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Explainer: Who could be held liable for deadly Travis Scott’s Houston concert?

Travis Scott during the Atsroworld festival. (Photo: Erika Goldring/WireImage)

More than a dozen lawsuits have been filed and a criminal investigation has been opened after eight people died and hundreds were injured in an apparent crowd surge at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival on Friday.

While details of what led to the deadly concert stampede are still emerging, here is an explanation of who could be held liable for the incident:

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