A New York City hotel says it has identified and fired the person who recorded security video appearing to show Beyonce’s sister attacking Jay Z inside an elevator last week.
The Standard Hotel says the person has been terminated for ‘breaching the security polices of the hotel and recording the confidential CCTV video.’
Website TMZ posted the video Monday and said it was shot last week inside a Standard Hotel elevator.
The video appears to show Solange Knowles attacking Jay Z in Beyonce’s presence while a security guard intervenes.
The footage — which was reportedly sold for $250,000 following a bidding war — showed the performers in the outfits they wore to the Met Gala last week.
The hotel says it will turn over ‘all available information to criminal authorities.’
Representatives for the performers have not immediately responded to requests for comment.
Because the tape does not include audio, the world has been left to wonder what caused Beyonce’s younger sister to violently lash out at her brother-in-law.
The latest theory from alleged insiders pieces together various different aspects.
Sources told PageSix that while Solange was reportedly ‘provoked’ during an outburst with designer Rachel Roy before getting in the elevator, the singer was dealing with a number of emotional and financial problems that came to a head at that moment.
‘She used to be on (Jay Z’s) label, but now she isn’t. And she moved to New Orleans from Brooklyn with her son. Solange still spends a lot of time in New York, but she is further away from her family, which has created some issues,’ a source told the paper.
‘Clearly she was on something at the party, she was drunk and out of it. The girl is crazy and prone to outbursts. She got in the elevator with Jay and Bey. He had made a comment that she didn’t like, and she just snapped,’ another person said.
