Two years after Miami police hauled Travis Scott off a chartered yacht in handcuffs, that same night is pulling him back into legal trouble only this time as a defendant in civil court rather than a criminal one.
Three yacht workers filed suit against the rapper on July 11, alleging he turned a routine charter into a violent, hours-long ordeal on the water. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, captain Adrian Frometa and charter managers John Steve Holguin and Mirnesa Hasanovic are seeking damages for battery, assault, false imprisonment, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
How the Night Allegedly Unraveled
The complaint traces back to June 19, 2024, when Scott rented the 105-foot yacht Carpe Diem for a cruise along Miami’s coastline with three female guests, his security team, and, notably, plenty of alcohol. Frometa claims the mood shifted once Scott asked to take out a jet ski and was told no, the captain says he’d grown too intoxicated to operate one safely.
That refusal, the suit alleges, set off a chain reaction. Scott reportedly ordered the boat toward a nearby marina, then jumped from the moving yacht onto the dock, leaving his guests stranded aboard for roughly half an hour while he was gone.
When he came back, the crew says he wasn’t in a mood to talk things out. The captain decided to end the charter early, and that’s when things allegedly turned physical: the lawsuit claims Scott attacked Frometa and threatened to kill him, then fired his own security guard on the spot for trying to step in. Additional marina staff who rushed over to help became targets too, according to the filing — the suit describes Scott driving his shoulder into two crew members as they tried to get everyone off the boat, sending one woman into a table hard enough to injure her. The plaintiffs also say he blocked them from leaving until officers finally arrived and removed him, around 4:30 in the morning.
The 2024 Arrest and the Charges That Didn’t Stick
Scott was arrested that night on charges of disorderly intoxication and trespassing at the Miami Beach Marina. He posted a $650 bond and, in true Travis fashion, later sold a t-shirt featuring his own mugshot. His attorney, Bradford Cohen, pushed back hard at the time, denying any assault took place and calling the whole thing a misunderstanding.
Prosecutors ultimately dropped both charges months later. That should have been the end of it, at least legally. Instead, the same allegations are now resurfacing as civil claims, where the burden of proof is lower and the workers involved are asking for financial compensation rather than jail time.
Where Things Stand Now
A representative for Scott declined to comment when Billboard reached out this week, and the rapper hasn’t addressed the new suit publicly. Because no criminal charges survived the original arrest, this lawsuit is effectively the only legal avenue left for the crew to hold him accountable for that night assuming a judge or jury sides with their version of events.
None of the allegations have been proven in court, and Scott’s team hasn’t filed a formal response yet. Whether this settles quietly or turns into a drawn-out fight will likely come down to how strong the paper trail from that night in Miami actually is.