursday, claiming he invested “time, effort, energy and money protecting Travis Scott and his team.” 

“They didn’t spend a lot of effort, time and money protecting the people going to the concert,” Buzbee told TMZ. 

Acosta traveled from Washington state to Houston because “he loved not only Travis Scott but he loved the lineup of Astroworld,” the attorney added. “The feeling wasn’t mutual. Despite what those performers say about how much they ‘love’ their fans, they didn’t love them enough to spend the money and do the proper planning to keep them safe because this should have never happened.”

Buzbee said he assumes he will be headed to trial on behalf of Astroworld victims and added that he has “faith in the civil justice system” to bring justice. This week, Scott’s team said he will cover victims’ funeral expenses and therapy. Buzbee said his offer is “too little, too late.”

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EXCLUSIVE: Astroworld concertgoer Alex Boro argued the Houston Police Department should be held accountable for the mass casualty incident after he captured video footage of officers allegedly taking selfies during Travis Scott's performance with Drake.

"I was at the front at Astroworld," Boro explained in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital on Thursday.

"I took a video of the cops doing nothing after they supposedly reported it a mass casualty event."

The Houston Police Department said all videos taken at Astroworld and posted online would be "looked at and reviewed" during the investigation, the department's public information officer Kese Smith told Fox News Digital.

It's unclear if the officers in Boro's video were aware of the conditions.  A source close to Astroworld previously noted to Fox News Digital that videos of the concert showing police officers taking videos of the performance well after some first responders had been deployed seemingly suggest that even they were unaware of the severity of the situation during the concert.

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