Troy Ave’s attorneys appeared outside of New York’s Irving Plaza on Monday afternoon (Aug. 8) to announce that they are suing the venue and Live Nation — which owns the club — for poor security measures.
The announcement comes months after a May 25 shooting incident at the Lower East Side venue during a concert headlined by T.I. that left one man dead and three people injured.
“We made a decision that if not for their negligence, the incident would have never taken place,” lawyer Scott Leemon shared with Billboard. “They let someone into the facility with a gun, did not pat them down and that’s where this person coming in, [Troy] would never have been shot.”
Troy was arrested for reckless endangerment, possession of a weapon, and menacing after a video clip surfaced showing him firing a gun during the chaotic scene backstage. Last month, Troy Ave (real name Roland Collins) dodged a murder charge and pled not guilty in a Manhattan court room after a grand jury indicted him on second-degree attempted murder and four counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
Police later found a gun that matched the ballistics taken from the scene in a “secret compartment” in Troy’s car, which had driven him to NYU Langone Hospital following the shooting.
Troy’s attorneys have said repeatedly that both their client and McPhatter were victims in the situation, and that McPhatter died a hero protecting his friend.
Troy suffered a gunshot wound to his right leg on the night of the shooting. He is currently free on a $500,000 bond.
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