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Police officers took Scott, 33, into custody at about 1:44 a.m.,
according to a police affidavit.
Officers responded to a call saying there was a fight on a yacht
at the Miami Beach marina. They found Scott standing on the dock
yelling at passengers on the vessel. Scott briefly obeyed
officers' commands to sit down and continuously stood back up,
the affidavit said.
Police sensed "a strong smell of alcohol coming from the
defendant's breath," the affidavit said. The person who
complained told officers he did not want to press charges, but
wanted Scott off the boat.
"Through the long walk from the vessel to the boardwalk, the
defendant walked backwards yelling obscenities to the occupants
of the vessel," officers wrote.
Scott left the scene, but soon returned and headed back to the
vessel, passing officers who ordered him to stop. Scott was then
taken into custody after he began to yell, creating a
disturbance, the affidavit said.
After his arrest, Scott wrote "Lol" on social media and later
said would continue his ongoing concert tour.
"6 days to circus Maximus tour," he said on X.
Known for hits such as "Sicko Mode," Scott has been nominated
for 10 Grammys.
In 2021, 10 fans were killed and thousands injured after the
crowd surged toward the stage at the artist's Astroworld
Festival in Texas. The rapper told GQ magazine he was "overly
devastated" by the incident.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Chicago, Editing by Franklin
Paul, David Gregorio and Bill Berkrot)
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