Drake sued by woman ‘violently struck by beer bottle’ at New York concert in 2016

Drake has found himself in the middle of a legal battle after being sued by a woman who was hit over the head at a concert three years ago.

Amanda Giovacco has accused the One Dance singer, MSG, Live Nation and a food vendor of allowing the crowd to get so disorderly that she was injured during his gig at Madison Square Garden in New York City on 8 August 2016.

In court documents, obtained by the New York Post’s Page Six Column, the woman claimed she was ‘violently struck by a beer bottle that was thrown while attending the Drake concert’.

The documents go on to allege she was ‘maliciously and without just cause provocation, subjected to a battery’. 

The 24-year-old woman has claimed that Drake and his organisers didn’t have the right amount of security at the overcrowded venue even though, as she alleges, they ‘knew’ about the ‘history of violence’ at his shows.

She has also accused them of serving ‘excessive amounts of alcohol’ to the concert-goers in glass bottles rather than plastic cups.

'The lawsuit was filed this morning and we are looking into the matter. The safety and security of our guests is our highest priority,’ said Madison Square Garden.

While Giovacco’s lawyer said: ‘Madison Square Garden, the promoter and Drake should have prevented bottles from coming in or circulating within the building and being thrown at a concert.’

Miss Giovacco sustained a ‘traumatic brain injury’ as a result of the glass bottle smashing on her head and she now suffers from ‘seizures’ that are ‘preventing her from attending medical school’.

In June it was alleged that Drake agreed to pay a $350,000 (£280,000) settlement to a woman he tried to sue for making false sexual assault claims, which he was entirely cleared of in 2017.