The family of 14-year-old Astroworld concert victim John Hilgert have quietly reached a settlement with rapper Travis Scott, Live Nation, ScoreMore and other festival organizers, Rolling Stone reported.
The family is claimed to have withdrawn a $1 million lawsuit back in February, settling for an undisclosed amount.
Highschool freshman Hilgert was the second youngest of 10 victims to die after chaos broke out causing a crush on the opening night of the music festival in Houston Nov. 5, 2021.
The tragic teen’s parents, Chris and Nichole Hilgert, filed suit against Scott, event organizer Live Nation Worldwide and others for “gross negligence” and “reckless disregard” for Hilgert’s safety leading to his death, in line with People.
“The pain of our loss from our son John not making it home alive from an event comparable to that is intolerable,” the daddy said in an announcement, in line with the outlet.
“He was a lovely young man who simply desired to enjoy his first concert event with friends, whom he treasured spending time with greater than anything.”
Hilgert’s parents said their goal was to make sure things change and recent safety measures are put into place to stop something just like the tragic incident from ever happening again.
“This pain should never be felt by anyone over a loved one attending a live concert,” the grieving father said.
“There isn’t a excuse for the poor crowd design, event execution and lack of response that was exercised at this festival that resulted within the tragic death of our son and nine others together with scores of other folks that were innocently injured.”
The defendants “failed of their duty to guard the health, safety and lives of those in attendance on the concert,” alleged the suit — which identifies Hilgert by his initials, J.W.H., in line with the outlet.
Specifically, the suit was searching for to carry them accountable for “failure to supply adequate security personnel to implement crowd control measures, proper barricades, and failure to supply a sufficient amount of emergency medical support,” the filing claimed, in line with the report.
Hilgert’s family joined the families of Axel Acosta, who died at age 21, and Brianna Rodriguez, who died at 16, who previously settled their very own lawsuits against Astroworld.
Scott and the show’s organizers proceed to face civil suits from hundreds of attendees with a whole bunch of thousands and thousands of dollars in potential damages.
The Post has reached out to Scott and Live Nation for comment.