Though some criticized Miguel and Billboard for what appeared to be a flippant reaction to an incident at last month’s Billboard Music Awards (“rockandrollmademedoit”), in which the singer attempted to leap across a crowd and inadvertently leg-dropped a woman on the landing, the situation appeared largely put to bed.
Khyati Shah, the victim of the leg-drop (which approximated WWE star Zack Ryder’s “Rough Ryder”), appeared okay in a backstage video with the artist, and the controversy was largely forgotten.
Until Tuesday, at least, when a TMZ report said the girl was potentially suffering brain damage and thus contemplating a lawsuit.
A second report Wednesday alleged that the show’s producers warned Miguel that the intended jump, which involved Miguel jumping from one stage platform to another across a sea of people, was too dangerous for the show. By going through with the ill-advised stunt, it therefore seemed that Miguel was ignoring the supposed warning.
A rep for the “Adorn” singer, however, disputes that claim, telling Entertainment Weekly, “The reports claiming that Miguel was warned by producers not to jump are completely false.”
The statement added that “multiple attempts” were made to connect with Khyati and her lawyer “to see how she was doing and whether any assistance could be offered.”
“Khyati’s well-being has been and continues to be of the utmost concern to Miguel,” added the statement.
TMZ, meanwhile, cites a source close to Miguel who claims that producers, in fact, asked Miguel whether he was going through with the jump to assure it was caught on camera.
