Although two years have passed since the Fyre Festival - the most failed festival in history - the matter is still being discussed at the Courts. Earlier this year, it was reported that Kendall Jenner and the talent agency representing Bella Hadid and Hailey Baldwin received a subpoena to appear in Court as part of an effort to discover what happened to the millions of dollars that benefited as they helped promote the event.
E! reports that according to Court documents, "Kendall Jenner, Emily Ratajkowski and many other celebrities were indicted in order to recover the money allegedly paid to promote the infamous event." Gregory Messer, event representative, submitted documents in Court in New York this week and seeks money recovery as part of Fyre Festival marketing.
In the lawsuit, Gregory alleges that Kendall Jenner was paid $ 275,000 for a single post, though she did not disclose to followers that she was paid to promote the Fyre Festival. He also adds that Kendall "made people deliberately believe that Kanye West would perform at the festival."
Other names such as Migos, Blink-182, Lily Yachty and Pusha T were also mentioned in the lawsuit.
In 2017, Fyre Festival aimed to compete with Coachella, but with many times more expensive tickets, ranging from $ 1,200 to $ 100,000. The event was hosted by Billy McFaranda, CEO of Fyre Media (celebrity pronouncing service) and rapper Ja Rule. The festival was scheduled to take place on April 28-30 and May 5-7, 2017, on the Great Exuma Island in the Bahamas, but it turned out to be a major disaster, though it was heavily promoted by well-known social networking characters.
Instead of luxury villas and fine dining, for which attendees paid thousands of dollars, they took sandwiches and tents to sleep. There was no water and food, which caused panic in the crowd. The planes that were prepared to transport the guests served as "ambulances" to get them off the island. After the total chaos, the singers who would perform canceled the show.
In March 2018, McFarland pleaded guilty to fraud to investors and people and was sentenced to six years in prison and $ 26 million in damages.
For the infamous event, two more documentaries were released in 2019, "Fyre Fraud" on Hulu (Fyre's Fraud) and "Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened" on Netflix (Fyre: The Biggest Holiday That Never Happened) .
