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Rapper Travis Scott wins his lawsuit over a crashed Lamborghini Aventador in Miami

Rapper Travis Scott takes the stage during Maroon 5’s Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)
Rapper Travis Scott takes the stage during Maroon 5’s Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS) TNS

Star rapper Travis Scott has won his legal battle against a Miami exotic car rental company over a Lamborghini crash.

Miami’s Third District Court of Appeal on Wednesday sided with Scott, who claimed that Super Cars of Miami was unfairly trying to squeeze an extra $100,000 from him for repairs to the rental car damaged in a crash on New Year’s Eve 2017.

The rapper, whose real name is Jacques Webster, is the former boyfriend of superstar model Kylie Jenner and father of her baby Storm.

In 2017, Scott was in town to attend a bash thrown by Diddy at his Star Island mansion, and attended by DJ Khaled, Halsey and celebrity chef Salt Bae. Scott had rented a 2012 Lamborghini Aventador from Super Cars, a company specializing in the rental of high-end luxury cars.

Whether he was behind the wheel of the Aventador was never clear. But it crashed with another car on Dec. 31, 2017, and the Lamborghini sustained “extensive damage,” according to court records.

In a secret deal signed hours after the crash, the entertainer quickly agreed to pay a settlement of over $90,000 for the repairs. But Super Cars tried to bill him the extra money “relating to loss of rental income and diminution in value the vehicle sustained during the repair period,” the court said.

Scott sued in Miami-Dade circuit court, claiming “Super Cars threatened to violate the terms of the confidentiality provision contained in the settlement agreement by making specious and salacious claims to news agencies and tabloids regarding the accident,” according to his lawsuit.

A trial judge ruled in Scott’s favor, and Super Cars appealed. The Third District Court of Appeal shot down the car rental company, saying that Scott paid what he needed to under the settlement.

“The trial court correctly determined that [Scott] was not individually responsible for loss of rental income and diminution in value damages,” the judges ruled.

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David Ovalle
Miami Herald
David Ovalle covers crime and courts in Miami. A native of San Diego, he graduated from the University of Southern California and joined the Herald in 2002 as a sports reporter.
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